NMHC is looking for a systems administrator to join its family of competent employees. This is a full-time position that will require the successful applicant to report to work Monday-Friday with the possibility of calls during the evening, weekends, and holidays as required. The start date for this position will be negotiated with the right candidate. This opportunity involves the support of an enterprise information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure with a team of more than 80 engineers who are responsible for the development, integration, architecture, support, operations, engineering sustainment and the maintenance of a multi-level enterprise ICT environment to enable state-of-the-art collaboration between the company and its global partners . The enterprise architecture platform supported by NMHC serves as a backbone for the deployment of signals intelligence applications, enterprise software, and new networks to allow a custom collaborative environment.
Roles and Responsibilities
Provide support for the implementation, support, and maintenance of IT systems (firewalls, routers, servers, workstations, switches, smartphones, software, printers, and intrusion detection systems).
Delegate your assignment to our experts and they will do the rest.
Manage NMHC critical system intrastate and processes that are related to these systems.
Provide IT support to systems, applications, monitoring and evaluation, and problem resolution to clients, servers, networks, mobile, and storage devices. (White, 2015)
Maintaining the integrity of devices across Linux and Windows operating system platforms along with implementing enhancements to improve reliability and performance.
Provide on-call support to NMHC’s remote office information systems as required.
Monitor information systems to ensure the security and availability of the infrastructure to users and remote branches.
Make recommendations for future upgrades for both software and hardware.
Ensure that the designs, functionality, and strategic business objectives of NMHC are adhered to and work properly together to ensure a collaborative environment at both local and global scales (White, 2015) .
Provide consultation to NHMC’s senior management in the areas of information security, information technology, and systems.
Windows 10 Support
Linux Support (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or later, CentOS.
Windows System Administration – Windows server architecture, Installations, configuring services and settings, and system patching.
Requirements
Experience with Microsoft Azure.
Experience in working with VMware Virtual Server Environment and Microsoft System Center 2019.
Twelve years of experience in a similar role within the government or a not for profit organization.
Bachelor’s degree in information and communication technology from a recognized college or university. Six years of experience in Windows or Linux system administration as a substitute for a Bachelor’s degree making the total experience requirement to eighteen years as a systems administrator.
Certification in security +CE
Knowledge in PowerShell scripting.
Knowledge in information assurance vulnerability alert
In-depth knowledge of backup systems and best practices.
Possess technology-specific certification (Comp TIA Networking+, server+ or storage+, ITIL); vendor-specific technology certification (Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer, CCNP or higher).
NMHC provides equal opportunities to all candidates. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment irrespective sexual orientation, race, gender, color, national origin, religion, or disability.
Competitive Analysis of Internet Job Boards
| Competitor A | Competitor B | Competitor C | Competitor D | Competitor E | |
| Directory Information | |||||
| Indeed | Glassdoor | CareerBuilder | Monster | ||
| Domain Name | www.indeed.com | www.linkedin.com | www.glassdoor.com | www.careerbuilder.com | www.monster.com |
| Target Market | Employers and job applicants | Employers and job applicants | Employers and job applicants | Employers and job applicants | Employers and job applicants |
| Job Posting Options | General (IT, HR, Customer Service, education, construction, and health) | General (IT, HR, Customer Service, education, construction, and health) | General (IT, HR, Customer Service, education, construction, and health) | General (IT, HR, Customer Service, education, construction, and health) | General (IT, HR, Customer Service, education, construction, and health) |
| Resume Tool | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visitors / Professionals | 250 million visitors per month | Access to 630 million professional members. | 60 million unique visitors per month | 20 million unique visitors per month | 35 Million unique visitors per month |
| Resume Collection | 150 Million | Uses pipeline builder that allows employers to target specific talent through sponsored recruitment ads and updates | 100 million resumes. | 140 million resumes | 680,000 resumes added on a monthly basis to their database |
| Resume Tracking (ATS integrations) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Optimization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Candidate Matching Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quality of Applicants | Highest quality candidate pool | Highest quality candidate pool | Medium | Medium | Average |
| Best for | Full-time job positions | Connecting and networking with likeminded professionals | Offering a variety of jobs in a highly operational website | Offering a variety of jobs in a highly operational website | Offering a variety of jobs in a highly operational website |
Discussion and Analysis
The economy in the United States is growing, and unemployment rates are high, which averaged at 14.7 % as of April 2020 (The World Bank, 2020). Many employees turn to job posting sites to look for employment opportunities being offered by various companies (Almo et al, 2018). The major players when it comes to job searching sites are LinkedIn, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Glassdoor, and Monster. Indeed, and CareerBuilder are known to produce candidates with college degrees from accredited colleges. Monster and Glassdoor provide opportunities for candidates who are fresh from college or only have attained high school education. LinkedIn is not a job board but a social network for professionals, and in recent years it has become one of the best sites for employers to post their jobs. From the job sites listed above, CareerBuilder and LinkedIn are the most expensive in terms of cost for employers to advertise their job offerings as they help eliminate less serious candidates. Serious employers do not appreciate receiving applications from less qualified applicants.
The best fit website for NMHC Inc. to advertise the position for the senior Windows Server System administrator is LinkedIn. LinkedIn boasts of more than 650 million members, and 45 % of employed individuals are avid LinkedIn users (Almo et al, 2018). LinkedIn, therefore, provides more opportunities not just for NMHC Inc. but also other employers in finding the right candidates for a shorter time. LinkedIn stands out from other job sites because it is a social network that has been built around professional, job-based profiles (Almo et al, 2018). More than 70 % of LinkedIn users are candidates who are not looking for a job, but they are very active on the platform, thus presenting a perfect target for NHMC Inc. The advanced search tool on LinkedIn plays an integral role in helping recruiters identify the right professionals that match the experience and qualifications as per the job (Philips and Gully, 2015). Rather than NMHC Inc. spending a lot of time design a job advert, the organization is instead focusing on making their recruitment process smarter by leveraging the power of LinkedIn Groups, reference checks, and social endorsements by other professionals.
Advancement in technology has made the web become an information resource. Organizations need to understand emerging trends for locating and utilizing this information. More than 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies in the United States post their job opening on their corporate websites, while 75 percent of human resource professionals make use of job boards to supplement their recruitment methods. This competitive analysis provides insight to companies on the useful characteristics of job boards that can help them reach a larger pool of applicants and meet their hiring requirements.
References
Alamro, S., Dogan, H., Cetinkaya, D., Jiang, N., & Phalp, K. (2018). Conceptualizing and Modelling E-Recruitment Process for Enterprises through a Problem Oriented Approach †. Information (2078-2489) , 9 (11), 269.
Nasreem, S., Hassan, M., & Khan, T. A. (2016). Effectiveness of E-Recruitment in Small and Medium Enterprises of It Industry . 54 (1), 143–164.
Phillips, J. M., & Gully, S. M. (2015). Multilevel and Strategic Recruiting: Where Have We Been, Where Can We Go from Here? Journal of Management , 41 (5), 1416.
The World Bank. (2020). The Economy in the time of COVID-19 . Retrieved from https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33555/9781464815706.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y
White, C. (2015). Data Communications and Computer Networks: A Business User's Approach (8th ed.). Cengage Learning.
