Systems Administrator

Position Summary

Under the direction and supervision of the Vice President, Information Systems & Compliance, the Systems Administrator will be responsible for supporting and maintaining core systems ensuring continuous secure operations across our organizations. Cybersecurity is key in day-to-day operations. The Systems Administrator should have a good understanding of the importance of cybersecurity and its role in our companies. Day-to-day, the Systems Administrator will provide hands-on and/or remote support and assistance to end users and participate in the research, recommendation and implementation of solutions that drive overall IT strategy, compliance, and plans.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide all tiers of support.
• Troubleshoot and identify root cause(s), providing support and develop solutions to decrease reoccurrence.
• Ensure that all system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to ongoing compliance with current cyber-security standards (e.g. NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0)
• Maintain essential IT operations and installation of operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, software, and hardware.
• Participate in the planning, architecture of new server environments, storage and data management, and application deployment.
• Proactively ensure quality of service across our network, detect and manage any abnormalities or inconsistencies and providing regular status reports and updates for services.
• Troubleshoots network performance issues.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Stay up to date in changing threats.
• Analyzing system logs to identifying potential issues with computer systems

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer-centric, or related field
• Working knowledge of current cyber-security standards (e.g. CMMC 2.0, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001 or 27002)
• Proven track record with minimum 3 years of similar work experience

• Working knowledge of current cyber-security standards (e.g. NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0) is a plus.
• CISSP certification or equivalent work experience is a plus.
• Systems/Server knowledge in: Windows Server, Active Directory, VMWare, Hyper-V
• Experience managing Microsoft 365 environment.
• Basic Cisco operation and management (a plus, but not required)
• Knowledge of Backup and recovery models, services and methods
• Proven ability to troubleshoot network and systems issues.
• Ability to support multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong communication skills, written and oral.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to integrate business process and technology solutions.
• Team player that works effectively with all levels in organization (business and IT)
• High energy, dynamic individual who strives for continuous improvement.
• Ability to meet commitments, balance, and resolve conflicting priorities.
• Excellent judgment and professional maturity
• Ability to create positive relationships and craft clear communications.
• Broad technical capacity
• Action Orientated
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Results Focused
• Collaboration / Communication
• Effectively Self-Manage
• Highly motivated and organized self-starter
• Strong desire to succeed and pursue continued growth and developmental opportunities.
• Results-focused work ethic to resolve issues promptly.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment and across various departmental functions.
• Highly skilled communicator - ability to maintain productive relationships in complex situations.
• Analytical, problem solving, and project management skills.
• Understanding of basic principles of finance and accounting
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and work independently.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• None

Travel Requirement

• None

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

• Must be able to tolerate moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, printers, and staff traffic) in and around workspace areas. Light to moderate lifting may be required.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move around the factory floor for extended periods.
• Lift and carry items weighing up to a certain limit as required by the specific factory's operations.