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Senior System Administrator

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Poly-America

2024-10-01 13:48:51

Job location Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Administration

Job description

Overview:

Poly-America, L.P., a leading plastics manufacturer, is currently seeking a System Administrator to join our team. Poly-America produces several lines of polyethylene products including high quality trash bags, and agricultural films.

We are expanding our IT team to keep up with company growth. Candidates need to possess strong analytical, interpersonal, customer service and communication skills, as well as the ability to organize and manage several projects at once. This position requires a person to work M-F, 8-5, as well as a rotating on-call status.

Responsibilities:
Plan, design, develop, and support operations for core organizational functions and business processes

Gather and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements

Prepare documentation by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information

Effectively communicate complete reports with probable causes and possible solutions to systems issues

Perform system implementation set ups

Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications, and enhancements to existing applications

Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for all systems and processes, and other post-implementation support

Monitor project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, updating progress reports, and recommending actions

Manage tracking of IT Helpdesk tickets and work with the analysts to ensure key performance metrics are maintained

Coordinate upgrades and new system implementations with vendors

Maintain servers, load-balancers, and data storage across a variety of locations

Ability to travel to locations on a periodic and ad hoc basis

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Associate's degree in the field of computer science preferred

5+ years Microsoft Windows server administration

3+ years of advanced networking (VLANs, VPN tunnels, routers, firewalls, etc.)

3+ years of domain administration (AD, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, etc.)

2+ years of experience with VMWare

Certifications in Microsoft Windows Enterprise Products including Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, or Web Services preferred

Good understanding of IT operations, theories, principles, and practices

Good written and oral communication skills

Good technical documentation skills

Good interpersonal skills

Ability to present ideas in non-technical user-friendly language

Ability to conduct research into IT operational issues, standards and products as required

Analytical and problem-solving abilities

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

Able to work weekend and evening hours for maintenance and emergency work

Available for calls 24x7

Poly-America offers competitive compensation packages including Medical/Dental, paid vacations and holidays, and 401(K).

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