Network and System Administrator (Chicago, IL)

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Network and System Administrator (Chicago, IL)

Manage, maintain, deploy, secure and provide Tier 2-3 troubleshooting of company network infrastructure, endpoints, and mobile devices, including but not limited to: Local Area Network, Storage Area Network, Services including IP Addressing, DNS, DHCP, remote access (VPN) and redundant ISPs; Physical and virtual hosts, workstation endpoints, mobile devices, telecommunication devices, firewalls, switches, VPN devices, printers, wireless controllers and access points; Software including OS, antivirus, malware & ransomware solutions, MSP, data replication and disaster recovery, security and firewall including maintaining licensing and version compliance; Ensure system availability and reliability including periodic testing of disaster recovery protocols data replication viability; and Provide analysis and proposal preparation for system modifications and enhancements. Provide network troubleshooting to resolve hardware/software problems within the system. Manage, monitor/audit, maintain and secure Company Microsoft Ecosystem including but not limited to: E365 Accounts; Account and software compliance and versioning; Deployment and management of a robust and flexible account profile reporting system; and Cloud infrastructure with current network infrastructure.

Position oversees one direct report in the position of Support Specialist.

Requires Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.  Progressive, post-Bachelor’s experience is required (5 years with Bachelor’s degree or 3 years with Master’s degree) which must include some experience with each of the following: planning, implementing and maintaining virtual servers using VMWare; creating and maintaining Active Directory (AD) Users & Group Policies, DNS, DHCP and IIS; automation of backup of databases, application, infrastructure and deployment servers; server updates & patches and asset management using automation tools; network load balancing and protocol control capabilities; capacity planning for SAN/server storage and compute; Network firewalls (FortiGate or SONICWall or Cisco); creation of batch scripts using SSH or PowerShell; SQL queries and stored procedures; supplier selection, fair value analysis, negotiation, and contract management;

Position also requires experience or education in the following: design develop and deploy web applications; database development and maintenance; cloud computing – Evaluate, migrate and maintain infrastructure in cloud.

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