Analyst IT Operations

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

What a typical day looks like:

• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server instances and Windows Server operating systems according to organizational standards.
• Administer physical and virtual server environments using VMware ESXi and Hyper-V, including server provisioning, configuration, optimization, and lifecycle management.
• Manage core infrastructure services, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file and print servers, storage systems, and clustered environments.
• Configure and support high-availability database environments using Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Mirroring, and Replication.
• Develop and maintain database and infrastructure backup and disaster recovery solutions using SQL Server backup strategies, Veeam, Veritas, and ExaGrid, including point-in-time recovery and restore testing.
• Monitor and optimize SQL Server performance by resolving slow queries, blocking, deadlocks, indexing issues, and query execution plan problems using SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and DMVs.
• Monitor server health and performance, including CPU, memory, disk, storage, and network utilization, and troubleshoot Windows Server, connectivity, latency, and system-related issues.
• Perform scheduled database and server maintenance, including integrity checks, index maintenance, data purging, capacity planning, storage planning, and resource trend analysis.
• Implement and maintain security controls, including OS hardening, SQL logins, roles and permissions, antivirus/EDR, auditing, data masking, patch management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Support Azure or AWS cloud and hybrid environments and use PowerShell or other scripting tools to automate routine database and server administration tasks.
• Participate in after-hours maintenance and 24x7 on-call support when required.
  
  

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and training.
• Ideally requires a minimum of 3-5 years of related experience.
• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/ processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
• Project Management
• Collaboration skills and passion for technical challenges and operations support.
• Different IT Analyst position may require different knowledge of application, skillset, or tool. Having ability to learn and adopt with fast execution, solve problem through applying best-in-class tools and methodology, and ability to drive and work as a team for success should be considered as general requirement.
  
  

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Performance Bonus
  
  

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