Systems Administrator

Job Description

Voltex is seeking a highly motivated Systems Administrator to manage and oversee enterprise infrastructure technologies as we continue to expand operations across the organization and implement modern technology platforms. This is a critical role responsible for ensuring our technology infrastructure remains reliable, secure, and scalable to meet the demands of our growth.

The Systems Administrator will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and maintaining the company's IT infrastructure. You will support daily operations, provide technical assistance to staff, and ensure the stability and performance of our systems, networks, and applications. This position requires a proactive individual who can solve complex issues and work independently, but also collaborate with other team members on larger projects.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on technical experience with a can-do and self-sourcing attitude as well as a strong command of enterprise technologies, is eager to learn, and ready to take ownership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of server infrastructure by monitoring system performance, configuration, maintenance, and repair. 

• Perform monthly patching activities of production and lower environments. 

• Assist in monitoring and managing the network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and VPNs to ensure uptime and performance. 

• Assist in data center modernization, and cloud migration / adaptation activities. 

• Assist with IT infrastructure projects and initiatives. 

• Provide tier 2-3 operational support to employees, diagnosing and resolving hardware, software, and networking issues. 

• Performs troubleshooting as required. Leads problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel. 

• Management of the host operating systems, hyper-converged infrastructures, disk storage arrays, networking equipment, and other components. 

• Ensures high availability and acceptable levels of performance of mission critical host resources. 

• Manage backups, ensure data integrity, and execute disaster recovery plans when needed. 

• Ensures that records of infrastructure equipment inventory are properly maintained. 

• Stays current with technological developments in systems administration technology, as well as recommends ways to maximize and take advantage of new technology in line with overall infrastructure plans by the team. 

• Interfaces with, and contributes to overall success of other IT teams, including Service Desk Operations, Database, and Applications Development. 

• Creates and maintains a well-documented knowledge base. 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field.
• Microsoft, Nutanix, VMware, HPE Aruba, Cisco, or other industry certifications such as MCSE, CCNA, Network+ and/or security certifications such as Security+ are preferred.
• ITIL certification / training beneficial.
• At least 5 years of experience operating on-prem enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Experience in Azure or AWS in a hybrid-cloud environment is a plus.
• Direct hands-on experience in the implementation and management of complex medium to large-scale enterprise infrastructure and networks.
• Know-how with network routing and switching would be great.
• Background with applying security principles and best practices would be a plus.

Skills and Technology Used

• Demonstrated expertise in four or more of the following technologies:
• Virtualization (VMware, Nutanix)
• Hyper-converged Infrastructures (Nutanix)
• SAN / NAS arrays
• Infrastructure monitoring tools (Opsview / Nagios)
• Backup systems (HYCU)
• PowerShell scripting and automation
• WAN optimization / acceleration (Riverbed)
• Network switching (Cisco Catalysts)
• Network load balancers (HAProxy)
• Firewall and SD-WAN
• SASE / SSE
• High-availability, scaling, and clustering
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructures / VDI
• Office 365 and Microsoft core applications (Windows Server platforms, Exchange, Active Directory, GPO, WSUS, IIS, MSSQL)
• Linux and other variants (Ubuntu)
• IaaS Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS)
• DaaS Cloud Providers (Amazon WorkSpaces)
• Understanding core domains of IT infrastructure such as servers, networks, storage, backups, disaster recovery, related monitoring and management systems.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively communicating technical information in English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to collaborate with other architecture and operational teams (i.e. Infrastructure, Platform, Service Desk, Applications, Database, Operations, etc.)
• Ability to adapt to a quickly changing environment and interact with a broad customer base with diverse needs and functional responsibilities.

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Work From Home
• Training & Development
• Performance Bonus