Senior Network & Systems Engineer - 24x7 Ops

Softthink Solutions; Canton (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Softthink Solutions in Canton, GA seeks a Network & Systems Engineer responsible for 24x7x365 monitoring, patching, alerting, and maintenance of the city’s IT infrastructure, including servers, firewalls, switches, and cloud platforms.

You will ensure reliability, performance, and security of all managed systems while implementing proactive monitoring, patch compliance reporting, and Azure, Microsoft 365, and Veeam backups, with related quarterly health reviews.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network/system administration experience.
• Experience with FortiGate firewalls, Microsoft 365, Azure, Veeam.
• Experience managing servers, switches, patching, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Monitor servers, network devices, and cloud systems
• Manage FortiGate firewalls and advanced threat protection
• Perform patching, updates, and maintenance
• Provide automated alerting and human review/response
• Administer Microsoft 365 tenant
• Support Azure and Veeam backup environments
• Configure new or replacement servers, switches, and firewalls
• Conduct quarterly network health reviews and provide plain-language reports

Skills

24x7 monitoring

Patch management

Proactive monitoring

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field

Network+

CCNA

Fortinet NSE

Microsoft Azure Administrator

Tools

FortiGate

Microsoft 365

Azure

Veeam

Job description

Softthink Solutions in Canton, GA seeks a Network & Systems Engineer responsible for 24x7x365 monitoring, patching, alerting, and maintenance of the city’s IT infrastructure, including servers, firewalls, switches, and cloud platforms.

You will ensure reliability, performance, and security of all managed systems while implementing proactive monitoring, patch compliance reporting, and Azure, Microsoft 365, and Veeam backups, with related quarterly health reviews.