Let Us Power Your Potential
Taylor Corporation is a dynamic, diversified company with big plans for the future ― and your career. We power our employees’ potential and strive to create opportunity and security for every member of the team. If you’re ready for something bigger ― more challenge, more variety, more pathways for professional growth ― we should talk. We’re passionate about our work, we believe there is always a better way, and we’re looking for people like you.
Ready to reach your potential? It’s time to look at Taylor.
Your Opportunity: Taylor Corporation is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to support our core data centers and expand services nationally and globally. You will be part of our server operations team responsible for maintaining the data center environments and ensuring all customer server environments are secure, operational, and highly available through continuous proactive monitoring, customer support, and scheduled maintenance.
Work Authorization:
To be considered for the Taylor opportunities, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
Your Responsibilities:
- Build, upgrade, configure, provision, install and administer Windows servers from scratch spanning different platforms and configurations.
- Oversee Windows Server cumulative patch updates and troubleshoot issues with patching.
- Perform basic monitoring, troubleshooting and repair of all aspects of servers, operating systems, and hardware.
- Respond to customer impacting events. Diagnose, resolve, and communicate problems.
- Perform routine maintenance activities on customer server environments. Upgrade and downgrade servers.
You Must Have:
- 3+ years of related experience
- Fluent verbal and written skills in the English language
- Ability to work independently with little direct supervision
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize your time based on supervisor input
- Experience in Windows Server 2008 R2 upgrade to Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022
- Experience in Windows Server 2012 R2 upgrade to Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022
- Ability to troubleshoot Windows operating system, software, and hardware related problems
- Pre-implementation project planning and post implementation documentation skills
- Experience in working with Word and Excel documents from an end user perspective
We Would Also Prefer:
- Experience with deploying virtualized infrastructures (VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V)
- Experience with Microsoft server technologies and relevant training or certifications (MCSE or MCP certifications)
- Experience performing first- or second-level Windows server operations support in a small- to mid-scale business
- Experience with storage systems, deployment, and configuration, provisioning, and troubleshooting
- Experience with Linux operating system environments
- Basic understanding of network protocols, principles and concepts including the ability to troubleshoot local connectivity issues
- Experience with service management framework such as ITIL
- Experience creating and implementing a systems administration and improvement program to maximize up-time and service delivery in accordance with business needs and priorities
The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $105k - $120k. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The range listed is just one component of Taylor Corporation’s total compensation and benefits package for employee.
About Taylor Corporation
One of the largest print and communications firms in North America, Taylor’s family of companies provides a diverse set of products, services and technologies that address the toughest business challenges. We work diligently each day to create printed and digital marketing communication solutions that help power many of the world’s most recognizable brands.
With more than 50 years of category expertise and 10,000 employees spanning dozens of U.S. states and multiple countries, Taylor serves businesses and distributors both large and small. Our employees enjoy a comprehensive benefit package including a choice of several health plans, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and 64 hours of annual holiday pay.
The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.
Taylor Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Taylor Corporation including all partners and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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What We Do
Taylor provides a diverse set of products, services and technologies to power the potential of the world’s leading brands. Using the latest printed and digital methods, we facilitate marketing communications of all types for businesses and consumers across a wide range of industries. You’ll see our solutions in your mailbox, your email inbox, in retail settings and on your mobile device. Driven by Glen Taylor’s unwavering entrepreneurial spirit, Taylor Corporation has grown from a single small business in 1975 to one of the nation’s largest privately held companies today. What started as a humble printer of wedding invitations and business cards is now a highly diversified leader in the field of business communications. However, while Taylor's capabilities have changed dramatically in the last 45 years, our core purpose remains the same ― to create opportunity and security for our employees. Taylor also continuously invests in technologies and production methods that enable us to shrink our environmental footprint. This commitment shows in the way we divert tons of waste to energy production, source responsibly harvested forest products and work to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions year over year. The result is a culture of sustainability that guides our decision making and ensures that we take the long-term view in everything we do
