Helios Technologies, Inc.
Job Summary: The System Administrator is responsible for maintaining, supporting, and optimizing the IT infrastructure across the Midwest Operations, which includes facilities in Mishawaka, IN and Buffalo Grove, IL. This role ensures reliable performance, security, and availability of all network systems, servers, and user endpoints. The System Administrator will provide hands‑on technical support, manage system upgrades, troubleshoot complex issues, and collaborate with corporate IT and local site leadership to align technology initiatives with operational needs. This position will primarily sit out of Mishawka, IN but will require some travel to Buffalo Grove, IL.
Duties/Responsibilities
Analyzingsystem logsand identifying potential issues with computer systems. Introducing and integrating new technologies intothe existingenvironment. Performing routine audits of systems and software. Performingbackups and testing recovery. Applyingoperating systemupdates, patches, and configuration changes to servers. Installing and configuring newserver hardwareandsoftware. Administration and routine maintenance for critical core services such as MS SQL Server, Power BI Gateways, and Domain Controllers. Adding, removing, or updatinguser accountinformation and group memberships, resettingpasswords, etc. Answering technical queries by users. Responsibility forsecurity of network and server systems. Responsibility fordocumentingthe configuration of the network systems and servers. Perform maintenance and updates to VMWare server infrastructure. Troubleshootingany reported problems with servers/network. Systemperformance tuning. Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and running. Administration of email services in Office 365/Entra. Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
BA/BS in CS, EE, CIS, MIS or Mathematics from a 4-year university or equivalent experience 5+ years of Windows system administration supporting a production environment Well-developed and demonstrable understanding of Computer Science principles, basic networking concepts; OSI network layers, TCP/IP, routers, switches, systems, and servers such as DHCP, DNS and understanding of system and network security Well versed in Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 administration tasks, such as installation, configuration, management, lock down, security, patching and updating Experience with Active Directory (Domain Trusts, Site and Services, Group Policy), IIS, SQL Clustering, PowerShell, WSUS, System Center Configuration Manager, and Intune. Knowledge and experience with traditional and hyperconverged infrastructure, SAN, RAID, NTFS, DFS, and Share Permissions Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis in a complex and distributed environment 4+ years of virtualization experience – VMWare preferred (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, Log Insight, vROPs) or Hyper‑V management. Familiar with Nessus, Cortex XDR, Delinea (Thycotic) Secret Server and security concepts such as OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK. SharePoint Online setup and configuration experience 2+ years Experience with Entra (Azure) (M365, Exchange Online Entra AD, SAML, SSO, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI) and AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, Security Groups, IAM) cloud services. Experience with PowerShell scripting for maintenance and automation. Knowledge and experience with SMTP Relay, SMTP Gateways / Anti‑Spam filters such as Mimecast, or similar. Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, feel/reach with hands/arms, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and walk. The employee is occasionally required to bend and stop, push and pull, reach above shoulder level, kneel, squat, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job to include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level Employment type
Full‑time Job function
Information Technology Industries
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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Analyzingsystem logsand identifying potential issues with computer systems. Introducing and integrating new technologies intothe existingenvironment. Performing routine audits of systems and software. Performingbackups and testing recovery. Applyingoperating systemupdates, patches, and configuration changes to servers. Installing and configuring newserver hardwareandsoftware. Administration and routine maintenance for critical core services such as MS SQL Server, Power BI Gateways, and Domain Controllers. Adding, removing, or updatinguser accountinformation and group memberships, resettingpasswords, etc. Answering technical queries by users. Responsibility forsecurity of network and server systems. Responsibility fordocumentingthe configuration of the network systems and servers. Perform maintenance and updates to VMWare server infrastructure. Troubleshootingany reported problems with servers/network. Systemperformance tuning. Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and running. Administration of email services in Office 365/Entra. Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
BA/BS in CS, EE, CIS, MIS or Mathematics from a 4-year university or equivalent experience 5+ years of Windows system administration supporting a production environment Well-developed and demonstrable understanding of Computer Science principles, basic networking concepts; OSI network layers, TCP/IP, routers, switches, systems, and servers such as DHCP, DNS and understanding of system and network security Well versed in Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 administration tasks, such as installation, configuration, management, lock down, security, patching and updating Experience with Active Directory (Domain Trusts, Site and Services, Group Policy), IIS, SQL Clustering, PowerShell, WSUS, System Center Configuration Manager, and Intune. Knowledge and experience with traditional and hyperconverged infrastructure, SAN, RAID, NTFS, DFS, and Share Permissions Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis in a complex and distributed environment 4+ years of virtualization experience – VMWare preferred (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, Log Insight, vROPs) or Hyper‑V management. Familiar with Nessus, Cortex XDR, Delinea (Thycotic) Secret Server and security concepts such as OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK. SharePoint Online setup and configuration experience 2+ years Experience with Entra (Azure) (M365, Exchange Online Entra AD, SAML, SSO, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI) and AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, Security Groups, IAM) cloud services. Experience with PowerShell scripting for maintenance and automation. Knowledge and experience with SMTP Relay, SMTP Gateways / Anti‑Spam filters such as Mimecast, or similar. Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, feel/reach with hands/arms, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and walk. The employee is occasionally required to bend and stop, push and pull, reach above shoulder level, kneel, squat, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job to include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level Employment type
Full‑time Job function
Information Technology Industries
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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