Company Overview
Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to Serve Society with Superior Quality. We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future. We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole selves to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need. Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Position Summary
We are looking for an Infrastructure Administrator to join our amazing CFNA team!
At CFNA, we value providing superior customer service and are committed to the successful operation of our information technology systems. We are seeking a qualified server administrator to create and maintain existing server infrastructure on-prem and in the cloud. This role will work with the infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to maintain, design, implement and troubleshoot server workloads on CFNA’s network. Standout candidates will be self-starters, excellent problem solvers with outstanding communication and an aptitude for learning and improving existing systems.
We are relentlessly focused on empowering you with unique opportunities to make a meaningful impact and help shape your career.
Responsibilities
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
- Maintain and monitor physical and virtual server environments to ensure connectivity, performance and high availability. This includes configuring, installing and sunsetting servers and applications.
- Design and implement functional server infrastructure on-prem and in AWS cloud.
- Server hardening to meet security and regulatory requirements for CIS and PCI
- Patch management for on-prem Windows and Linux server footprints across multiple environments.
- Automation of routine server maintenance tasks.
- Managed File Transfers – maintain existing file transfer solution and implementing new SaaS MFT products.
- VDI environment administration, maintenance and updates.
- Storage.
- Backups & DR (Commvault backups and disaster recovery replication)
- Azure services administration (Entra ID, SAML integration, User Rights Management, BitLocker).
- Microsoft 365 administration (Exchange, Office365, Teams, Sharepoint)
- Active Directory (Group policy management, on-prem and cloud AD maintenance, DNS, DHCP).
- Updating and maintaining technical server and network documentation
- Working on problems of moderate scope and assists with project or processes while receiving direction from leadership.
- Apply research towards planning, design development, testing, and completion of projects.
- Continues learning and expanding knowledge of organization, technology and processes.
Qualifications:
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in an information technology field and two years of experience working with enterprise grade server environments or equivalent experience.
Preferred:
- Professional certification (e.g., CompTIA Server+, Linux+, MS Azure Azure Administrator, MS Administrator Expert, AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Administrator).
Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience
We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals, and teams. If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage to apply.
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