IT Server Administrator II in Livonia, Michigan at Roush

We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn't believe. At Roush, you're part of building the future. Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges? Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged? If so, then keep reading.

We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense, and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage.

The IT Server Administrator II will be responsible for monitoring on premise and cloud-based server environments. The position will also be responsible for maintaining a healthy and secure Active Directory environment, including connecting workstations to the company network and monitoring the network for any potential issues. This position is located in Livonia and is onsite Monday through Friday.

As an IT Server Administrator II, you will:

• Build, maintain and support both physical and virtual servers.
• Validate corporate backups are executed weekly and assures they are restorable. Troubleshoot issues as necessary.
• Develop and implement server maintenance standards and operating procedures.
• Manage, maintain, diagnose, and repair hardware and software within the server environments.
• Maintain a healthy and secure Active Directory environment.
• Be responsible for updating documentation of the server environment, policies, and standards.
• Implement approved corporate security policies and procedures, escalate issues and/or compromises to management.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with greenfield setup, configuration and support of the latest two Microsoft Windows server and LINUX operating systems.
• U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident allowing for ITAR or CMMC compliance.
• Ability to create scripts (VBScript, PowerShell, Perl, PHP, and/or Python)
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN and WAN to troubleshoot and address server issues.
• Knowledge of firewalls, proxy, and databases.
• Experience with tape, snapshot, and cloud backup solutions.
• Experience as a technical resource and participant in system and network projects.
• Good oral and written communicator.
• Experience working with different cross functional teams.
• Ability to effectively multitask.

• Experience with managing a corporate backup solution.
• Experience with capacity planning and performance monitoring techniques and tools.
• Working knowledge of network performance monitoring solutions such as SolarWinds or Nagios.
• Familiar with LAN (Local Area Network) and WAN (Wide Area Network) concepts and configurations such as routing, VPN (Virtual Private Network), and cabling.
• Ability to work overtime as needed including weekends.