Job Description
Description of System Administrator Position – What you will do.
VeteransLoans.com is looking for extraordinary people to join our industry-leading team providing mortgage loans to homebuyers. We are now in need of additional support in our IT Department! We encourage all qualified and want to work with a dynamic and highly productive team to apply. The System Administrators' primary responsibility shall be the effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. Employee shall complete required training, attend periodic meetings, and shall perform all other duties assigned.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide routine maintenance and backup of existing software/hardware systems
- Design and deploy networks
- Optimize and upgrade system efficiency and performance through tuning and configuration
- Provide support to users by identifying problems, researching solutions and guiding users through corrective steps
- Test, evaluate, and install new software and hardware as needed
- Install new or rebuild existing servers, configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
- Protect system information by preparing and testing disaster recovery procedures
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures while coordinating and communicating with impacted users
- Coordinate availability for working evenings and weekends, sometimes with little advanced notice, as required for proper system maintenance or repair
- Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and maintaining professional contacts
- Protect the organization's value by keeping information confidential and ensuring all systems, data and backups are secure against outside intrusion or unauthorized internal access
- Maintain necessary vendor relationships
Requirements
- Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS or similar major
- Team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced knowledge of computer hardware, software, IP networks and operating systems
- Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to lift 45 lbs.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with other staff.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrated ability to handle information with utmost confidentiality.
- Punctuality and excellent attendance are critical.
Salary Range: $50,000 - $60,000