Senior Systems Administrator (Part-Time, Remote)

The Panther group is seeking a W2 Contract, Part Time (10 - 20 hours per week, EST Business Hours) Senior Systems Administrator to provide administrative and technical leadership and support of information systems for corporate operations as well as IT provisioning for our proprietary software platform.

Job is fully remote (EST). US Citizenship is required. This role is part time (10 - 20 hours per week) on EST. The Panther Group does not work with C2C (Corp to Corp). This role can flex above 20 hours per week based on need. We are seeking a candidate that is currently working part time and has the capacity to support an additional part time role.

Job Description:

Setup, configure, monitor, and assist with regular maintenance and troubleshooting for IT hardware and software systems:

• Microsoft-based network: Active Directory, Server 2016/19/22, File service, Hyper-V, Azure, O365, Exchange
• Small data center: UPS, RAID, network, DMZ
• Cloud services: AWS, Azure, OCI
• Security and compliance: Firewall, anti-virus, vulnerability scanning, SOC2
• Backup

Provision and support IT infrastructure for proprietary software platform:

• Customer-specific file shares, security profiles, backup
• Virtual machine configuration and management

Maintain IT infrastructure for corporate staff: internet, email, file service, applications, remote access, workstation configuration, minimal end-user support

Contribute expertise to corporate and customer-provisioning strategy, design, and planning, including researching and proposing the adoption of new technologies.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate or associates degree in IT, IS, Network Engineering, CS, or similar
• At least 5, ideally 10+ years relevant experience working in an IT function in a company with technology as part of its core business
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft network infrastructure: Active Directory, Windows Server Hyper-V
• Strong competence and experience in PowerShell and Python
• Familiarity with SQL and database management
• Strong attention to detail and ability to plan, communicate, and work well individually
• Native English speaker, good written communication skills
• East coast US time zone preferred
• US citizenship and ability to qualify for low-level federal security clearance (includes criminal, credit, and employment background checks and seven year residency disclosure)
• Project Management experience preferred