IT System Administrator - Alpha Consulting Corp
Itasca, IL 60143
About the Job
Job Summary:
The IT System Administrator is responsible for protecting our critical systems and assets, building solutions, implementing new software and hardware, providing training, and leading the development of company s overall IT strategy. The System Administrator plays a critical role in finding, suggesting, and implementing technology-driven solutions to align with and support high-level corporate strategies & initiatives. The System Administrator manages both internal and external IT resources & personnel to ensure smooth day-to-day operations, and quick resolution of company IT issues.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Skills & Qualifications
Required
Nice to Have
Travel:
No regular travel expected. Limited as needed travel to support projects possible .
Physical Requirements:
The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position most of the time. To perform the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to work on computers. The employee must be able to commute to the work location.
The IT System Administrator is responsible for protecting our critical systems and assets, building solutions, implementing new software and hardware, providing training, and leading the development of company s overall IT strategy. The System Administrator plays a critical role in finding, suggesting, and implementing technology-driven solutions to align with and support high-level corporate strategies & initiatives. The System Administrator manages both internal and external IT resources & personnel to ensure smooth day-to-day operations, and quick resolution of company IT issues.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware
- Take responsibility for projects and solutions within the larger business initiative
- Handle business-critical IT tasks and systems that provide commercial advantage in the global marketplace
- Enable faster and smarter business processes, and develop analytics for meaningful insights
- Work with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements
- Manage day-to-day operations of Meiji IT resources and personnel to:
- Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services);research event-log warnings and errors;and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly
- Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and respond to hardware issues as they arise;help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed
- Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers, phones, security updates;support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments
- Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed
- Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including backups
Skills & Qualifications
Required
- 4-6+ years of experience and proven success in an IT leadership role
- Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, systems performance-monitoring tools and active directories
- Knowledge of Unix systems administration
- Experience in project management, application design and integration
- Expertise in analyzing, repairing and improving IT systems
- Ability to lift 50 or more pounds
Nice to Have
- Bachelor s degree (or equivalent) in information technology or computer science
- Experience with Dynamics NAV, or other enterprise ERP systems
- Experience with Salesforce, or other enterprise CRM systems
- Experience with Mulesoft Anypoint, or other iPaaS platforms
- Experience with B2B eCommerce platforms
- Experience with BI tools, such as SSRS, Tableau or Power BI
Travel:
No regular travel expected. Limited as needed travel to support projects possible .
Physical Requirements:
The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position most of the time. To perform the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to work on computers. The employee must be able to commute to the work location.
Source : Alpha Consulting Corp