System Administrator

Us Tech Solutions; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Us Tech Solutions in Roseville, CA is seeking an entry to mid-level System Administrator to support design, provisioning, installation and configuration of hardware and software under the direction of the Shift Supervisor.

This role requires monitoring, incident response, and documentation of procedures, with 24x7 operations experience and collaboration with multiple departments and vendors.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience troubleshooting IT performance problems and performing application releases.
• 3 years’ experience with Operating Systems, Workstations and Servers.
• 2 years’ Experience in Patch Management, domain management, and server application management.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to author, present and explain technical information to diverse audiences.
• Experience in working in a 24x7 operations model.

Responsibilities

• Provide instruction and perform complex administration of various applications, Microsoft technologies and server, storage and backup systems.
• Troubleshooting and configuration of Windows Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft DNS and DHCP, Enterprise Patching, file and print services.
• Review a wide range of tickets—server, application, network, end user—and escalate to the appropriate supervisor.
• Install new and rebuild existing servers, configure hardware, peripherals and services in accordance with standards and project requirements.
• Authoring, interpreting and maintaining system documentation.
• Support monitoring systems and troubleshoot concepts.
• Follow security protocols, including authentication, data encryption, access controls, and incident reporting.

Skills

Active Directory

Windows Server

Networking concepts

Troubleshooting

Server administration

Security best practices

Documentation

Communication skills

24x7 operations

Tools

DNS

DHCP

Group Policy

Job description

Role: System Administrator
Duration: 6+ months contract
Work Location: Roseville, CA Onsite

• Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Job Description:The System Administrator will directly work with systems supporting design, provisioning, installation and configuration of hardware and software under the direction of the Shift Supervisor. This is an entry to mid-level position that works with various departments within the company, provides customer service and consistant communication to clients, internal teams and vendors to diagnose, solve problems, author procedures, diagrams, and to schedule maintenances. This role is required to have knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a 24 X 7 NOC environment.
Essential Functions:

• Provide instruction and perform complex administration of various applications, Microsoft technologies and server, storage and backup systems.
• Comfortable working on moderately complex tickets, troubleshooting and configuration of Windows Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft DNS and DHCP, Enterprise Patching, file and print services.
• Comfortable reviewing a wide range of tickets, i.e., server, application, network, end user.
• Escalate issues to appropriate supervisor for ticket reassignments to appropriate technical teams or higher-level support in a timely manner.
• Able to advise on next steps to be taken on a wide range of break/fix ticket types.
• Install new and rebuild existing servers, configure hardware, peripherals and services in accordance with standards and project requirements.
• Advise and work closely with the shift supervisor, in addition to partnering with other business management to assure operational success of activities.
• Troubleshooting and configure moderate to complex server and applications across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS related compute.
• Authoring, interpreting and maintaining system documentation.
• Experience with monitoring systems and troubleshooting concepts.
• Follows proper security protocols, including user authentication, data encryption, access controls, and incident reporting to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with organizational and industry security standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS – Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications:

• Managed a domain environment with 50 servers or more.
• 3 years of experience troubleshooting IT performance problems and performing application releases.
• 3 years’ experience with Operating Systems, Workstations and Servers.
• 2 years’ Experience in Patch Management, domain management, and server application management.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to author, present and explain technical information to diverse types of audiences.
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions and recommend solutions.
• Experience in working in a 24x7 operations model.
• General experience with networking concepts
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, excellent organizational skills, proven ability to prioritize multiple activities and objectives to thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
• Motivated and strong work ethic.