System Administrator

Duration: Fulltime Permanent

• Provide ongoing System Administration, maintenance, and support of local and remote servers.
• Identify and address future needs to maintain operational readiness.
• Provide hardware, networking and software support of High-Performance Computing (HPC) server and desktops.
• Work with vendors to install patches and upgrades.
• Coordinate and elevate issues to Global IT to support local site needs.
• Understand the unique needs of each site from modeling computers to large data storage.
• Ability to make decisions on networking – ports and distribution.
• Troubleshoot and resolve storage issues.
• Coordinate with desk-side support and special engineering software admin.
• Lab Hardware and Software Support:
• Provide diagnostic and problem-solving support for standard/ OEM and custom equipment in the labs.
• Support for connecting industrial equipment computers to the network.
• Coordinate with lab equipment vendors to troubleshoot issues and install patches and upgrades.
• Lead IT site audits and maintain inventory of all lab equipment and computers.
• Help resolve Level 1 Networking issues (eg. connect patch cords, configure IPs) of lab equipment.
• IT Security Support and Maintenance.
• Maintain IT security software for all lab equipment.
• Validate access control measures are current.

Relevant Experience: (in Yrs) 8 to 10 yrs.