Position: Sr. Sys Admin Windows

3 Openings - Duration of 3-6 months - Possibly Longer
No 3rd Parties - No Sponsorship - Local Candidates Only

Location: Marlborough, MA Area

Position Responsibilities - Summary:

The Senior Systems Administrator will contribute to the overall
engineering, design, build and high level support of all existing and new
Windows Server infrastructure. As a senior member of the team, the
successful candidate will need to work closely with our internal clients to
develop consensus and find solutions to problems facing their business
constituents.

- Monitor windows environment for anomalies and errors, reporting
and escalation of issues.
- Provide the required daily support, maintenance, and management of
the platforms.
- Provide Level III support and repair, as well as escalation to the
Business Application Group and/or Operations.
- Manager of enterprise applications responsible for server builds,
patch management, virtual machine management, virus scanning, etc.
- Develop and maintain high standards in establishing procedures and
policies to address routine jobs and certain resolution protocols.
- Meet or exceed SLA obligations consistently and on an ongoing
basis, allow for accurate metrics to measure response time, meet BCP
requirements for offsite access, and reduce the time needed to address
hardware/software failures.

Required Skills and Competencies:

Key to the position:

1. We are looking for a Very Senior Windows Systems Admin that has strong
troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
2. In-depth Knowledge of VMware architecture and hands on experience with
V-motion, ESX Ranger and other virtual management software. VMware and ESX
are required. The most recent version of ESX is 3.x
3. We are presently using Windows 2003 server and will be migrating to
Windows 2008. The candidate needs to have 2003 server (2008 would be a
plus).
4. Strong Microsoft Clustering skills are required.
5. Ideally the candidate should come from a larger environment (700 Windows
Servers globally growing to a 1000 by the end of 2009)

Candidate must possess the following qualifications:

Technical Qualifications:

- 7+ years of managing a Windows Server environment
- The ability to design and build an Active Directory infrastructure
- Hands on management of an Active Directory infrastructure
- Proficiency in DNS, DHCP and other naming services
- Server management with an emphasis on HP servers
- Extensive experience with Microsoft Clustering
- In-depth Knowledge of VMware architecture and hands on experience
with V-motion, ESX Ranger and other virtual management software
- In-depth Knowledge of disk management with SAN, NAS and local
storage with an emphasis on disk layout and performance
- Strong systems engineering skills with an emphasis on enterprise
scale architecture
- Understanding of High Availability, Business Continuity, and
Disaster Recovery concepts as they relate to Open Systems architecture.
- LINUX skills are highly desired

Non Technical Qualification:

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with Information Services
professionals
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Willingness to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented
environment
- Ability to work independently and without constant supervision
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
- Ability and willingness to work effectively in a business-critical
production environment
- Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve independently

Contact Information:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates AT verizon DOT net
Website - www.wrightassociates.org