Systems Administrator - IT Systems & Cloud

FirstEnergy Corp • Akron, OH • 1h ago

JOB DESCRIPTION FirstEnergy FirstEnergy at a Glance We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of 3,780 megawatts. About the Opportunity This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. This position is accountable, under general supervision, for installing and maintaining our Microsoft Server & Storage environment in FirstEnergy Corp. while maintaining compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. This position will directly support FirstEnergy's critical systems and will have a blended focus of traditional system administration, assisting to automate server administration and build infrastructure services. Responsibilities Include:

Design, implement, and maintain system infrastructure to ensure high availability, resilience and performance.

Install, manage and tune mission-critical Microsoft Server systems and VMWare hosts that support operations 24x7x365 with minimal downtime.

Automate and execute Microsoft Server standards that include Citrix servers, application servers, Active Directory servers, specialized support servers, Microsoft File and Print Servers.

Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configuration management and automation technologies including Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Chocolatey and Jenkins to automate infrastructure delivery.

Automate repetitive tasks to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention.

Develop and maintain scripting, code or interface APIs where necessary.

Manage the testing, deployment and automation of patches and software upgrades for Microsoft servers and ESX Hosts.

Solve complex problems and troubleshoot functionality for issue identification (including debugging); work in conjunction with other IT personnel and implement preventative measures.

Develop technical designs and estimates to meet the business needs while supporting the company's overall IT direction and standards.

Create and maintain system documentation and procedures to ensure governance and standards.

Provide consulting for new applications/systems requiring Microsoft servers and services.

Maintain and administer operating systems, server security and Microsoft services.

Install, upgrade, configure and maintain server systems hardware and software.

Design and implement disaster recovery procedures.

Investigate and resolve application problems and enterprise monitoring alarms.

Strict adherence to company processes, change management and other procedures in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications include:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 3 - 5 years of related experience required. In lieu of a degree, 5 - 7 years of related experience required. VMWare certification preferred.

Related experience includes, but is not limited to: a production Microsoft Server Administration role, VMWare Administrator role, patch management, PowerShell scripting, site reliability engineering, etc.

Strong knowledge of the following:

Microsoft Windows Server deployment using deployment software tools, like Symantec Ghost, Ansible, Terraform, etc.

Intel/AMD ser

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