Job Summary
The Senior Systems Administrator II role involves end-to-end responsibility for our server and storage environments, ensuring their design, implementation, and maintenance align with our business-critical objectives. The ideal candidate will leverage the latest technologies to uphold our commitment to high availability and performance.
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Design and Implementation: Lead the planning, design, and deployment of server and storage solutions across multiple data centers and offices, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Maintenance and Optimization: Oversee the maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of server and storage systems to ensure 99.99% availability, proactively identifying and resolving potential issues.
- Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce security protocols and compliance standards to safeguard data integrity and system access.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including network, security, and application development, to integrate and support business initiatives.
- Innovation: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance system performance and efficiency.
- Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations, procedures, and processes.
- Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.
Travel Requirements
Travel Requirements: Less than 25%25-50%50-75%75-100%
Education Minimum: 4 Year / Bachelors Degree -In Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Preferred Certification- Relevant certifications such as VMware Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, or CompTIA Server+ are highly regarded.
Experience
Minimum Years of Experience
5+ Years of experience in server and storage engineering, with a proven track record in designing and managing large-scale, high-availability environments.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Technical Expertise: Proficiency in server hardware and operating systems (Windows, Linux), storage technologies (SAN, NAS), virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V), and cloud services.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical challenges.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Team Player: Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
- Ability to sit and/or stand at a desk and work with a computer for extended periods of time.
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, tools, and to handle other computer components.
- Occasional inspection of cables in floors and ceilings, including using a ladder.
- Lifting and transporting of moderately heavy objects such as computers and peripherals up to 50 lbs.
- Regular and predictable attendance required.
Company Summary
Our Mission…Harnessing the power of language, we connect diverse people and enrich the human experience.
Our Vision…To provide global language services that expand opportunities, nurture belonging, and empower the world to connect beyond words.
As one of the world’s leading language services providers, Sorenson combines patented technology with human-centric solutions. We strive to increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for underrepresented people through communication solutions for all: call captioning and video relay services, over-video and in-person sign language and spoken language interpreting, translation, real-time captioning, and post-production language services.
Sorenson’s impact vision and plan extends to supporting employment opportunities for diverse employees, customers, and communities. As a minority-owned company, we are committed to expanding opportunities for underserved communities while promoting an inclusive workplace for our own employees.
Disclaimer
This position has access to highly confidential, sensitive information relating to the employees, customers, and technologies of Sorenson Communications. It is essential that applicant possess the requisite integrity to maintain the information in strictest confidence.
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sorenson Communications is an EOE, Disability/Age Employer.
Qualifications
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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