Network Systems Administrator

Overview

At NAES, you’ll find engaging and challenging career opportunities in the power generation, renewable energy and industrial construction industry. At every level of the company, we share a common goal:
To instill confidence in our clients through our steadfast commitment to safety, integrity and quality of work.

As the largest independent operator of power facilities in the industry, we’ve come to be viewed as an employer of choice. We strive to attract and retain employees by offering competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package (including retirement) and promotional opportunities.

Company Overview Gridforce Energy Management’s mission is to ensure power flows consistently and reliability while enhancing our client’s profitability and reducing their risk exposure. Since 1999, Gridforce has been providing precision energy control and integration management services to micro-grids, load-serving entities and demand response clients throughout North America. Our employees are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to improve the business of our diverse client base from cities, municipalities and electric cooperatives, in addition to generation owners and operators.

We offer our employees opportunities for career development and training, providing new and valuable skills and experience. We are located in Houston, Texas -- the second fastest growing city in the nation, with world-class medical, cultural, educational and research institutions and a young, energetic and diverse population. Gridforce is located in the heart of Downtown Houston which provides an energizing and engaging atmosphere where you will love to come to work.

Gridforce Energy Manage is a NAES Company.

Gridforce Energy Management is seeking a forward thinking experienced Systems Administrator to join the Engineering Operations Team. The person should enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where adaptability and flexibility is key to their success. This position is full-time and is based in downtown Houston, Texas. We seek a professional with advanced hands-on technical skills in Virtualization (VMware), Networking equipment administration (Cisco) and support.

• Maintain full life cycle of ESXi hosts and vCenters by patching, upgrading, and replacing.
• Respond to and mitigate security concerns across network, server, and storage devices.
• Perform updates and maintenance on storage arrays.
• Perform IOS upgrades, integration, rebuild and other projects as required.
• Proactively respond to application/service growth and scaling issues.
• Work with both internal groups and external resources to perform complex troubleshooting.
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of network services--from inception to design, through deployment, operation, and optimization.
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• LAN/WAN, mostly interior protocols, networking for Cisco routers.
• Monitor and update network device inventory.
• Maintain strong adherence to regulation and compliance standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or BA in a technical field or commensurate experience.
• Strong documentation skills.
• 5+ years of experience maintaining highly available systems in a virtualized environment (Windows Server, Linux server, VMware ESXi, vCenter, Horizon View).
• Previous experience within a compliance driven architecture such as NERC-CIP, PCI-DSS, NIST, DOD, etc.
• Should understand out-of-band/lights-out server communication methods.
• Knowledgeable in data center practices and concepts (e.g., fault tolerance, calculating power usage, etc.).
• Analytical and troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to provide rotational on-call after-hours support for production systems.
• Experience with Tripwire, Netwrix, Syslog analysis or other compliance tools.

• Previous experience with energy industry is preferred.
• VMWare experience
• Microsoft Server experience
• Linux server experience

• Supportive and fun work environment!
• Paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• 401 (k)
• Coffee, tea, and snacks