Network Administrator - Temporary

Details: At Panda, we all share a common mission: “Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.” We invest in our people because great people run great operations that will exceed our guests’ expectations. Talk to any of our associates and you will experience a culture dedicated to its mission and our five fundamental values - Proactive, Respect/Win-Win, Growth, Great Operations, and Giving.Panda Restaurant Group includes the original Panda Inn fine dining restaurants, Panda Express, our Gourmet Chinese food concept served in a fast casual environment, and Hibachi San, our Japanese grill concept. The family owned and operated company is still run by founders Andrew and Peggy Cherng. Annual sales in 2011 were in excess of $1.4 billion. Panda Express added 97 new locations in 2011 and will be operating well over 1,500 restaurants this year.Panda offers competitive benefits and rewarding opportunities, from entry-level positions to management. We have restaurant positions available nationwide and support center positions in Rosemead, CA. Come join the nation's largest and fastest growing Asian restaurant company. Network Administration- Temporary contract position for one year. Perform server and network administration on Windows 2000-2008, Active Directory, MS Exchange, MS SQL, Back Office application servers, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN) and its components.Maintain Network Operating System (NOS) in all networking equipment with the latest patches, service packs, and updates as recommended by manufacturers.Perform production operation support including log review, backup/recovery procedures and periodic maintenance.Diagnose and quickly resolve any networking problems to help minimize downtime.Deploy various in-house built web applications to both staging and production environments.Configuration management of various processes running Windows platform so as to enable controlled rollout of software versions with well planned back-out procedures.Implementation and management of storage area network (SAN), Direct Attached Storage (DAS); this includes disk array configuration and volume management.Provide 2nd level network hardware/software support to PAWS support and Support Center users.Document and maintain accuracy of standard operational procedures and best practices in areas of responsibility.Oversee all network-related projects - office and hosting environments. This will include installation, maintenance, and trouble-shooting of routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN appliances and local/remote data center environments.Conduct network system audits to determine the efficiency of hardware and communication components and make recommendations to upgrade them as required to meet business needs.Ensure stability, availability and performance of the entire IT infrastructure.Participate in the development, implementation and testing of disaster recovery procedures.Design network infrastructure & system requirements and make appropriate adjustments to insure business objectives are met.Work rotating off-hour schedule with weekend support to maintain consistent system availability.

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