Senior Systems Administrator
Chicago, IL

Job Description

Our purpose is simple and compelling: To release the natural power of stone to enrich modern living.

ROCKWOOL products save energy and water and reduce CO2 emissions, protect buildings from the spread of fire; reduce waste; improve acoustic comfort, building performance and aesthetics; and enhance Precision Growing, thereby improving the efficiency of fresh food production.

While the stone we use may be millions of years old, what we do with it is cutting-edge. Every day, ROCKWOOL colleagues are developing and applying new technologies to release yet more potential of stone wool to enrich modern life.

Would you also be proud to enrich society like we do? Apply now to join us as we improve modern living conditions for millions of people worldwide.

Do you have strong experience with IT Infrastructure & server operations? And would you like to become a member of a team responsible for daily operations of a global platform?

Then come join us!

This is who we are

The ROCKWOOL Group is world leader in stone wool solutions. We create sustainable solutions to protect life, assets, and the environment today and tomorrow.

Digital at ROCKWOOL is committed to delivering exceptional customer-centric digital solutions to make IT a significant business differentiator in the future. Digital is ROCKWOOL Group's IT organization that supplies global solutions and connectivity to around 11.000 ROCKWOOL employees in more than 40 countries.

Digital is a global organization with around 200 employees of many nationalities. You will be joining a dedicated team of highly skilled and experienced colleagues who are responsible for digital innovation and architecture, service design, global implementation of projects and 3rd level operations support.

Digital has a strong customer focus and strives to stay at the cutting edge of technology.

You will be joining a dedicated team of 7 colleagues in Europe, Asia and US, with responsibilities covering operations and changes of the infrastructure services.

We are on a digital journey and you have the opportunity to join us. If you are passionate about operations and have hands-on experience from managing IT infrastructure, then ROCKWOOL is the right place to join.

We are looking for a candidate who will:

* Analyze organization's needs, conduct technical research, and implement appropriate solutions to meet needs and comply with department standards.
* Ensure high availability of all critical applications and servers while meeting or exceeding Service Level Agreements (SLA).
* Architect and migrate scalable, secure, and stable applications to the cloud and serve as the subject matter expert resource for service delivery areas.
* Review, modify, develop, and adapt security policies based on challenges posed by a multi-tenant public cloud.
* Manage the overall execution of projects by serving as the technical lead and subject matter expert and being accountable for the project outcome.
* Rapidly respond to patch management requirements by assessing risk, devising plans, and executing plans to all servers, server components, and other devices.
* Establish and validate full functionality of disaster recovery environment for critical business applications.
* Manage backup and recovery operations for multiple data centers.
* Work closely with technical teams to detect network faults and performance issues and proactively implement monitoring services and alerts to prevent future occurrences.
* Maintain highly secured systems through proper configuration and system access monitoring.
* Develop and maintain technical documentation
* Perform special projects and other duties as assigned by management.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

The holder of the position will be expected to have a deep knowledge within infrastructure areas, particularly in a distributed environment, along with broad experience about servers, virtualization, applications, databases, patch management etc.

High experience with most areas within: (2 - 5 Years at least)

* Server operating systems
* VMWare
* Exchange Online
* SQL
* SCCM
* SAN
* Microsoft Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
* ITIL framework (familiarity)
* Cloud based services i.e. Azure or AWS
* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
* 5 + years of relevant experience in systems administration including hands-on responsibilities for enterprise level systems architecture in environments with 100 or more employees.
* 5 + years of hands-on experience in the design and support of Active Directory in a multi-site environment.
* 5 + years of experience installing, configuring, and supporting Windows 2008-2016 server operating systems.
* 3 + years of experience administering Exchange Server, with expert proficiency in secure messaging solutions.
* 3 + years of hands-on experience deploying and managing VMware vSphere virtual technology.
* 3 + years of experience with SQL Server, including management of availability groups, database replication, and clustering.
* 2+ years of demonstrated experience configuring and maintaining Office 365 workloads such as OneDrive, SharePoint, Exchange, and Skype for Business.
* 3 + years of experience managing SANs, with NetApp experience preferred.
* 3 + years of experience planning and executing projects including migrations, upgrades, and new implementations.
* Experience configuring and managing secure infrastructure and services on Microsoft Azure, including Azure AD.
* Highly proficient in developing and maintaining custom PowerShell scripts.
* Experience with Cisco IronPort, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Box, Duo 2FA, SharePoint, Citrix, Commvault, and Microsoft SCCM are a plus.
* Information technology certifications such as MCSE, MCSD, ITIL VCP preferred.

You are highly self-motivated and enthusiastic, driving changes that adopt new technologies or use current technology smarter. You thrive solving complex problems, learning about new technologies, building the best solutions and communicating your ideas.

You are a team-player with strong analytical skills and focus on providing visible results. You show drive and can motivate your colleagues.

You like working in a global organization and working in virtual teams, exchanging ideas with peers and management, always respecting the viewpoint of others.

You have excellent English skills, spoken and written, international experience or background and have a good understanding of different cultures.

You are a strong person who isn't afraid to taking full responsibility, and quickly adapt to your new role in the team.

You should expect some travel activity to various ROCKWOOL sites across the world.