Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Jr Systems Administrator
LOCATION:
Owings Mills, MD (2 days onsite, 3 days remote, must be onsite day 1)
DESCRIPTION:
Compass Pointe has partnered with a global financial company in the Owings Mills, MD area that is looking for a Jr Systems Administrator. The main function of is to be responsible for system administration of core systems as well as monitoring and repair of high-performance computing systems. Ensures consistent and reliable operation including enterprise servers and network infrastructure.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides wide ranging system administration in a multi-platform environment.
- Focus on Windows OS Desktop and Server - MAC OS Experience is a plus.
- Responsible for general systems administration tasks including system configuration management, OS installations, security updates, and urgent system patching.
- Vulnerability management system experience - Tenable / Nessus is a plus -
- Heavy focus on patching / Windows Patches / Software Updates.
- Writes and implements scripts to automate tasks and PowerShell knowledge.
- Ability to identify and troubleshoot hardware components that are problematic.
- Troubleshooting Skills are critical. Being able to connect the dots from diagnostics to problem resolution.
- Performs daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, network disruption awareness and predefined key processes.
- Monitoring will be desktop endpoints. Working on ensuring patching is up to date on those endpoints.
- Reviews system logs, application logs and security logs.
- Able to work with programs - cmtrace to view and read logs.
- Prior work in an Enterprise AV / EDR Suite is a plus.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
- 2-4 years experience required.
- Proven work experience as a system or network administrator.
- Past work in Security / Operations / Vulnerability management / Citrix is a plus.