Job Title: System Administrator
Onsite
The candidate must reside in Chicago, IL
Visa: USC,GC,H4,GCEAD
Job Summary
Work Hours: Flexibility to work hours between 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM, after hours, weekends, and either on a rotation or as part of a regular and on-call work schedule.
Address: This position will report to FDOT Office of information Technology Barry Building 3185 S.
The Systems Administrator will be responsible for working on projects, systems, and/or issues of medium to high complexity and will be expected to provide daily operations support, maintenance, and administration for Servers.
2–3 years experience with: Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022
2–3 years IIS Administration experience
Job Description
We are looking for a System Administrator to play a key role in assisting the oversight, management, troubleshooting, and execution of cloud services and platforms to support the infrastructure, applications, data, and other business needs.
What You'll Do
- Adding and removing individuals from the list of authorized users, archiving files, overseeing password protection and other security measures, and monitoring usage of shared resources
- Architect, design, facilitate, lead, coordinate, and direct technology initiatives on multiple fronts across a variety of disparate areas within the organization
- This could include Infrastructure administration, application development, data management & analytics, cybersecurity, external hosting, identity and access management, infrastructure, network, security hardening, privacy, and compliance
- Oversight and management of Microsoft 365 environments and other Microsoft platforms, identity platforms, and a multi-cloud environment. Selects, develops, integrates and implements network management applications for Internet components
- The Systems Administrator will be responsible for working on projects, systems, and/or issues of medium to high complexity and will be expected to provide daily operations support, maintenance, and administration for Servers
- Support and expand DOT infrastructure
- Coordinate server configuration and administration with multiple parties
- Make recommendations for future server and software upgrades
- Monitor systems and applications to ensure security, availability, and performance
- Establish systems by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, goodput, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls
- Maintains network and systems performance by performing systems monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting systems and application problems; escalating problems to vendor
- Build and manage relationships in a matrixed environment
- Find opportunities to refactor solutions to obtain better performance, cost, and efficiency
- Create and manage Azure DevOps projects, git repositories, and pipelines
- Oversee and configure Azure DevOps organizational settings
- Recommend and assist with the building and hosting of complex application solutions
- Understand, deploy, and manage Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud services
- Understand, deploy, and manage Microsoft Power Platform
- Understand and manage Microsoft 365 services
- Supports other IT staff, including developers
What You'll Need
Required:
- This position requires ownership of complex issues in order to support Department business
- Bachelor’s Degree or technical institute degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience
- 2–3 years experience with: Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022
- 2–3 years IIS Administration experience
- 2–3 years of network communications experience, including TCP/IP and DNS Samba/CIFS file sharing and NTFS permissions
- 3–5 years of IT work experience in infrastructure/network environments in systems operations, support, maintenance, and administration
- 5–8 years of professional experience in information systems engineering or another related field is required
- Strong analytical skills to determine an organization's needs, develop strategies to meet those needs, and evaluate effectiveness
- Ability to categorize work, set priorities, and determine short and/or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them
- Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems effectively regardless of technology platform
- Ability to document and automate administrative tasks to reduce manual work
- Ability to context switch between multiple subjects & tasks
- Ability to effectively communicate and share knowledge with others
- Proficiency in working in a fast-paced, complex, and dynamic business environment
- Proficiency in networking principles and cloud-based network architectures
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure Services
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Server products
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft 365 services
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform
- In-depth knowledge of Linux (Redhat and Ubuntu)
- Strong grasp of IT infrastructure and application development technology and architectures
- Strong grasp of Linux administration, including Linux patching
- Knowledge of assessment and analytical processes and practices
- Skilled in strategic planning
- Skilled in researching, compiling, and analyzing data to report findings and develop improvement solutions
- Skilled in system administration and hosting across a wide range of solutions
- Ability to research, identify, and implement innovative solutions.
- Able to be trusted with sensitive information
- Experienced at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Advanced interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Ability to conduct research into issues and topics as assigned
- Can conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new things quickly
- Highly self-motivated and directed
- Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Preferred:
- 2–3 years of strong professional experience in Microsoft Azure cloud systems is highly desired
- 2–3 years of experience with other cloud providers, such as AWS or GCP is highly desired
- 2–3 years of professional experience in the administration of Microsoft software is highly desired
- 3–5 years of professional experience supporting middleware such as API Management, IT Service Automation tools, and batch job services is highly desired
Sipin Chaudhary
IT Recruiter
Email- Sipin@sourceinfotechs.com
