Systems Administrator

Position: Systems Administrator Location: Hartford, CT Duration: 24 months Job Description: Systems Administrators are responsible for managing and maintaining the hardwired lines and wireless connections in a system and the hardware that hooks up to that system. Applicants are expected to have at least ten years of relevant work experience, ideally in a school or educational agency, managing school nutrition data applications, servers, LAN/WANs, and API/SFTP configurations, and automated processes. Job duties specific to a Systems Administrator may include. Required Skills:

• Analyzing and figuring out the system needs of an organization
• Installing hardware and software for the network
• Keeping systems operating efficiently by performing any necessary upgrades and repairs
• Planning a strategy to maintain system security on the computers and the network as a whole
• Optimizing and evaluating the system regularly
• Assigning and updating security permissions for the system network
• Training or directing users on the correct use of software and hardware within the system
• Performing problem-solving tasks when alerted by a user or monitoring system
• Tracking, installing and configuring software updates and performing database backups to restore and protect user information.