Network Administrator III

Job Description

We have a position for a Network Administrator III with one of our clients in Atlanta, GA for an initial contract duration of 6 months. No third party candidates considered for this position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure system-related products and services.
• Serve as an architect and subject matter expert as required regarding purchasing, project planning, and implementation efforts.
• Co-ordinate and manage agile short term projects internal to the IT infrastructure team.
• Design, configure, test and maintain all facets of IT Infrastructure.
• Diagnose hardware and software failures and remediate identified problems.
• Responsible for ensuring the continuity of operations from an infrastructure perspective.
• This includes ensuring the RPO and RTO for all systems and applications are met.
• Proactively analyze system logs to identify potential issues.
• Establish and implement policies, strategies, procedures, and technologies to ensure all systems are current, secure and accurate.
• Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to project management, business analysis and software development teams.
• As required, install and configure new hardware and software.
• Provide level 3 support, answer technical inquiries and assist users; troubleshoot, report and escalate problems as needed.
• Participate in documentation efforts pursuant to maintaining current copies of all system configurations.
• Maintain the integrity of all IT infrastructure; ensuring all are secure, reliable and operating properly.
• Recommend and implement changes to improve systems and network configurations.
• Participate in and provide accurate and relevant commentary as required within change authorization. This includes determining hardware and software requirements associated with any changes.
• Monitor performance of computer systems and networks in order to determine whether adjustments need to be made and determine where future changes will be required (includes security).
• Analyze equipment performance records in order to determine the need for configuration changes, upgrades, repair and/or replacement.
• Maintain logs related to network operations as well as maintenance, change and repair records.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures in order to protect data, software, and hardware.
• Work within and aid in the formation and implementation of IT policy and procedures.
• Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures and maintain control records.
• Provide guidance and learning sessions as required to junior members of the team. This includes periodic review of team member’s implementations in a peer-review setting.
• Provide materials for communication and training of end users for all modified and new systems.