Systems Administrator

Greenberg Traurig (GT), a global law firm with locations across the world in 15 countries, has an exciting employment opportunity for you. We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package, along with the opportunity to work within an innovative and collaborative environment.

Join our Technology Team as a Systems Administrator located in our Miramar office.

We are seeking a professional who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in every task. With a dedicated work ethic and a can-do attitude, you will take initiative and approach challenges with confidence and resilience. Excellent communication skills are essential for collaborating effectively across teams and delivering exceptional client service. If you are someone who demonstrates initiatives, adaptability, and innovation, we invite you to join our team.

This role will be based in our Miramar office, on a hybrid basis. This role reports to the Director of Enterprise Storage Servers and Virtualization.

Position Summary

This Systems Administrator will work as a member of our Enterprise Storage, Servers & Virtualization team which provides operational and maintenance support for the firm’s physical and virtual environments as well as our enterprise Storage systems located across the United States and Overseas. The team is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle management of equipment at the firm’s 3 data centers. This position may require travel and includes being on call during several intervals throughout the year.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs upgrade for Commvault backup environment, Commvault servers & proxy servers etc., software installation & platform upgrades
• Recovers the data from other threats using backup technology
• Understands and implements backup data lifecycle management policy
• Configures data replication across sites for data redundancy and performs disaster recovery
• Performs backup administration including various tasks such as console back up & monitoring backup environment
• Provisions new systems including hardware based servers as well as virtual servers in a mixed and very robust Microsoft Hyper-V 2016/2019/2022 clustered and un-clustered environment
• Performs server upgrades, server migrations, datacenter maintenance and overall system/data migrations
• Provides assistance for other administrators as needed to maintain well over 1300 Microsoft Windows Servers in production
• Compiles and maintains documentation on on-prem and Azure Commvault backup solutions and virtual infrastructure technologies
• Troubleshoots and manages incident resolution with direct vendor support when needed (ex. EMC, Dell, Netapp, Microsoft, Commvault and other vendors)
• Administers, tunes and supports our existing large complex hardware and software environments which includes EMC VNX Family of Arrays, Dell DAS storage arrays, Dell Servers, Brocade/EMC Fiber switches, NetApp SSD, NVMe & Hybrid Arrays, Dell/EMC Enterprise NAS solution- ISILON>PowerScale
• Administers EMC Recover Point Appliances and Disaster Recovery practices
• Performs periodic Disaster Recovery / Data Recovery scenarios
• Provisions all storage assets including the SAN fabric zoning
• Powershell scripting as needed

Qualifications

Skills & Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Eager to be a team player and to learn new emerging technologies
• Ability to have a fluid schedule as the position requires weekend and after hours work
• Position requires the ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines

Education & Prior Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required; College degree preferred
• Minimum 5+ year’s Systems Administration experience in an MS Windows environment
• Minimum 3+ year’s Systems Administration experience in a VMWare environment
• Minimum 3+ year’s storage systems operations experience, preferably Netapp EMC/Dell Isilon
• Minimum 5+ years of x86 physical server experience
• Data Center experience is required
• Commvault Backup/Recovery knowledge is a plus

Technology

• Proficiency with Windows-based software and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook required
• Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies: Microsoft HyperV as well as VMWare 7.x and above
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and related Technologies
• Strong knowledge of Commvault and backup technologies
• Powershell scripting understanding and abilities

GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis.