Perform enterprise system administration including design, configuration management, maintenance, troubleshooting, forecasting capacity needs, and documenting standards and procedures for large-scale Windows/VMware environments.
Company Description
Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing national IT Consulting and Executive Search company in the United States, which was founded in 2011 by Mark McGee, the President and CEO. Sonoma Consulting has two business divisions - IT Consulting Services & Executive Search to serve its 150 national clients which range from entrepreneurial start-ups to Global Fortune 500.
Job DescriptionJob Summary
- Responsible for system administration, technical design, technical planning, configuration management and troubleshooting for advanced systems.
- Must perform maintenance and administration of all hardware and software systems throughout the enterprise.
- Forecast system demands, recommends expansion, upgrades and reconfiguration.
- Documents standards and operating procedures for a large based systems.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of directly related experience in system administration.
- Previous experience creating large scale processes for rapidly growing infrastructure.
- Strong experience with Active Directory, Windows Servers, VMware and Group Policy.
- MCSA or MCITP are a plus.
- Office 365 administration.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or the equivalent combination of technical certifications and work experience.
Titles: System Admin, Network Admin, Admin, System Engineer
Skills : Active Directory, Group Policy, office 365, Windows, VMware
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