Windows Systems Administrator – 12 Month Contract, Brookfield, WI
1) Installation and administration of Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 Servers, SQL clustering using industry tools and best practices. Diagnose and repair hardware and software related issues.
2) System upgrades such as firmware, OS, application, and security patch evaluation and deployment using SMS, patchlink, WSUS, IBM Director, Trend AV, and manual processes.
3) Ability to manage various vendor and homegrown applications as required.
4) Administer and/or troubleshoot Active Directory and related environments such as WINS, DNS, file shares and folder permissioning, user account maintenance, and group policy, as well as server performance tuning.
5) Solid understanding of SAN components using Cisco MDS, McData, EMC ECC, EMC Clariion using Mirrorview and DMX using SRDF.
6) Maintain ISO, SOX, and SAS70 awareness and work to increase compliancy when needed.
7) Solid understanding of virtualization technologies, such as VMware ESX.
Education:
Minimum Associates degree in Computer Science is preferred.
Required Skills (Must have), Necessary industry Experience & associated number of years of experience:
• 5-7 years experience with Microsoft operating systems.
• 5-7 years experience with various software applications.
• 5-7 years experience with multiple vendor server hardware, including HP, IBM, Dell, and EMC.
• Intermediate understanding of networking principles, including DHCP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management and team peers.
Desired Skills: 1-3 years experience with HP and/or IBM blades
Resumes to: snelson@upnorth-vet.com