Job Description
- Primary management of corporate VMware / Microsoft infrastructure.
System configuration and support.
System design and architecting.
Server support specifically with relation to JDEdwards and Oracle
databases.
- Management of corporate network infrastructure including firewalls,
routers, switches and access points.
- Assist in management and expansion of the corporate storage IBM
infrastructure.
Support of design and expansion of data archiving systems.
Support of backup infrastructure and execution.
Disaster recovery system periodic testing.
- Management and maintenance of corporate data center and disaster
recovery facilities.
Consolidation and virtualization of data center systems.
Centralization of compute and storage components in remote offices.
- Assist in support of corporate infrastructure servers
Includes support for business application servers used by the
Corporate, Finance, Sales, and Engineering departments as well as the
ones used by the manufacturing plants.
Management of VMware computer server infrastructure including
email, remote access, sharepoint, licensing, etc.
- Management of VoIP gateways and PBX systems.
- Work with management and other IT staff to build and implement security
strategies that make business sense.
- Serve as a project manager on key IT projects for internal initiatives and
external customer deliverables.
- Document FAQ's and IT information for both IT staff as well as user
community.
- Perform a daily infrastructure check and document the process results
based on the IT audit guidelines.
- Support of helpdesk for appropriate level requests.
Education Requirements: B.S. in Computer Science or Information Technology
(preferred) / B.S. in any Engineering.
Minimum 4 years system and networking administration experience in a complex
heterogeneous (VMware) environment working with Microsoft / Linux compute,
databases, firewalls and networking hardware.
- Strong OS and application knowledge with:
VMWare ESXi
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft Terminal Services
DSI (Trancollector)
Capital Harnesses (Cap-H)
EDI Technologies
Databases such as SQL and Oracle
- Strong hardware knowledge with:
DELL PowerEdge servers, IBM and EMC RAID storage arrays
- Strong knowledge of Cisco routers, switches and access points
- Strong knowledge of Fortinet firewalls
Firewall central management applications preferably.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity techniques and best practices
- Strong knowledge of security information event management systems
such as IBM Q-Radar.
Knowledge of relay functions, SPAM / antivirus filtering techniques,
email archiving, LDAP concepts.
- Strong knowledge of system and network monitoring systems such as
PRTG.
- Strong knowledge of Windows operating systems, DNS, DHCP & Active
Directory domains.
- Strong ability to create complex scripts in any Microsoft shell as well as
ability to learn alternative structured scripting languages. Ability to build
and support web based applications a plus including both local and SaaS
model deployments.
- Demonstrated strong ability to multitask and prioritize with department
and
corporate goals in mind.
- Demonstrated strong ability to think strategically and tactically while
acting independently under management guidance.
- Demonstrated strong ability to identify tasks which require automation
and automate them.
- Work with minimal supervision and can multitask by juggling priorities
set up by management.
- Strong inter-personal and communication skills, team player able to
provide technical leadership in the IT group.
Special working conditions:
1) May require some travel to remote manufacturing plants, offices and
Disaster Recovery site.
2) Will require services on regularly scheduled weekend network /system
maintenance work.
3) Shared rotational on-call responsibilities.