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.