Systems Administrator

Darigold is seeking a highly skilled and motivated System Administrator to join our IT Operations team. The Systems Administrator provides support to and management of Darigold servers, storage, power, backup and recovery systems. Your expertise will ensure the smooth functioning, security and reliability of our critical IT systems, enabling our organization to operate efficiently and effectively. This role focuses on reliable execution, adherence to standards and collaboration within a security‑and uptime‑critical environment.

Darigold is the fifth largest dairy cooperative in the United States based on milk volume and one of the largest privately held organizations headquartered in the state of Washington. Since 1918, our producers have taken pride in producing dairy products with unsurpassed quality. Today, we are one of the nation's largest agricultural cooperatives, producing over 8.5 billion pounds of milk every year.

Through innovative technology and our efficient, flexible production capabilities, we deliver value‑added products and customer‑driven solutions. Darigold is now known throughout the world for bringing fresh, wholesome dairy products and ingredients from the Northwest to people all around the globe.

• Infrastructure Management:
  Deploy, configure and maintain Dell server hardware, Dell Storage, Pure Storage arrays, APC UPS’s and other related infrastructure components, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.
• Hyper‑V / VMware Virtualization:
  Manage and administer virtualization platforms, including cluster management, virtual machine deployment, resource allocation and performance tuning, to support efficient utilization of server resources and scalability.
• Windows Domain Services:
  Manage and administer Windows Domain Services, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP, File Servers and Exchange Hybrid.
• Backup and Recovery:
  Implement and oversee backup and recovery solutions to protect our data and ensure business continuity in case of any system failures or disasters.
• System Monitoring and Troubleshooting:
  Continuously monitor system performance, identify issues and promptly resolve technical problems to minimize downtime and disruptions.
• Patch and Update Management:
  Plan and execute regular software updates, security patches and firmware upgrades for the server and storage infrastructure.
• Capacity Planning:
  Assess and forecast system capacity requirements to anticipate future needs and recommend necessary upgrades or expansions.
• Documentation and Reporting:
  Maintain comprehensive documentation of IT systems, configurations, procedures and incidents. Generate regular reports on system performance, availability and security status.
• Collaboration and Support:
  Participate in required meetings, incident calls and remediation discussions, provide status updates and work collaboratively with team members, architects, security and vendors.
• Technical Validation:
  Validate configuration changes, assumptions and identified issues using documented standards, vendor documentation, system data or peer review before presenting findings or escalating concerns.
• Security Remediation & Hardening:
  Remediate vulnerabilities identified through penetration testing, audits and security assessments, including directory services, certificate services, virtualization platforms and management interfaces, in coordination with security and operations stakeholders.
• Technology Evaluation:
  Stay informed about the latest industry trends, best practices and advancements in server, storage and backup technologies identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting evaluation efforts to enhance the infrastructure’s efficiency and reliability.
• Work Prioritization & Execution:
  Execute assigned work according to defined priorities and timelines, including redirecting effort when priorities change due to incidents, security findings or business needs.
• On Call Support:
  Provide 24 x 7 On‑Call support as part of a rotating schedule.
• Travel:
  Local and regional travel estimate of 25%.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field (or equivalent work…