LIS is a leading Technology Company specializing in IT Consulting, Staffing and Enterprise Solutions. We offer a flexible and friendly work environment that enables career growth and opportunities.
Our organization is looking for an experienced Windows Systems Admin. for a (1-3) years contract position in Eagan, MN.
*Candidates must be either US Citizen or Green Card Permanent Resident.*
1. Job Title: Windows Systems Admin.
2. Location: Eagan, MN
3. Job Duration: 1-3 years
4. Assignment Type: 1099, C2C
5. Pay Rate: Negotiable
6. Special Skills: 4+ years exp., bs/ba, windows servers. vmware, vsphere, san, nas, scripting
We are seeking a Windows Administrator to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. The qualified applicant will become part of Windows Server Administration team providing technical services to systems supporting the daily operations of our client. The position is on-site and located in Eagan, MN.
*Roles and Responsibilities:*
• Provide planning, coordination, and implementation of server installations, upgrades, routine maintenance, and vendor supplied patches in accordance with established Information Technology (IT) policies and procedures.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), Installation Qualifications (IQs), and documentation adhering to industry best practices.
• Monitor and tune systems to achieve optimum performance levels; provide performance statistics and reports.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other functional areas within IT to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of corporate servers to meet business requirements.
• Prioritize and respond to Service Desk tickets as appropriate.
• Provide timely response to escalations in accordance with service level agreements (SLAs).
• Serves as the primary contact for critical and high server-based outages and communicates the status of the outage to infrastructure management.
• Define and perform server backups and recovery procedures; participate in development, testing, and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Provide off hours support using a rotating on call procedure.
• Strong customer service orientation, proven ability to pay attention to details and proven dependability.
• Interact with immediate supervisor, Postal management, Peraton team members, customers, and users daily.
• Special projects as assigned.
*Basic Qualifications:*
• To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field and 4 years of related experience in a technical position supporting server environments. An additional 4 years of applicable work experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Working knowledge of corporate network environments including VMware, Microsoft Windows Server (2016, 2019, 2022), and Active Directory.
• Working knowledge of VMware vSphere and its features in support of deploying and maintaining secure servers, templates, snapshots, and VM backups.
*Preferred Qualifications:*
• Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
• 10 years of related experience in a technical position supporting server environments.
• Working knowledge of storage technologies such as storage area network (SAN) or network-attached storage (NAS).
• Scripting skills and understanding of programming technologies including items such as: Batch, WinBatch, PERL, PowerShell, VBScript, VBA, .Net technologies, COM, and SQL.
• Direct experience in a large-scale hosted computing environment managing hundreds of servers or more.
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Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Experience level:
* 4 years
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Experience:
* VMWare, vsphere: 4 years (Required)
* SAN, NAS, Scripting: 1 year (Required)
Ability to Commute:
* Eagan, MN 55122 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
* Eagan, MN 55122: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
