IT Operations Support Senior Associate

FastTek Global; Wayne (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Vision

Personal Time Off (PTO) Program

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% 1

Employee referral program

Job summary

FastTek Global is seeking an IT Infrastructure Specialist to manage servers, networks, and virtualization across Windows and Linux, ensuring reliable operations and user support in a manufacturing environment.

The role requires 3–5 years in IT operations, on-site with flexible shifts to support plant operations, with opportunities to implement IaC enhancements and incident response improvements.

Qualifications

• Senior Associate with 3–5 years of relevant IT experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing plant IT operations is preferred.
• Ability to work on-site with flexible shifts.

Responsibilities

• Manage IT infrastructure: servers, networks, storage, and virtualization.
• Collaborate with security to implement firewalls and access controls.
• Configure networking equipment and maintain data backups.
• Monitor system usage and SLA metrics to ensure availability.
• Perform routine upgrades and IaC-related automation.
• Provide triage and support for plant IT incidents and escalations.
• Set up and configure user hardware and software.

Skills

IT Operations

Operations Support Systems

Technical Troubleshoot

IT Support

Technical Customer Support

Technical Support

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Employees in this job function are responsible for ensuring reliable and efficient operations of physical or virtual servers, private cloud, networks (including telecommunication), PCs, and other business critical infrastructure components. They oversee the technology infrastructure that supports the business and support internal users in troubleshooting and escalating issues that impact system health. They are also responsible for setting up user systems and operating systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the organization's IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage systems, mainframes, telecommunication network and virtualization platforms.
• Collaborate with the security teams to implement and maintain robust security measures, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and access controls.
• Configure and maintain networking equipment, including routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, QoS and wireless access points, to support seamless communication within trusted corporate and with untrusted external networks.
• Establish and maintain data backup and recovery procedures to ensure business continuity during system failures or following malicious threats.
• Monitor usage patterns of enterprise systems to identify potential issues like SLA metrics and proactively resolve them to ensure the continued availability and reliability of critical systems.
• Analyze system capacity and performance trends to anticipate future infrastructure needs and provide recommendations for investment prioritizations, as necessary.
• Perform routine network maintenance & system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes & enhancements.
• Design and implement IaC scripts and automated processes to reduce manual intervention and enhance repeatability and testability of infrastructure modifications.
• Troubleshoot complex software and hardware issues that are escalated by tech support teams and ensure resolutions are documented and added to the organization's knowledge repository.
• Set-up and configure user systems, including installing and configuring operating systems, software applications, and hardware devices.

Skills Required

• IT Operations, Operations Support Systems, Technical Troubleshoot, IT Support, Technical Customer Support, Technical Support

Experience Required

• Senior Associate Exp: 3 to 5 years experience in relevant field

Education Required

• High School Diploma / GED

Education Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information

• Support a multi-shift operation in a manufacturing plant. Must be able to work on site with flexible hours in support a multi-shift operation and support weekend production when necessary.
• Provide technical support (I.T. Applications, Infrastructure, operating systems, end-user-productivity tools) to plant business customers throughout the manufacturing plant.
• Interface with corporate IT and business owners to prioritize improvement efforts.
• Support Plant Floor Systems / Corporate teams in resolving incidents; Provide triage and execute business continuity plans, support escalations, provide hands and feet to support teams and other global teams (e.g. DBA, Server Operations, Ops Control, Network Operations) if necessary.
• Focus on the integration / long term maintenance of applications and hardware.
• Assist site IT manager with managing assignments and workload.
• Develop, maintain, and share, accurate support documentation.
• Support of local network equipment in a Cisco based environment.
• Support of local servers across both physical and virtual environments in a Windows and Linux based ecosystem.
• Support of Factory of Tomorrow deployments and expansion efforts utilizing IIOT, iOS, software-defined network, mobile, and Android based equipment.

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We’ve differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you’ve heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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