20029 – System Administrator III Location – West Point, GA PURPOSE: The System Administrator III provides technical leadership and is responsible for establishing the direction for maintenance, standards, life-cycle management, design and implementation approaches for the Company’s servers and/or related virtual infrastructure. Creates, evaluates and implements plans and design proposals for high impact IT solutions and their use involving leading edge technologies and methods considering key factors such as their long-term effectiveness (service delivery and cost), practicality, technical limitations, criticality, and coordinates with Headquarters. Leads or contributes to designs applied to all aspects of servers and/or related infrastructure prototypes and eventual implementation. Performs work of high complexity and derives logical processes based on technical platforms. Engages in performance/integration testing, problem analysis, business and technical analysis. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Technical Leadership + Perform Windows, and Microsoft Exchange System Administration + Configure and maintain the Virtual infrastructure environment that supports virtual machines + Manage assigned tasks and quickly respond to and process Windows helpdesk tickets using ServiceNow in a timely and reliable manner                                                                                              + Support Help Desk personnel and Administrators as required               + Monitor/Resolve Windows server performance, health and security issues in both physical and virtual environments                                      + Create, test, and deploy VMware vSphere environments                                + Install, maintain, and configure Windows Servers, Active Directory, MS Exchange email, File & Print servers                                                                                                                                                                + Perform backup and restores of Exchange and SQL databases and all Windows servers                                                                                                                                                                            + Detect, diagnose and troubleshoot server malfunctions                                                                                                                   + Provide all aspects of user account management + Maintain current inventory of all Windows assets, purchase history and warranty data                                                                                                                                                                                                               + Other Duties as required                      Project Management + Manage a large portfolio of projects, tasks, issues and systems + Manage projects from initial requirement stage on through completion stage, ensuring appropriate documentation and completion + Conduct/Lead formal project meetings with team, other departments, and customers Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. JOB REQUIREMENTS + Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or IT Related disciplines. + Experience with ITIL best practices preferred + 7 years of large-scale web site systems administrations experience + High volume, consumer website experience + Automotive experience a plus + Thorough knowledge of IT environments, technologies, system hosting infrastructure and their platforms + Strong Experience administering high volume web applications on Microsoft Windows servers, IIS and .Net framework + Strong experience administering high volume Linux servers + Experience with open-source technologies + Experience with Database Technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, MySql) + Network configuration experience with firewalls and load balancers. + Experience with release management processes + Experienced with integrating web components such as CDN & CMS + Cloud computing (AWS, OpenStack) a plus + •Experience with various networking protocols, TCP/IP, DNS, NIS, LDAP & NFS + Must have scripting background + Strong communication; customer relationship, organizational and follow through skills; technical documentation and positive attitude + Ability to follow logical procedures and implement documented tasks + Working knowledge of networking, load balancer and Cisco equipment is a very strong plus + VMWare Virtual Center highly preferred + Working knowledge of file replication and content management systems is a very strong plus + Must possess exceptional organizational, written, and verbal communication skills. Able to develop and maintain system documentation and run books. CERTIFICATIONS Technical certifications are a +. Salary Range - $75,880 to $108,500   Powered by JazzHR