System Administrator – VMWare

Vortalsoft Inc; New Jersey; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vortalsoft Inc is seeking a skilled IT specialist in New Jersey to manage and optimize IT infrastructure, including Active Directory, SQL servers, and cloud services. The ideal candidate will possess strong troubleshooting skills and experience with monitoring tools.

Responsibilities include resolving complex issues, managing VMWare and cloud services, and participating in on-call support. Opportunities for continual service improvement and skills development are integral to this role.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of Active Directory, SQL, and cloud services.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to resolve complex IT issues.
• Experience with monitoring and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and troubleshoot Windows server and infrastructure issues.
• Manage and optimize VM infrastructure and cloud services.
• Collaborate with teams to resolve high-priority incidents.

Skills

Active Directory

SQL servers

VMWare

PowerShell

Azure

Networking

Windows Server administration

Tools

SCOM

Nagios

New Relic

Job description

Responsibilities

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Active Directory, Exchange servers, SQL servers, Application servers, Networking distributed across the globe.
• Strong knowledge in AD, DNS, DHCP, DirSync, RADIUS, NPS, PKI, GPO, Active Directory sites and subnets Backup, Event Logs, Monitoring & Updates, Windows Server administration, Networking.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting the Windows issues like Server down/hung/not responding, Disk Space issues, High CPU/Memory utilization issues reported through SCOM/Dynatrace.
• Manage and Monitor VM infrastructure, VMWare, VDIs, Windows Failover Clusters.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure and Application monitoring tools; SCOM, OMS, Moogsoft Nagios, New Relic or any market standard IT Operations Management Tool is a plus.
• Working Understanding of Web Technologies (IIS, SharePoint, Apache, etc.).
• Awareness of basic database concepts (SQL or Oracle).
• Having good knowledge in managing Azure, AWS and GCP cloud services.
• Hands on experience on Automations tools and provide various metrics and identify bottlenecks or problems that need to be addressed.
• Use PowerShell to consolidate repetitive tasks and more efficiently manage a large infrastructure.
• Drive Major issues towards resolution and avert Major incidents through L2/L3 support.
• Create and Manage KB articles for the repeated incidents.
• Responsible for resolving high priority issues by engaging respective teams if needed.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to solve complex problems.
• Ability to understand a problem and propose solutions to meet requirements.
• Diplomatic and persuasive with an ability to handle difficult conversations and confidently manage stakeholders.
• A strong track record of delivering continual service improvement.
• Be able to communicate effectively, technical issues with technical and non-technical audience. Excellent customer service qualities.
• Ability the learn quickly, collaborate with team members, and meet deadlines.
• Work alongside other colleagues in your department to constantly monitor and harden the services.
• Learn new skills as necessary to support and enhance the services under your administrative control.
• Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours and weekend support.
• Process improvement tracking and continual service improvement management.