Salary range 80,000-120,000
By joining the Bio-Techne team you will have an impact on cutting-edge research that is a catalyst for better health and longer life. Bio-Techne provides tools for researchers in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics.
POSITION SUMMARY
The IT Systems Administrator is responsible for the effective, provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software or related infrastructure. This individual partners with management and Systems Engineers to deploy and support innovative technologies in alignment with business objectives. Performs advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution of infrastructure production issues. Manages day-to-day support of assigned infrastructure solutions and implements configuration changes recommended by IT Systems Engineers. Serve as escalation support for all IT Support Specialists.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Support LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet, and intranet systems. Install new or rebuilt existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards defined by IT Systems Engineers. Perform problem analysis and resolve escalated technical problems reported by users and management. Contribute to and maintain system standards as well as maintain consistent installation and configuration procedures. Identify threats or improper configurations that may impact network and system security. Configure and monitor infrastructure such as network, servers, access logs etc. and ensure availability to company systems. Evaluate and respond to system performance logs and alerts. Research and recommend innovative and where possible automated approaches for repetitive system administration tasks. Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media and necessary replication targets. Manage company file shares and permissions as well as perform identification and cleanup of unused or files available to archive. Create, change, and delete user accounts per request and manage access to company systems. Create and administer windows and Linux servers and ensure successful application of security updates and patches. Manage Office365 email infrastructure and SPAM filters. Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning and reconfiguration. Adjust capacity resources as directed by Systems Engineers. Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. Maintain data center environmental monitoring equipment. Performs additional duties as assigned.