Senior Administrator, Systems Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of senior administrator, systems. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for active Directory, SharePoint, and Exchange Server 2010/2013 and online Administration.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Monitors system health and performs patch management
• Experience with working on DoD programs, specifically Navy programs
• Working knowledge of Domain Names System (Windows DNS, BIND)
• Windows Management Tools
• Experience with HP standalone and blade server hardware
• Working knowledge of VMware vSphere 5/6 environment
• Working knowledge of backup systems and architecture (BackupExec/NetBackup)
• Knowledge of storage hardware and tape libraries technologies (DELL EMC are preferred)

In response to your job posting for senior administrator, systems, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for customer support updating Active Directory, Share Drive support, print server support, and service account support.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Support of SAN-attached devices and tools such as Isilon, EMC VMAX and VPLEX, IBM SVC and A900R
• Experience and deep understanding of installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting current and legacy Linux OS, servers, and desktops (RPM-based), in enterprise environments
• Thorough understanding of Active Directory principals, management and best practices
• Security concepts including firewall configurations, server configurations, and desktop client applications
• Enterprise Storage Systems, Fiber Channel Switching, NAS and NFS/CIFS, and Data Replication technologies
• Understanding of basic and advanced networking concepts and protocols (IP addressing/subnet masks, DHCP, DNS, NTP, ) and network diagnostic tools (protocol analysis with tcpdump/Wireshark)
• Knowledge of Transport mechanisms including FTP, SSH/SCP, HTTP, SSL
• Experience with cloud migrations of existing infrastructure

I would like to submit my application for the senior administrator, systems opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for design, administration, maintenance, and level II/III technical support for all systems infrastructure technology to include, but not limited to Active Directory, Windows Server, GPO, UAG, Cluster, NetApp SAN, CommVault Backup, Exchange email, Weblogic, SharePoint, Fax servers, Print servers, and Virtualization Infrastructure.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Server hardware support experience in a heavy Dell environment preferred
• Experience with MS SQL and mySQL and storing, replicating and recovering databases
• Scripting experience (PowerShell, VBS, Bash, or shell scripts)
• Demonstrated documentation skills, Visio preferred
• MCSE, VMware VCP and Data Center Virtualization preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems
• Advanced knowledge of business application software and relational databases
• Working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle and Project Management concepts

In response to your job posting for senior administrator, systems, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for active Directory and Exchange Server support to the sub-organization sites.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Help the company make optimized infrastructure choices
• Work independently and end-to-end with minimal guidance
• Experiencing managing, deploying and installing servers in a clustered and standalone environment
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Logic Monitor
• Understanding of JavaScript and PHP
• Expert in Linux server systems administration (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle, Ubuntu or Scientific Linux 5/6/7)
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Server products including Active Directory
• Experience developing and deploying software engineering and automation solutions for an enterprise Linux infrastructure using a variety of tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Git, Jenkins, and Foreman)

Please consider me for the senior administrator, systems opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical expertise on the design, implementation and troubleshooting of enterprise production systems including Exchange 2016, Skype for Business, and Sharepoint 20xx.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Knowledge of DHCP, DNS, and Firewall concepts and usage
• In-depth knowledge and working experience of IT security procedures
• In-depth knowledge and working experience of patch and update procedures and services
• Customer-based mentality and service-based infrastructure management
• Knowledge of large-scale data storage management techniques
• Solid working knowledge of Linux system administration
• Previous working experience with Virtual Machine technology
• Previous experience working in a complex engineering or Big Data environment