Systems Administrator II

Astreya; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Astreya is seeking a System Administrator to support a global building management and physical security operations environment. You will monitor tickets, manage systems and networks, document outages, and coordinate with internal and external teams to resolve issues around the clock, ensuring service continuity.

The role requires a BS/BA and 2–5 years of related experience, strong communication, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 2–5 years of related experience.
• Ability to build productive internal and external relationships.
• Judgment within defined procedures to determine action.

Responsibilities

• Monitor ticket queue and IM channels.
• Manage systems and infrastructure.
• Record metadata for tickets in internal tools (CTI, outage resolution time, transcripts, postmortems).
• Resolve troubleshooting tickets with internal and third-party teams.

Skills

Ticketing systems

On-call support

Networking management

Systems troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CTI systems

Monitoring tools

Job description

What this Job Entails:

The System Administrator is expected to facilitate operational support to and on behalf of the assigned team. The assigned team supports and maintains a variety of large and global scale systems for building management and physical security operations. The skill set required is industry typical ‘systems administration’, including working knowledge of various networking systems. Work is ticket based, and the team would be expected to procedurally work through tickets (submitted via a template) to resolution.

Scope:

• Applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues
• Works on problems of moderate scope
• Receives general instructions on routine work and detailed instructions on new projects

Your Roles and Responsibilities:

• Monitor ticket queue and IM channels
• Monitor and participate in managing systems and infrastructure
• Accurately record all metadata related to tickets on internal tools, including, but not limited to, CTI (category, type and item), outage resolution time, IM transcripts, postmortems, etc.
• Engage in managing and resolving troubleshooting tickets from internal teams and third-party teams, engaging other teams as necessary
• Maintain contact with 3rd parties and help to represent the assigned team in a professional and courteous manner which complies with clients’ vendor code of conduct.
• Provide out of business hours support for any scheduled time sensitive upgrades
• Provide 24/7 on-call support for critical system’s outages
• Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S/B.A) from four-college or university and 2 to 5 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Builds productive internal and external working relationships
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
• Comfortable with building and managing various servers
• Experience with networking management, configurations and changes
• Experience with systems and networking troubleshooting to identify the root cause and fixes
• Knowledgeable about ticket systems and follow processes
• Good communication and writing skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Automation and scripting experience

Physical Demand & Work Environment:

• Must have the ability to perform office-related tasks which may include prolonged sitting or standing
• Must have the ability to move from place to place within an office environment
• Must be able to use a computer
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively
• Some positions may require occasional repetitive motion or movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers