Administrator Ii-systems

**Administrator II-Systems**:
Position Overview

As a Windows Administrator, provide all Westlake Corporate entities with Windows Administrative & support services, including hardware installation, software installation, and specifications for requisitioning computer hardware and software. Provide technical support to corporate server admin and to the IT Coordinators supporting the Westlake organization. Assist with implementation of system infrastructure for the whole enterprise computer system.

Company Overview

Westlake is a global manufacturer and supplier of materials and innovative products that enhance life every day. Headquartered in Houston, with operations in Asia, Europe and North America, we provide the building blocks for vital solutions — from housing and construction, to packaging and healthcare, to automotive and consumer. Westlake Epoxy, a part of the Westlake Family, is a global leading producer of specialty resins, coatings and composites for a variety of industries, including high growth and more sustainable end-uses such as wind turbine blades, light weight automotive structural components and future generations of aerospace composite materials. You will become part of a robust high-performance team, supported, developed and inspired to achieve your personal best. The health and safety of our employees and communities, and the vigilant stewardship of the environment and sustainability are of utmost importance and at the forefront of everything we do.

Job Responsibilities

General Description
- Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction
- Solves a range of straight forward problems
- Skill with some specific work related areas
- Still acquiring higher level knowledge/skills
- Builds knowledge of organization, processes, and customers
- Analyzes possible solutions using standard procedures & policies
- Resolves many issues when alerted by on-call emergency phone during assigned rotation period

Operating System Administration- Maintains standard Windows services like Print, file, DNS, DHCP.
- Periodically scan server logs for abnormal operations and security activities.
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to ensure consistent server management.
- Utilize departmental network share for all server software and upgrades.
- Verifies assigned daily backup jobs are completed as scheduled. Capable of resolving common issues related to failed backup jobs. Performs data restores.
- Able to allocate assign permissions to file server folders and groups when requested by trouble ticket.
- Install/Monitor anti-virus software is operating properly on all servers. Capable of resolving some issues.Special Projects- Under direction of senior team members, install new operating systems for Windows servers; retrieves fixes from vendor’s electronic repository and applies these to installed operating system.
- At the direction of senior team members, assess latest server technology, backup devices, etc. and recommends choices as technology evolves.
- Assist senior team members evaluate packaged software based on user requirement and vendor specifications.
- Assist senior team members determine configuration requirements, e.g., Server, PC, Bandwidth, etc.
- At the direction of senior team members setup evaluation copy of software for testing by users and IT.
- Any additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None

Minimum Qualifications
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Good technical documentation skills.
- Good interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.
- Ability to present ideas in non-technical user-friendly language.
- Ability to conduct research into IT operational issues, standards and products as required.
- Experience with analytical and problem-solving
- Comfortable working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Able to work weekend and evening hours for maintenance and emergency work

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science or 5 years equivalent work experience.
- Certifications in Microsoft Windows Enterprise Products including Exchange and Windows Enterprise, Web Services preferred. May be substituted with experience.
- Strong understanding of IT operations, theories, principles, and practices.
- Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting Windows servers.
- Hands-on performance tuning and troubleshooting experience.

Other

Job Type

FullTime