A814-System Administrator (808859)

Torrey Holistics; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Torrey Holistics seeks a System Administrator for 100% on-site work in Salem, VA. The role entails engineering, provisioning, and supporting servers, storage, and services to ensure continuous operation.

You will monitor system health, backups, and security, and perform routine patches and upgrades while maintaining documentation and runbooks. The ideal candidate has 4–7 years of experience in IT, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work independently under limited supervision.

Qualifications

• Familiar with standard concepts and procedures in IT operations.
• Experience planning and executing system provisioning and maintenance.
• Ability to operate with limited supervision and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Install and rebuild servers and configure hardware, services, and storage as required.
• Perform daily system monitoring and verify backups and log integrity.
• Apply OS patches, upgrades, and update admin tools as needed.
• Maintain runbooks and documentation; assist with capacity planning.
• Provide Tier III/other support and troubleshoot hardware/software failures.

Skills

VMware ESXi

Windows Server

Linux

Backup & recovery

System monitoring

Security patching

Troubleshooting

Job description

100% on site in Salem, VA 24153. In person interview required.Our client has an opening for a System Administrator (808859)This position is up to 10 months with the option of extension. The client is located in1596 Deborah Lane, Salem, VA 24153IT Customer Support/Service Required 5 YearsService Ticket Management Required 2 YearsDesktop Application Support Required 2 YearsDocumentation Support Required 2 YearsDesktop/Laptop Hardware Support Required 2 YearsServer Maintenance Nice to have 2 YearsNetwork Support Nice to have 2 YearsIT Process Management Nice to have 2 YearsYears of Experience4-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area.Job DescriptionFamiliar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.·Systems administration engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual innovation.·Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc.in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.·Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups. Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.·Perform/verify daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media/network location.·Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary. Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.·Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues. Diagnose and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.·Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.·Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures. Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.·Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.·Upgrade and configure system software or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.·Experience with VMware ESXi 7.x (or higher),Microsoft Windows Server (2016, 2019,2022, 2025), and Linux environments preferred.Thanks,