Senior Systems Administrator — VMware & Infra Champion

Acespower; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACES is seeking a Systems Administrator/Senior Systems Administrator to maintain and improve the corporate IT infrastructure in Carmel, IN or Raleigh, NC. The role covers server hardware, operating systems, virtualization, security, and application support.

The candidate will manage VMware ESXi environments, backups, AD, SCCM, and cloud identity services, while collaborating with IT for enterprise implementations and continuity planning. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree preferred in CS/Tech or related field.
• 4 years infrastructure experience as Systems Administrator (VMware/ESXi/Pure Storage).
• 7 years infrastructure experience for Senior System Administrator (VMware/ESXi/Pure Storage).
• Experience with backup/recovery solutions (Zerto, Dell DD, PPDM/PPBS, Dell Cyber Recovery).
• Experience with AD, Group Policy, Certificate Services, SCCM, M365, Azure AD/Entra, Zabbix, SQL, Windows Server, and some Linux.
• SOC1 audit experience preferred.
• Strong multitasking, communication, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain VMware infrastructure and ESXi hosts; manage backups.
• Troubleshoot infra, 3rd party software, and internal apps; root-cause analysis.
• Support server OS: Windows, Linux; support server apps (SQL, Exchange, Office 365).
• Maintain security patches/configurations to meet security goals.
• Assist in policies for server/network infrastructure and operations.
• Ensure high system availability and performance; on-call support as needed.
• Travel as required; support management with projects and continuity planning.

Skills

VMware ESXi

Pure Storage

Zerto

Dell Data Domain

Active Directory

Microsoft SCCM

M365

Azure AD/Entra

Zabbix Monitoring

Windows Server

Linux

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Technology or related

Tools

VMware ESXi

Pure Storage Array

Zerto Data Protection

Dell Data Domain

PPDM

PPBS

Dell Cyber Recovery

Job description

ACES is seeking a Systems Administrator/Senior Systems Administrator to maintain and improve the corporate IT infrastructure in Carmel, IN or Raleigh, NC. The role covers server hardware, operating systems, virtualization, security, and application support.

The candidate will manage VMware ESXi environments, backups, AD, SCCM, and cloud identity services, while collaborating with IT for enterprise implementations and continuity planning. Travel may be required.