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Posted: 03-Nov-25
Location: Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education:
Internal Number: 9573
Senior System Administrator
Federated Hermes Career Opportunity #9573
Federated Hermes, Inc., a global leader in active, responsible investing, is seeking a Senior System Admin to join our Global Technology Organization based in our Canonsburg, Pennsylvania office.
What You’ll Do
As part of Federated Hermes’ Global Technology Organization, you will be responsible to:
- Diagnose and troubleshoot system issues.
- Provide Level 1 support for the systems and related applications.
- Establish and administer change control.
- Install, configure, and administer the operating system, mail system, peripheral devices, networking protocols, dial-up networking, storage devices and backup and recovery software.
- Perform system administration; security, file and directory permissions, adding/deleting users, etc.
- Perform software administration; vendor supplied, third-party, and licensing.
- Ensure system optimization; monitor, troubleshoot and resolve performance issues as they relate to; process, CPU, memory, i/o network, and web server.
- Develop backup and recovery solutions for the file system, database, and applications, and the ability to recover from each method.
- Perform task automation; batch, queuing, scheduling and system turnovers.
- Assist in the research, evaluation, and purchase of future hardware platforms.
- Work closely with the application teams to provide integrated planning for operating system upgrades, database upgrades, application upgrades, storage upgrades and hardware migrations.
- Perform off-hours support as required.
- Coordinate with the database administrator in performing long-term planning for: database growth upgrades, operating system upgrades, capacity, and hardware migrations as well as patching for and of these respective environments.
This position offers a hybrid schedule (in-office/remote) and is located in Federated Hermes’ Canonsburg, Pennsylvania office (15317).
The Expertise We are Looking For
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, related academic area, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience
- Working, conceptual knowledge all components of a modern systems infrastructure (networking concepts, the purpose of major networking protocols, security, etc.)
- Working knowledge of and/or scripting languages including operating system level calls
- Basic knowledge of SQL
- Demonstrated cooperative attitude and effective interpersonal and communication skills with clients, coworkers and vendors.
- Demonstrated flexibility and ability to work as a member of a team.
Our Investment in You
We believe our employees are our most important asset! Therefore, we offer benefits programs designed to help you and your family thrive, training programs to advance your professional development and opportunities for you to give back to the community. Our offerings include:
- A competitive total compensation package, including bonus programs designed to recognize and incentivize our employees to do their best every day.
- Time off programs including paid vacation, parental leave and a volunteer day to help you stay healthy and connected to the things that are important.
- Opportunities to expand your professional network within the firm and the community through participation in programs such as the Women in Investing Employee Resource Business Group and the University Ambassador Program.
About Federated Hermes
At Federated Hermes, our goals are to help individuals invest and retire better, to help our clients achieve better risk-adjusted returns, and to contribute to the positive outcomes in the wider world. We pledge to always putting our clients first and to acting responsibly and transparently. Our commitment to active, responsible investment has enabled us to become a leading investment manager with $871.2 billion in assets under management; serving investors around the world.
We provide career opportunities that enable our employees to grow and meet their career aspirations while balancing the needs of their personal lives. We offer a collaborative environment that promotes doing things the right way and always with integrity, sharing ideas to drive positive change, and following through on our commitments. We are motivated by a higher purpose and always consider the impact of our work. We promote teamwork and foster a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where unique perspectives, ideas and experiences are recognized and appreciated for the contributions they bring.
For consideration, please visit our company website and reference job #9573
For additional information, please visit FederatedHermes.com
Federated Hermes, Inc. offers a competitive salary and benefits package along with a professional environment.
Only those candidates in whom we have an interest will be contacted.
We are interested in qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
EOE – Including Disability / Vets
Federated Hermes is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to qualified individuals without regard to the following criteria: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, familial or marital status, ancestry, military status, veteran status or genetic information as well as any other prohibited criteria under any local, state or federal law applicable to Federated Hermes. As part of the firm’s equal employment opportunity statement, Federated Hermes will also comply with applicable government contractor obligations, including ensuring veterans and qualified people with disabilities are considered for employment and promotional opportunities consistent with current federal, state and local laws and regulations.