1. System administrator cover letter
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Dear Mr Jackson
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I’m aware, through your online posting, of the systems administrator position now
available within your department. Please accept this letter and resume as my official
application expressing my interest in this position. I’ve worked in this field for over five
years and I’m confident that my skills and training perfectly match the requirements listed
for this job.
A brief outline of my educational background and experience that make me a great
candidate for this position are summarized below. I have experience in the following
areas:
• Installing and testing software upgrades
• Establishing and maintaining network users
• Providing helpdesk support
• Installing and supporting basic Microsoft applications
• Working with PC hardware and Linux administration such as NIS and NFS
My personal attributes include excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the
ability to pay close attention to details and I have a bachelor’s degree in engineering from
Kentucky State University. I’m energetic, self motivated and proactive. All of which are
qualities that I’m sure your company can appreciate.
I’m confident that a meeting would be in both our interest and would be grateful for the
opportunity to discuss how my qualifications can contribute to Paradigm Solutions. Please
contact me at (123)-440-8849 for an interview.
Yours sincerely
Mark Dixon

3. System administrator cover letter sample
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Dear Mr Jackson
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Please accept my application for the position of Systems Administrator as advertised on
www.jobwebsiteABC.com.
My background, as described in my resume includes over five years of Systems
Administration activities accross a number of Government Departments. I currently hold a
temporary full-time position at Department of XXXX as a Systems Administrator and am
seeking to secure a permanent position in the same field.
I have had extensive VMware and VCenter administration experience migrating virtual
machines using both Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2) strategies. This
included a project team that covered over 250 migrations over an 18 month period. I have
also supported and managed a large high availability Citrix environment and a high
availability Microsoft SQL server 2008 cluster.
In previous positions I had significant exposure troubleshooting Microsoft Active Directory
and LDAP environments as well as some virtualization troubleshooting experience using
Linux, VMware and Cisco hardware. The Cisco virtualization included administration of the
Nexus 1000V virtual switches.
I understand that you are looking for an experienced Systems Administrator and I believe
that my background enables me to meet your criteria. I am happy to travel once a month
as described in the job advertisement and am available to work after hours between
Monday to Thursday as requested.
Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this position. I look forward to meeting you in
an interview.
Yours sincerely
Mark Dixon

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