Infrastructure Administrator - Milwaukee, United States - Vaco

Description

We are hiring a Systems Engineer responsible for maintaining a robust, modern IT infrastructure to ensure 24/7 production capability with a hybrid office workforce utilizing primarily Microsoft products, emphasizing Microsoft 365.

This a contract to hire position that will require to be onsite in our downtown Milwaukee office.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Server Management

• Manage the existing infrastructure environment to provide 24/7 operating capability and offer and implement recommendations to improve uptime metrics.
• Design, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot all network infrastructure components such as LANs, WANs, VPNs, Wi-Fi networks, servers, routers/firewalls, switches, and battery backups. May require off-hours work
• Maintain physical servers running a Hyper-V cluster with SAN-backed storage to provide a robust platform for a virtual machine-based operating environment.
• Lead administration of Active Directory, Group Policies, DHCP, DNS (internal and external), Microsoft 365, Azure AD, and Intune setup and configuration
• Perform proactive network monitoring as part of everyday activities to ensure optimum performance and act on real-time alerting of hardware failure.
• Contribute to infrastructure projects using agreed-upon budgets, schedules, and development standards.
• Develop and implement policies, procedures, and lifecycles related to infrastructure hardware and software.
• Build and maintain an IT knowledge base with thorough design and issue resolution documentation. Maintain network and systems diagrams.
• Administrate backup environment, including off-site retention and disaster recovery capabilities using Azure
• Document disaster recovery procedures for distribution to relevant departments
• Assist in annual disaster recovery planning and testing
• Update plans as needed to meet business needs or to account for changes in the environment
• Maintain or implement new access control lists for operating equipment
• Apply up-to-date firmware and software for infrastructure components to prevent security incidents
• Keep informed of new and emerging threats, evaluate the potential impact on business operations, and develop remediation steps if required
• Monitor infrastructure to assess baseline operations and detect potential intrusions
• Assist in the development and enforcement of incident response policies
• Analyze security risks and develop response procedures
• Assist in business security initiatives to reduce the likelihood or potential impacts of threats
• Collaborate with third-party managed security services platform

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience as a network/server administrator/engineer position for at least five years
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or other IT-related degree or similar relevant work experience
• Experience with HPE servers, Fortinet firewalls, Juniper switches with MIST, Extreme access points, Pure Storage SANs, and Rubrik backup systems.
• Experience with Hyper-V server virtualization, Windows Server 2012 and newer, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Microsoft 365 hybrid deployments, and Azure infrastructure/networking
• In-depth knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, VLANs, Firewall ACLs, Wireless)
• Understanding of NIST Security Fundamentals
• Related certifications are a plus
• Experiencein writing documentation, policies, and procedures

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.