Systems Administrator, Information Technology recruitment

Position Title: Systems Administrator, Information Technology

Working Location: US - New York, NY

Employment Status: Full-Time Regular

Required Experience: 4 years

Required Education: Associates Degree

Travel Required: 0

Job ID: 1836

Position Description:
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Fitch complies with federal, state, and local laws governing employment, and provides equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All applications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, and other status protected by applicable laws.

Position Requirements:
Responsibilities:
• Install, maintain and support servers, including operating systems upgrades and patches
• Participate in design and implementation of new services
• Assist in the evaluation of new tools for supporting infrastructure
• Maintain systems hardware and software inventory
• Support of the business units and system documentation
• Additional projects and assignments as assigned

Requirements:
• Associate's degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• At least 4 - 6 years of experience in Information Technology with a proven track record of success and increasing responsibility
• Ability to analyze problems related to the server, networking, and systems software
• Ability to gather and analyze information and troubleshoot various server problems
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to articulate, written and verbally, IT needs in understandable language - including pros, cons and cost of various solution options
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong knowledge of common server analysis, monitoring and security utilities

Technical skills required:
• Working technical knowledge of Server operating systems including Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) and Windows Server 2008 R2 in an Enterprise environment
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards, including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP
• Networking and Security -- Cisco switches, routers and ASA/Firewall management
• Solid understanding of LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, Networking topologies and troubleshooting
• Experience with the following technologies a plus:
* Symantec Altiris (version 6.x and above)
* Virtualization Technologies (VMware/Xen/and VDI)
* Riverbed Steelhead
* F5 (LTM and GTM)
* Juniper SA/MAG
* Infoblox
* Backup Technologies (Legato/Datadomain/NetBackup)
* Xceedium Gatekeeper
* Entrust
* Managed File Transfer Systems (MFT)
* Shell Scripting