System Administrator
Windows Systems Administrator
Playa Vista, CA (100% On-Site)
3-month consulting contract with the high possibility of extension
Pay: $48 / HR
Our client, a leading private university in Los Angeles, CA, is seeking a Windows System Administrator to join their team. This individual will directly support the university’s Institute for Creative Technologies and will maintain, upgrade, and provide support for the Institutes back-end systems and networks.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor, maintain, upgrade, and support new and existing Microsoft Windows systems; this includes hardware, software, applications, services, and all configurations.
- Administration and support of Azure cloud services, Office 365, MS Intune implementation and administration
- Collaborate with other personnel on technical projects for the advancement of IT services and capabilities.
- Provide guidance and direction to lower-level staff.
- Monitors systems, servers and auxiliary devices for performance and security.
- Determine whether adjustments need to be made and confers with technical support staff and vendors as appropriate.
- Recommends changes to improve systems and network configurations and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
- Troubleshoot and identify hardware and software problems in a timely manner; resolve routine problems, replace defective components, and research resources to identify solutions.
- Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
- Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
- Assign, modify, and delete user accounts and resolves security access problems; maintain integrity of the security system.
- Develop documentation for systems and administration procedures.
- End-user support
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- 7+ years of work expeience with Microsoft Technologies
- Advanced knowledge on Microsoft technologies: Office 365, Azure, Azure AD/Entra AD, MS Intune implementation and administration, Azure AD Hybrid
- Migrate or upgrade of Microsoft server OS / Applications
- Working knowledge of Linux and MAC OS
- Working knowledge of Symantec security systems, Endpoint Encryption, Data Loss Prevention
- Knowledge in supporting VMware, SentinelOne, Asana, Slack, Zoom, Confluence, Jira, Backup system Commvault, JAMF
- Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks.
- Working knowledge of Cloud services, Azure, AWS, GCP, MS Intune
- Enterprise storage management experience (NetApp, EMC, Tegile)
- Compliance and Governance understanding (PCI, PII, HIPAA, DFARS, CMMC)
Please submit your resume in word or PDF format to be considered.