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North America IT Senior System Administrator

Ceva US Holdings, Inc.
United States, Kansas, Lenexa
8906 Rosehill Road (Show on map)
Jun 13, 2025
North America IT Senior System Administrator The success of a company depends on the passionate people we partner with. Together, let's share our talents. As a global leader in animal health, Ceva Animal Health believes our success is linked to our passionate people researching, developing , producing and supplying innovative health solutions for all animals, which contributes to the future of our diverse planet. We are committed to ensuring the highest possible level of care and well-being for farm animals (poultry, pigs, ruminants), companion animals (dogs and cats) and wildlife. Indeed, Our "Together, Beyond Animal Health" vision emphasizes that the health and wellbeing of people, animals and our planet are totally interlinked. More than ever, Ceva is committed to a "One Health" approach. As part of our "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" policy, Ceva Animal Heath is committed to the employment of people with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodations throughout the interview process to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience for all applicants. To request an accommodation, please contact a member of the Ceva Talent Acquisition team. Your missions : Location: Lenexa, KS Job Summary and Purpose: The North America IT Senior System Administrator is responsible for delivering system services across the North America region, ensuring compliance with global standards and practices. Reporting to the Delivery Service Leader for System, this role involves leading the US system projects and roadmap while actively interacting with local users and global IT teams to address IT business and infrastructure topics. Key responsibilities include leadership, project management, proposing solutions for the future and fostering continuous improvement within a high-performing regional team. Additionally, the role involves supervising daily operations, supporting global and local initiatives, and ensuring project delivery aligns with agreed scope, budget, and corporate roadmaps. Responsibilities and Key Duties: Leadership & Management Takes part in SDL team with active interaction with Zone and country leader Builds a high performing regional system roadmap that is driven by regional sites master plan and result oriented goals and supports continuous improvement objectives Supervise system activities day to day work and projects Take initiatives to propose System team improvements at global and local level and actively contribute to local IT Team success Contribute to the success of Global System team Project Management Ensures projects are delivered within agreed scope, budget, resources, and timeline. Develop and implement project plans, risk assessments and contingency plans Interacts with corporate service delivery managers on regional business initiatives to ensure the decision is compliant with the corporate roadmaps (global architecture consistency). Builds and maintains the local system project portfolio in conjunction with the Global PMO and under corporate IT policy. Ensures proper communication and change management to all stakeholders. Delivery, Support and Service performance Ensures local systems and applications are up and running and that all requests are addressed with defined SLAs and agreed customer satisfaction levels across the business. Install and configure internal servers on locally and globally Proactively manage and maintain physical servers, Hypervizor, monitoring and backups. Administer and support Windows Server core, VMware, Veeam B&R technologies and databases. Design and implement monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions that will make a hands-off environment Define and document best practices and support procedures Support business solution vendors in deploying or upgrading applications hosted on servers for US, Canada Provide after-hours support for Infrastructure related emergencies as well occasional weekend maintenance for worldwide organization Maintain inventory and asset configuration documentation Assist with hardware, and software vendor evaluation, recommendation and negotiations Mentor / cross train team members on existing and new technologies Act as the representative of the local key users who use corporate IT systems and applications. Interact with corporate service delivery teams to ensure local customer satisfaction (voice of the zone/platform). Ensure corporate IT systems and applications deployed locally are properly used (maximize Ceva IT investments). Analyzes, reviews, and measures performance against defined and agreed upon service level agreements (SLAs) with the business and operating level agreements (OLAs) with service providers, both internal and external Security & Cyber resilience Actively contributes with cyber-SOC services to identify real time attacks and mitigate all cyber risks Share cyber performance metrics, reviews and action status updates in close relation with CISO and CIO Ensures the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information is not compromised Complies with existing laws, regulations and corporate policies and processes Designs and implements cyber resilient IT architecture to limit cyber risk exposure and external attacks Patch Management: commits to patching and upgrades to safeguard applications and reduce vulnerabilities Financial & Budget Management Defines the regional system IT budget (OpEx / CapEx) in collaboration with the Country leader and System SDL Closely tracks the financial spend through purchases orders and monthly financial reviews to ensure budget target is met Vendor management Works closely with sourcing and purchasing teams to select preferred global partners that can meet needs. Performs cyclical reviews with primary vendors to provide feedback and ensure compliance with requirements Asset Management: builds systems to track all global assets to ensure full compliance, visibility and negotiation leverage. Compliance Integrates mandatory regulatory compliance requirements in the IS master plan and relevant infrastructure projects: GxP (QI/QO/QP), GDPR... Conforms with Internal Control and group IS policies (security, budget approval, investment requests) Defines and develops best practices, governance standards, processes, and metrics to ensure IS services comply with established corporate methodology and quality standards to enforce interoperability and agility. Ensures consistent quality and overall solution performance to meet group requirements. Core Competencies: Influence others - Acts to defend Ceva's long term interests and creates a culture based on their influence Drive ambition and accountability - Optimizes enterprise-wide performance Collaborate with empathy - Promotes a collaborative environment Engage and develop - Drives conditions for optimal performance Shape solutions out of complexity - Works to challenge the status quo Ability to troubleshoot system issues including other sites Strong communication and documentation skills Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete tasks independently User centric approach: pedagogy, communication, wants to help Must be a team player Technical / Functional Competencies: Microsoft Certification or equivalent certification in relevant programs desired. Advanced knowledge of Windows Server (2012-2022) Managing 50 Servers locally and global scope of 800 servers Managing deployments/rollouts Has a good devops background, has already practiced automated, reproducible deployment, respecting good quality practices. Managing server virtualization technologies like VMWare Server/ESX A solid understanding of LAN/WAN networking Group Policy design and configuration Linux administration Debian/Ubuntu Active Directory/LDAP user and group administration Qualifications: Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science (or related area) with at least 10 years of professional IS technology leadership experience. Experience working in a global, matrixed organization preferred Physical Requirements: This position typically works in an office environment and as such the requirements are: Sitting for Extended Periods: Often, office jobs require long hours of sitting at a desk. Typing and Manual Dexterity: Frequent use of a computer keyboard and mouse. Visual Acuity: Ability to read computer screens and printed documents. Hearing Ability: Communicating via phone and video calls, and understanding spoken instructions. Basic Mobility: Moving around the office, which may include walking, bending, and reaching. Lifting: Occasionally lifting objects, typically no more than 10-20 pounds. Speaking: Clear verbal communication in person, on the phone, and in meetings. Cognitive Functioning: Ability to concentrate, remember tasks, and perform problem-solving activities. Posture: Maintaining appropriate posture while working to prevent strain or injury. Working Conditions: Standard office environment. Travel Required: Up to 15% travel could be necessary This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, duties and responsibilities or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not an employment contract. Ceva reserves the right to modify job duties and/or job descriptions at any time to meet the needs of the business. VEVRAA Federal Contractor Ceva is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Ceva encourages men and women, members of all racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply. 670CUSHI* #USCEVA Your profile : Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science (or related area) with at least 10 years of professional IS technology leadership experience. Experience working in a global, matrixed organization preferred