Junior Systems Administrator

Randstad Digital Americas; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

401K plan

Short-term disability

Life insurance

Job summary

Randstad Digital is seeking a Systems Administrator to maintain Linux-based servers, virtualization, and directory services while supporting day-to-day IT operations. The role focuses on reliability, security, and incident response across Linux and Windows environments.

Responsibilities include lifecycle management, backups, disaster recovery readiness, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure stable, scalable services for business applications.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in IT Operations or systems administration.
• Strong Linux administration and Windows Server experience.
• Experience with Active Directory, DNS, and Group Policy.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT Operations team to support infrastructure availability and performance.
• Maintain procedures and knowledge base for supported systems and tasks.
• Review security notifications, apply updates, and remediation steps.
• Monitor performance, identify trends, and communicate findings for capacity planning.
• Proactively monitor systems and provide preemptive fixes to avoid failures.
• Support disaster recovery readiness through backups and restore testing.
• Troubleshoot software, hardware, OS, and network issues with internal teams and vendors.
• Evaluate new tools and hardware to improve monitoring, automation, and security.
• Maintain security controls, access, patching, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Active Directory

Agile

Ansible

Bash

Python

DNS

Linux

Windows Server

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

PowerShell

VMware

Hyper-V

Job description

Job Summary

The Systems Administrator supports day-to-day IT Operations needs by maintaining reliable server (primarily Linux, with secondary Windows environments), virtualization, directory, messaging, backup, and endpoint infrastructure.

Job Summary

The Systems Administrator supports day-to-day IT Operations needs by maintaining reliable server (primarily Linux, with secondary Windows environments), virtualization, directory, messaging, backup, and endpoint infrastructure.

location: Telecommute

job type: Solutions

salary: $38 - 53 per hour

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT Operations team members to support the availability, reliability, and performance of infrastructure and operating systems that enable business applications.
• Maintain clear procedures, standards, and knowledge base documentation for supported systems, configurations, troubleshooting steps, and routine operational tasks.
• Review security notifications and system alerts, assess operational impact, and apply approved updates or remediation steps when needed.
• Monitor performance and capacity metrics, identify trends or risks, and communicate findings that support system reliability, capacity planning, and operational decision-making.
• Proactively monitor systems to identify hardware and software problems and provide solutions prior to system failures.
• Support practical improvements to existing systems and processes that reduce recurring issues, improve reliability, and better meet business needs.
• Support disaster recovery readiness by maintaining backup jobs, validating recovery procedures, and assisting with periodic restore testing.
• Troubleshoot software, hardware, operating system, and network-related issues, working with internal teams and vendors as needed to restore service and reduce recurrence.
• Assist with evaluating new tools, hardware, and software that improve systems administration, monitoring, automation, security, or operational support.
• Maintain security and integrity controls for supported systems, including access, configuration, patching, and operational compliance requirements.
• Respond to assigned incidents, service requests, and operational tasks in a timely manner, following documented procedures and escalating issues when additional expertise or approval is required.
• Perform routine systems administration activities, including user and access support, server maintenance, operating system patching (focusing on Linux, with Windows as needed), configuration updates, health checks, and validation of scheduled jobs.
• Coordinate with application, network, security, service desk, and infrastructure teams to investigate issues, support changes, and maintain stable technology services.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Desired Skills & Experience - - A minimum of 4 years of IT Operations background.

• Experience in managing virtualization platforms (i.e. Hyper-V, Vmware).
• Strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems is required; Windows Server administration experience is preferred
• Experience in configuring and managing Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Group Policy, and DNS.
• Experience with Exchange, M365, mail flow, and SMTP.
• Proficiency in Linux based automation (Bash, Python, Ansible) to create, modify and execute scripts. Power Shell is a plus
• Experience with Proofpoint or other email protection systems.
• Experience with implementation and management of hyper-converged infrastructure.
• Experience in implementing and managing enterprise-scale backup and recovery solutions to ensure data integrity and business continuity.
• Understanding of project management methodologies (Scrum, Agile). Jira experience is a plus.
• Proficient at implementation and support of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure running Windows Operating Systems.
• Familiarity with operating system file hierarchy structure, command line interface and network services.
• Working knowledge of the Linux operating system is a plus.

Skills

Active Directory,Agile,Ansible,Bash,business applications,command line interface,data integrity,Virtual Desktop Infrastructure,disaster recovery,recovery procedures,Domain Controllers,DNS,Hyper-V,hyper-converged,IT Operations,Jira,Linux,Linux based,Linux operating system,Windows,Windows Operating Systems,network services,Monitor performance,Python,system reliability,Scrum,server maintenance,SMTP,Troubleshoot software,configuring,virtualization,virtualization platforms,Vmware,Power Shell,Windows Server administration,communication,Excellent verbal and written communication,Coordinate,interpersonal skills,issue resolution,Strong problem-solving,reliability,Proactively,systems administration,operational decision-making,automation,business continuity,business needs,capacity planning,Group Policy,health checks,infrastructure,knowledge base,metrics,operating systems,operating system,operational support,Understanding of project,operational compliance,investigate,risks,security,testing,identify trends,service desk,Windows environments,clear documentation

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At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [e-mail].

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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