Associate system administrator

At Accendra Health, we understand that healthcare is complex, and we’re here to make it easier. We help deliver care beyond traditional settings, making essential products and services more accessible through every stage of life. As part of the care team, our teammates play a critical role in delivering personalized, long-term care for the patients we serve.

With deep expertise promoting health outside the hospital and a presence in communities nationwide through our Apria and Byram Healthcare brands, Accendra Health does more than just deliver the essentials.

If you’re interested in meaningful work with impact, explore our career opportunities and join us in our purpose of Bringing Care To Life™.

Our innovative company is looking to fill the role of Windows / VMware Administrator. Day to day activities include developing and documenting system specifications, implementing hardware and OS, maintaining high operational uptime stringent SLAs, coordinating with applications and database teams and other operational and project-based tasks.

• Provides systems administration technical expertise in support of core business functions.
• Evaluates end user needs, goals, in conjunction with application parameters to define overall system requirements and technical design.
• Relies on extensive knowledge and professional discretion to achieve goals.
• Evaluates existing systems and designs/flowcharts proposed systems.
• Installs, monitors, and manages servers and customer endpoints, resolves issues as needed
  Installs system and application patches and performs system backups and recovery.
• Monitors system configuration and manages log files.
• Develops user guides, technical procedures, and technical architecture documentation.
• Ensures system security through proactive security patch management.
• Monitors existing infrastructure and usage, optimizes system to ensure quality user experience.
• Documents internal policies
• Makes recommendation on potential solutions by defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, database security, data backup, and recovery specifications.
• Generates usage reports for submission to leadership.
• Manages upgrades and continually monitors all production servers for performance, business continuity, disaster discovery and security.
• Builds and deploys server and multi-client images support, including wireless, in conjunction with software and hardware product development.
• Maintain Windows Server 2012 – 2022 and related services E.g. File/Print/DHCP server
• Maintain VMware vSphere platform and related services
• Manage work queues for Windows and VMware incidents, problems, changes, tasks and requests and ensure workload is effectively managed; prioritize and respond to help desk tickets as appropriate.

Performs additional duties as directed.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience as a Windows & VMware Administrator
• Good knowledge managing virtualized (VMware) operating systems.
• Experience deploying and maintaining Cloud & on-premises platforms.
• Experience with managing proactive monitoring and alerting to assure system uptime.
• Understanding of Major cloud platforms E.g. AWS/Azure/GCP
• High level troubleshooting skills at the OS, virtualization, and hardware layer
• Good understanding of PowerShell Scripting.
• Understanding of networking topology and protocols
• Clear and concise communications both written and verbal.
• Understanding of SLA terms
• Proven track record working in a global and multicultural environment

• Ready to work in 24X7 Shifts & on call schedule. 

 Training:                 

• The post holder will be expected to undertake training to ensure that her/his skills are current. 

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply.

Accendra is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

Note: Accendra is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our Company via email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our Company. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by our Company as a result of the referral or through other means.

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