Corporate IT Network SAN-VM Administrator - HYBRID (Springfield, IL or Morton, IL)

***This position is available in Springfield, IL or Morton, IL. This position is a Hybrid position with the flexibility to work from home and the office.***

Morton Community Bank was established in Morton, Illinois, in 1960. Currently, we have 460 employees, 46 branch locations, and over $5 billion in assets. Thanks to our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), our employees are also owners of the Bank! We pride ourselves on our dedicated service to our customers and our communities.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits the first of the month following their date of hire. These benefits include: medical, dental, vision, life/AD & D, short-term disability, long-term disability, HSA, and flexible spending account. In addition, employees receive paid vacation days, personal days, and holidays.

The Corporate IT Networks SAN-VM Administrator is responsible for the maintenance, monitoring, operation, design and troubleshooting of the WAN/LAN. This includes routers, switches, fabric interconnects, firewalls and telephone communication equipment. This position will also be responsible for ensuring all network communications between the SAN, Virtual Networks and WAN/LAN are optimally configured.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Network Administration
· Monitor switches, routers and firewalls
· Design new network segments and systems
· The configuration of new networking equipment such as switch, router, fabric interconnect and firewall systems
· Design and configuration of Citrix NetScaler appliances
· The creation and maintenance of accurate network documentation
· Work with our WAN partners to ensure outages are addressed and configurations are optimized for our needs
· Patch management of all networking equipment, to ensure stability and security
· Work closely with System Administrators and Help desk teams, to ensure performance and communication problems are addressed in a timely manner
· Participate in network planning at all levels of the Bank
· Design, implement and test effective disaster recovery processes
· Work with technology and managed services partners on design improvements and monitoring of the network
· Design network systems to position the Bank for new and emerging technologies, while focusing on efficiency and agility
· Monitor, design and architect network systems to ensure security of all communications and systems
· Advise and assist management with strategic technology decisions
· Plan, configure and maintain the Bank’s IP/Digital and Analog phone systems, in coordination with System Administrators
· Maintain effective procedures for all work and mentor team members

SAN/VM Administration
· The network design and configuration of SAN systems, specifically Nimble
· The network design and configuration of virtual systems, specifically VMWare and Citrix
· Assist with the configuration of backup storage systems and configuration
· Supporting storage connectivity between VMWare and Nimble
· The design, configuration and maintenance of Cisco UCS blades and chassis
· Ensure maintenance and backup of critical data resources including the monitoring and management of storage availability and capacity using a complimentary set of products, standards and procedures.

General Duties
· Enforce procedures to support policies regarding use of personal computers and networks in accordance with regulatory requirements, as well as, bank standards.
· Monitor employee usage on the network, internet and any other information carrying device and provide management with activity reports.
· Analyze system or application usage and plan growth or increase in network capacity.
· Preserves system integrity for all computers within the organization.
· Understands and uses PC computers, including peripheral devices; understands and uses windows operating system; performs system software.
· Monitor Intrusion attempts externally and internally and provide management with activity Reports
· Responsible for the cabling and wiring of facilities for network access
· Monitor Intrusion attempts externally and internally and provide management with activity Reports
· Maintain appropriate licensing on all network equipment

Department Administration
· Work with management to determine resource requirements, budget, and resources to keep the network in production status
· Assist the Department Head in preparing the IT budget by recommending purchases of hardware, software and system maintenance purchases needed to operate the network, servers and desktop computers.
· Assist with acquisitions and directs the installation of the new network hardware, desktops and software systems.

Essential Knowledge
· Routing: