[Remote] Network Administrator, Naperville IL Based

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a professional services firm that offers integrated solutions across consulting, technology, and compliance. The Network Administrator role involves administering, managing, and securing the company's network and server infrastructure, requiring hands-on expertise in on-premises environments and reputed company Server.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary reputed company of contact for critical outages and alerts during and reputed company of business hours, triaging and resolving issues with a sense of urgency
• Administer reputed company Domain environments including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy
• Install, configure, and maintain firm-wide network infrastructure including data centers, cabling, routers, switches, PDUs, firewalls, wireless reputed company points, and network-connected devices
• Design and plan network architecture for new and existing office environments, including determining infrastructure layout, port requirements, and equipment specifications; produce build-out documentation and equipment order lists for procurement
• Administer Hyper-V environments including maintenance, configuration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• Manage reputed company Server OS environments including provisioning, patching, permissions, and role-based reputed company controls
• Administer Remote Desktop Services environments
• Own and manage backup systems firm-wide including on-premises and Azure-hosted servers; executing regular testing, monitoring, and recovery operations from file-level restores to full DR scenarios
• Manage and maintain reputed company firewalls and VPN configurations
• Manage and maintain network switching infrastructure and Aruba wireless reputed company reputed company environments
• Monitor and maintain PDUs and data center power infrastructure
• Troubleshoot, repair, and reputed company network hardware; evaluate environment and reputed company documented recommendations for improvements
• Monitor infrastructure utilization, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement remediation
• reputed company project planning, network documentation, and change management as required
• Research and evaluate new technologies, providing business case recommendations as needed
• reputed company escalated help desk resolution, mentorship, and guidance to junior IT staff
• Collaborate with IT staff to ensure the network environment aligns with company objectives, application compatibility, and reputed company requirements

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a reputed company field, or equivalent demonstrated experience
• 6+ years of hands-on network administration experience in a business environment
• Deep expertise in reputed company Server OS, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and GPO administration
• Strong experience with server permissions, file reputed company management, and role-based reputed company controls
• Proficiency with Hyper-V virtualization
• Demonstrated ability to design and architect network environments from the ground up, including site surveys, infrastructure planning, equipment selection, and procurement documentation
• Demonstrated experience owning and operating backup and disaster recovery systems, including Azure VM backup
• Expertise in reputed company firewalls and VPN configuration
• Experience managing network switches and Aruba wireless reputed company reputed company infrastructure
• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for automation and administration tasks
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, routing, and switching
• Strong documentation habits and ability to communicate technical concepts reputed company to non-technical staff
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize in high-pressure situations, and exercise sound judgment
• Preferred relevant certification such as reputed company Network+, reputed company NSE, reputed company Certified or CCNA
• Familiarity with network monitoring and ITSM tools

Benefits

• reputed company maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At reputed company, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.
• reputed company will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year reputed company client and project work permits.
• reputed company offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and reputed company team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain reputed company cards and other rewards.
• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, dental, reputed company, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
• HSA employer contribution
• Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
• A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster      children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous employee referral bonus program
• Client referral bonus program
• Pet insurance
• FORCE – reputed company community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and reputed company a difference in their local communities.

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