IT Systems Administrator

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IT System Administrator

The IT System Administrator is a broadened role within Kimball Electronics Shared Services that reports to the System Administration Manager. This role is responsible for administration, management, and level II support of infrastructure systems globally. We are a global company with a wide variety of business needs that require IT infrastructure support. We value our environment of mutual trust, personal integrity and accountability, cooperation, sense of family and good humor. We cultivate a style of empowerment, individual initiative, and teamwork. We believe that candidates will enjoy our flexibility in maintaining a strong work-life balance.

To be successful, the candidate must possess a positive attitude, excellent communication skills, ability to handle multiple priorities and projects in order to effectively transform business needs into technical solutions. Applicants need to possess either a minimum of an associate’s degree in IT related field or applicable training/certifications as well as 4+ years of IT work experience.

Key Performance Objectives:

Short Term (0-6 months):

• Learn KEI Guiding Principles, philosophies, and cultural attributes
• Develop technical relationships with key IT contacts
• Introduction to Azure Cloud concepts (AZ-900).
• Build and maintain business relationships with Business Unit contacts
• Immediate introduction and jumpstart for storage and server admin team projects.
• Acclimate to KEI IT processes, monitoring, and systems
• Integrate into System Administrator off hours production support rotation
• Support business operations and initiatives as needed
• Gain familiarity with IT standards and security practices, maintaining and providing feedback for necessary changes

Mid to Long Term (6+ months):

• Support growth and discovery in public cloud infrastructure
• Additional Azure skill learning (AZ-104)
• Identify opportunities to improve or automate existing KEI processes and systems with a focus on our existing storage systems
• Lead projects for Storage and Computing Infrastructure team
• Expand existing documentation of processes
• Support M365 services and Azure infrastructure
• Identify industry trends that KEI could leverage
• Support and implement scripts, processes, and solutions with a goal of building a Continuous Improvement environment

Preferred candidates will have experience with a subset of the following:

• Azure public cloud infrastructure
• Data storage solutions, preferable HPE Nimble/Alletra
• Data protection solutions, preferable Commvault Simpana or Rubrik
• Windows Server Operating Systems, Active Directory and Group Policy
• Server management platforms including Cisco UCS and HPE
• VMware hypervisor
• Enterprise services including DNS, DHCP, RDS, and Exchange
• Office 365 services including Azure Entra ID
• Microsoft PowerShell

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Kimball Electronics we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

We will consider for employment qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law (including, for example, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for roles based in San Francisco).

The typical pay range for this role is:  $70,000 - $90,000 the actual wages offered will vary based on multiple factors, including experience, education, geography, and other relevant factors.