Onsite Systems Administrator II

Novalink Solutions LLC; Salem (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Novalink Solutions LLC in Salem, VA seeks a System Administrator 2 for onsite operations. The role requires 4–7 years of experience in systems administration, with strong hands-on work on VMware ESXi, Windows Server, and Linux environments.

You will handle provisioning, daily monitoring, backups, and incident response, while applying patches, upgrades, and performance tuning to ensure continual service reliability for complex IT infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in systems administration or related area.
• Experience with VMware ESXi (7.x or higher).
• Familiar with Windows Server (2016/2019/2022/2025) and Linux environments.
• Ability to perform backups, monitoring, and log review.
• Ability to plan and implement OS patches and upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Systems administration, provisioning, operations, and support.
• Install and configure servers, hardware, services, and storage as needed.
• Perform daily system monitoring and verify hardware, resources, and processes.
• Perform/verify daily backups and ensure data is stored properly.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Provide Tier III support, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate fixes.
• Apply patches and upgrades, configure new services.
• Maintain procedures and produce performance reports for capacity planning.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization.
• Configure CPU/memory/disk and manage data center environment monitoring.

Skills

VMware ESXi

Windows Server

Linux

System administration

Backup/restore

Monitoring & incident response

Job description

Novalink Solutions LLC in Salem, VA seeks a System Administrator 2 for onsite operations. The role requires 4–7 years of experience in systems administration, with strong hands-on work on VMware ESXi, Windows Server, and Linux environments.

You will handle provisioning, daily monitoring, backups, and incident response, while applying patches, upgrades, and performance tuning to ensure continual service reliability for complex IT infrastructure.