About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

This role supports the administration, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of enterprise server, operating system, virtualization, storage, backup, and related infrastructure platforms. You will work under senior engineers to help deliver reliable, secure, and efficient systems operations.

• Provide day-to-day operational support for enterprise systems: monitor system health, perform routine admin tasks, and support server OS, virtualization, storage, and backup solutions.
• Assist with incident resolution, patching, software deployments, access management, and troubleshooting while documenting steps and outcomes.
• Support planning, testing, and implementation of infrastructure solutions including system upgrades, technology refreshes, and disaster recovery efforts.
• Contribute to automation, configuration management, and process-improvement initiatives to increase reliability and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Network, Security, Cloud, Applications, Databases, Service Desk) and vendors to resolve issues and support projects.
• Participate in after-hours maintenance activities, on-call rotations, and disaster recovery exercises as needed.

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Compensation

Hourly range: $35 – $40 per hour (Contract-to-hire).

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field; OR an Associate degree plus 2 years of relevant systems administration/infrastructure support experience; OR equivalent combination of education, training, certifications, and experience.
• 1–3 years’ experience supporting enterprise systems, servers, virtualization platforms, cloud environments, or related infrastructure technologies is preferred.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems, server hardware, virtualization (e.g., VMware), storage concepts, backup/recovery, and cloud fundamentals.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools, scripting/automation concepts, information security as it relates to systems, disaster recovery practices, and IT service/change management processes.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and time-management skills; ability to work independently and in teams.

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Preferred Certifications & Skills

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP), CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Linux+
• Experience with infrastructure automation or configuration management tools and basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) a plus

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Physical / Environmental Requirements

Work is primarily performed in office and data center environments. Must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, and occasionally lift up to 40 lbs. May require entry to server rooms, participation in after-hours maintenance, on-call support rotations, and travel between facilities.

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Employment Details

• Position type: 6-month contract to direct hire (CONTRACTOR → potential FULL_TIME)
• Location: Remote (US) — applicant must be eligible to work in the United States
• Hiring organization: Confidential Client (via Careertakes)

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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