Systems Administrator & Staff Specialist
The Systems Administrator & Staff Specialist ensures the stability, scalability, and security of enterprise infrastructure by managing virtualization, storage, and backup environments. This role focuses on proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and disaster recovery to support business continuity and strategic initiatives.
What You'll Do
Virtual Environment Management
· Monitor virtual infrastructure for performance and reliability issues.
· Apply updates and patches to maintain security and compliance.
· Forecast future capacity needs and provide recommendations to management.
· Support enterprise projects requiring virtualization resources.
· Plan and implement disaster recovery strategies for virtual environments.
Storage Environment Management
· Monitor storage systems for failures and performance issues.
· Apply updates and security enhancements to maintain integrity.
· Assess future storage requirements and recommend scalable solutions.
· Support enterprise projects requiring storage resources.
· Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans for storage systems.
Backup and Restore Management
· Oversee backup and restore processes to ensure data integrity.
· Apply updates and maintain compliance with security standards.
· Evaluate backup capacity and recommend improvements.
· Support enterprise projects requiring backup and restore capabilities.
Security Responsibility AgFirst employees are required to be both knowledgeable of and consistently compliant with, all policies and procedures regarding security. These include but are not limited to, the management of sensitive documents, protecting workspaces, monitoring visitors, safeguarding passwords, and the prudent and secure utilization of bank e-mail and social media systems. Employees must also be fully knowledgeable of when and how to report incidents of security breaches or lapses.
Risk Management Responsibility AgFirst employees are responsible for safeguarding the organization from potential risks, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and promoting a culture of integrity and accountability in their respective areas. This includes, but is not limited to, executing risk/control procedures daily, identifying potential risks and reporting them via the Self-Identified Risk Portal (SIRP), collaborating with control owners, and maintaining accurate audit/assessment evidence. Whether or not your specific role directly involves risk management activities, understanding and adhering to these principles is essential to the overall integrity and outcomes of AgFirst.
What You'll Need
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides financing, as well as technology and other value-added services, to association partners so they can lend to rural residents and agricultural operations of all sizes. We take pride in investing in our employees, our partners and our community.
Find out more on AgFirst.com, and follow us on LinkedIn!
Horizon Farm Credit is an agricultural lending cooperative owned by our member‐borrowers. We provide farm loans for land, equipment, livestock and production; crop insurance; and rural home mortgages. Horizon Farm Credit has over 20 offices serving Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Our Association is part of the national Farm Credit System, a network of financial cooperatives established in 1916 to provide a dependable source of credit to farmers and rural America. NMLS #452721
Horizon Farm Credit’s Core Values
Just like our members, our employees’ roots are in ACRES:
Accountability
Collaboration
Relationships
Engagement
Stewardship
We are proud to have the responsibility of serving America’s agricultural industry and our local communities. We strive to create a rewarding and transparent work environment that embraces ingenuity and diversity, while fostering leadership development and being customer centric.
To learn more about employment opportunities, visit www.HorizonFC.com/Careers
