 Engineering of system administering related solutions for various project and operational needs.  Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.  Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.  Install patches, Review system logs, Report malicious or suspicious activity on systems and System audit logging.  Setup security policies for users. A sysadmin must have a strong grasp of computer security (e.g. firewalls and intrusion detection systems)  Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.  Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.  Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.  Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.  Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.  Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.  Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.  Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.  Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.  Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.  Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.  Establishes network specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; designing router administration, including interface configuration and routing protocols.  Establishes network by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, good put, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.  Design, deploy networks and protocols and routing table configuration.  Maintains network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.  Secures network by developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation; maintaining documentation.  Rolls out hardware and software to ensure optimal deployment of resources.  Plans, implements, and supports the network and computing infrastructure plan.  Prepares users by designing and conducting training programs; providing references and support.  Upgrades network by conferring with vendors; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements.  Maintain integrity of the network, server deployment, and security.  Ensure network connectivity throughout a company's LAN/WAN infrastructure is on par with technical considerations.  Disaster recovery planning.