SR SYSTEM ADMIN

Job Summary:# Reviews system needs, investigates solutions and presents recommendations to management.# Maintains development, test and production environments and coordinates systems needs with internal resources of the IT department.# Serves in a leading technical role in system implementations, upgrades and changes, working at a high technical and analytical level in support of customers.# Serves as the primary contact for all support issues.# Leads and directs System Admins.# Responsible for supporting the installation and ongoing maintenance, operations and support of in-house systems which support departments with specific knowledge of software and associated systems.# Participates in activities associated with work flow analysis, data collection, database customization, user training, reporting and go-live support for software systems.# Responsible for on-going support, including database maintenance and optimization, security, disaster recovery and installation of new software or updates to existing software.# Provides software modifications and updates as needed in support of existing processes and produces new software for automation of processes.# Troubleshoots critical business processes in assigned area. Demonstrates knowledge and skills to appropriately communicate with customers/users to develop an understanding of their business objectives, application system needs and process flows. Must be familiar with command line operations in unix and windows environments, programming/scripting languages, and database operations and architecture. Abilities to repair/recover from software and hardware failures. Contribute to and maintain standards, develop/maintain procedures (knowledge base, e.g.) research solutions and recommend approaches to leverage resources and automate tasks.# Daily system monitoring for integrity and availability, log review, verification of scheduled jobs.# Verify backups occur and are usable.# Perform other duties as assigned. # Performance

Expectations: Demonstrates ability to be self-sufficient,# leads others, and responsible for the supported systems needs # Qualifications: # Education/Skills######## Minimum of Associate Degree or equivalent education or extensive work experience in the direct applications/systems. # Work Experience:#### Five or more years# relavent experience.# Required to have a working knowledge of customer departments operations including software/systems and be able to use an analytical approach. Organizational ability and strong communication skills are required. # Mental Demands:# ### Exceptional oral and written skills are required.# The individual must have the ability to perform as a team member, cooperate with others, manage conflict, prioritize multiple tasks, exhibit leadership and# Demonstrate self-motivation. Ability to understand and analyze oral and written statements concerning a variety of business and technical problem. Ability to take orders and follow directions precisely and demonstrate initiative.# Ability to perform duties under various levels of stress # time restraints.