Network Administrator

Join Tessera and make a difference.

Tessera is a national leader in creating meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and veterans. We are a dynamic and growing organization of social entrepreneurs dedicated to building strong communities and delivering exceptional service.

About Tessera:

• A recognized leader in inclusive employment and workforce development.
• A mission‑driven team of innovative and passionate professionals.
• Operating self‑sustaining businesses across 15 states and the District of Columbia, with a workforce of more than 2,000 employees.
• Committed to providing outstanding customer experiences across all service lines.
• Focused on supporting employee growth through robust training, development, and support programs.

Our Bremerton, Washington Home Office supports nationwide operations with a highly skilled and motivated team specializing in finance, human resources, vocational and workforce development, information systems, strategy, business development, communications, marketing, quality, safety, learning, and more.

Location: Bremerton, Washington

Type: Exempt

Compensation: $97,900 - $141,950

Work Schedule: Full‑time | Monday
- Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm (flexible start and end times depending on scheduling needs)

Network Administrator Under the direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Network Administrator is responsible for ensuring the stability, security, integrity, and efficient operation of the organization's network infrastructure and information systems that support critical business operations.

This position applies strong technical expertise, analytical thinking, and problem‑solving skills to proactively identify, communicate, and resolve technology issues while maximizing the value and performance of Tessera's IT investments. The Network Administrator leverages current technologies and industry best practices to design, implement, and maintain a secure, reliable, and scalable network environment.

As one of the three technical leaders within the IT Department—alongside Cybersecurity and Systems Administration—this role serves as a strategic partner in driving the organization's technology initiatives and maintaining compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework. Together, these technical leaders provide direction for enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, and compliance efforts.

The Network Administrator supports the IT Department's strategic vision by contributing to technology planning, continuous improvement initiatives, and the successful delivery of IT services. Responsibilities include designing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing network hardware, software, telecommunications, and communication systems. This role also provides advanced technical support and assists in the timely resolution of Help Desk requests affecting network services.

In partnership with IT leadership, this position plays a key role in organizational initiatives including change management, project management, vendor management, technology planning, and annual budget development to ensure the continued reliability, security, and growth of Tessera's technology environment.

• Exceptional and complete knowledge, competency, experience and expertise in all aspects of the corporate networking environment.
• Lead, coordinate, install, configure, support and maintain network devices, systems and proprietary software, as required nationwide. Including upgrades and add‑ons, associated relational databases and host servers.
• Support all network services and protocols such as DNS, WINS, email services, DHCP, Active Directory, Web services, authentication, IMAP, SMTP, SNMP, TCP/IP, IPv6/7 and IPsec.
• Network management and monitoring of all network resources including network discovery, mapping and topology, event management and alerting, patch management and performance monitoring. Leverage outside/vender resources to assure that technology is at current software levels and anticipate necessary upgrades as part of technology support.
• Lead, coordinate, install, configure, support and maintain internet security solutions such…