The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator in Raleigh, NC.

Role Description

The Sr. Systems Administrator’s primary responsibility is overall maintenance and administration of PHE’s datacenter/infrastructure environments, overseeing the infrastructure vertical for the team. These include Azure, Active Directory, email, backups, SAN, virtualization environments, Windows Server, server hardware, and escalation point for Jr. Administrators. The Sr. Systems Administrator also will assist Production Engineers and Network/Security as required.

As a senior member of the Systems Administration team, the Sr. Systems Administrator is responsible for the overall operations of all internal and external production systems and data center software.
• Responsible for administration of Azure environment, including overall virtual server and supporting services administration, setup and design, and ensuring high uptime and availability of all systems.
• Responsible for uptime of internal data center systems including system virtualization (Hyper-V), Server OS, data center applications, Server Hardware (Cisco UCS), SAN and fabric, backup/recovery, etc.
• Ensure software platforms are patched, secured, and operating at peak efficiency.
• Knowledge of Microsoft/Office 365 administration, primarily file storage and Teams management.
• Develop strategy for internal systems.
• Interface with customers as needed as an escalation point for issues.
• Manage relationships with other systems administrators to provide redundant knowledge of the overall production environment.
• Closely work with application development staff as part of our DevOps team, as needed, to ensure ecommerce site uptime and availability.
• Mentor junior administrators to increase in-house system knowledge, and resources.
• Create documentation methods to maintain up-to-date documentation on specifics of server configurations.
• Participation in on call rotations to deal with system outages on demand as well as escalation availability as required.
• Must be able to hold flexible hours to include on-call work after hours as needed
• Other duties as defined by management.

Skills & Requirements

• Proven experience in overall administration of cloud services (Azure).
• Experience administrating on-premises infrastructure environments (Cisco UCS, SAN, Backup environments).
• At least 5 years of experience in windows platform administration
• Self-motivated person with high drive for complete customer satisfaction
• Collaborative team player that possesses a courteous, can-do attitude
• Possesses a meticulous and methodical approach to work, ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Strong organizational, communication, research, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage complex tasks and collaborate effectively across teams
• Proven ability to take ownership of projects from beginning to end with a focus of goals, organization and outcomes
• Experience managing and maintaining virtual systems environment
• Comprehensive knowledge of data center, particularly Cisco UCS, including servers, SANs, and disk array configurations
• Proven understanding of data center architecture and best practices
• Cloud Platform: Microsoft Azure
• Management of Azure Virtual Machines
• Oversight of the entire Azure environment
• Recently migrated from a colocation facility to Azure
• Azure environment was designed to closely mirror the previous on-prem setup
• Includes a virtual database cluster, though the environment is not highly complex
• Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System)
• HP SAN (Storage Area Network)
• Backup Environment: Currently in transition to a new solution
• Virtualization: Previously used VMware, but transitioned to Hyper-V due to the Broadcom acquisition of VMware

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays’ guiding principles is ‘do the right thing’.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.

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