Systems Administrator (Windows)
Gaithersburg, MD

Job Description

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management. #LI-POST

The opportunity:

Team Lead Windows Systems Administrator will be responsible for leading support and review for all activities related to cloud platforms. This individual must understand thoroughly of current design with hands-on technical experience. The role will also help support the development of innovative solutions in cloud and infrastructure technologies.

You are great at:

Leading a team by displaying leadership abilities to help develop an efficient and consistent support model. Interacting with engineering, product management, professional services, infrastructure architecture, and other operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Develop/enhance/improve a systems global support model
* Deliver technology advisory and implementation solutions that extract and maximize business value from IT investments for the commercial platforms
* Provide feedback to global systems, infrastructure, architecture and tools teams to enhance OpenText services and applications with regard to making them more easily supported in a Production environment.
* Enhance our automated deployment strategy; full lifecycle development of components with an emphasis on high quality, scalability and usability. Work with global systems, infrastructure, architecture and tools teams to elicit and make recommendations on system improvements
* Participate in strategic projects
* 24x7 on-call support on a rotating basis

What it takes:

B.S. in computer science / information systems or equivalent combination of education and experience.

5-8 years progressively responsible experience in

* Windows server administration (various version) and HA Architecture
* Well versed in systems, monitoring/tools and infrastructure (compute, storage) technologies to lead the systems team
* Review system design documents and change requests ensure compliance with architecture standards
* Lead efforts to centralize documentation and make it more accessible as related to systems
* Review system design documents and change requests ensure compliance with architecture standards
* Proactive monitoring and tools implementation
* VMWare ESX, VSphere experience with a minimum of 5 years' experience
* Ability to understand and factor system requirements into architecture
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

At OpenText we understand and value diversity in our employees and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire the best talent regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, age, veteran status or sexual orientation. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process please email accommodationrequests@opentext.com. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws including but not limited to: Family and Medical Leave Act (FLMA), Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Polygraph Protection Act