Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Systems Administrator Los Angeles, CA


 
Job ID: Job-0903
Job Title: Systems Administrator
location: Los Angeles, CA
Jobtype: Permanent
Rate: $70K - $75K +bonus
Description: The Systems Administrator is responsible for maintaining and expanding the firm's 
infrastructure. This individual is responsible for the day to day management and maintenance of all production servers, including monitoring system performance, applying patches and software upgrades, and ensuring system uptime. The Systems Administrator provides local help desk support and serves as an extension of an Information Technology department that is headquartered in New York, U.S.A. 

Essential Job Functions 
? Provide technical leadership by utilizing advanced knowledge of the Windows stack of 
technologies: Active Directory, Group Policy, WSUS 
? Administration of various networking devices (switches, firewalls, routers) 
? Administration of an Active Directory domain, including all maintenance and security 
? Manage the production roll-out of various MS Windows based services 
? Manage the maintenance of various hardware platforms, including RMA with manufacturer 
? Respond to all customer problems and inquiries 
? Accountable for call details and complete ticket (incident) creation into the tracking system. 
? Accountable for proper call categorization and routing (escalation routing as required) 
? Accountable for resolution of known, documented and single step requests 
? Accountable for incident closure and any follow-up contact between the IT team and the end user 
? Ability to learn fundamental operations of commonly used software, hardware, and other 
equipment 
? Enforce all Desktop Support Services and corporate IT policies 
? Troubleshoot all it equipment related issues 
? Support computers include servers, workstations and laptops 
? Manage users, security groups, and computers through Active Directory, Exchange, Citrix, 
? Assemble and disassemble PC hardware as necessary 
? Fix, update and maintain all desktops, laptops, printers, Blackberry devices and technology 
? Set up audio/video/teleconferencing equipment for meetings if required 
? Ensure network connectivity to the desktop, printers, copiers and scanners 
? Maintain inventory of computer, networking and all other IT related equipment 

Requirements 
? Knowledge of the ITIL framework 
? Expertise in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, Active Directory 
? Knowledge in DHCP, SMTP, POP3, TCP/IP, RAID, DNS 
? Knowledge of Anti-Virus applications, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL 
? Knowledge of applications such as VPN clients, anti-virus, and diagnostic tools 
? Knowledge of networking technologies, including switches, routers, and VoIP 
? Familiar with SANs; LUN allocation and snapshots 
? Experience with enterprise grade backup systems 
? Excellent communication skills 

Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree 

Work Experience Required 
? 3-5 years System Administrator experience 
? Microsoft Certified Professional 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

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