IT System Administrator – Senior​/Specialist

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!

WSDOT is currently seeking a skilled and experienced IT professional to join our team as a System Administration – Senior Specialist in Shoreline, WA. In this role, you will play a critical part in maintaining, securing, and modernizing the technology infrastructure that supports the Northwest Region Traffic Management Center (NWR TMC) and its interconnected Tunnel Fire and Life Safety networks. Your expertise will help ensure these essential systems remain reliable, resilient, and secure in support of Washington’s transportation operations and the safety of the traveling public.

As a senior technical resource, you will lead system and network administration efforts, oversee infrastructure enhancements and upgrades, and develop strategies to identify, mitigate, and prevent security risks and vulnerabilities. You will provide technical guidance, establish standards and best practices, lead daily operational activities, and develop effective processes for troubleshooting complex issues and resolving infrastructure challenges. From strengthening network and file storage capabilities to advancing cybersecurity practices across computers, applications, cloud resources, networks, and data, you will help drive continuous improvement and ensure technology solutions align with WSDOT Technology Services policies and standards.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the System Administrator – Senior Specialist will:

• Perform Network and System Administration for a diverse range of technologies and services within the NWR TMC. Oversee all aspects of Server Operating Systems, Applications, Databases, Interfaces and Virtualization.
• Design, procure, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and update data center, server, network, and storage infrastructure.
• Utilizes specialized tools. equipment and software dedicated to traffic and roadway management and tunnels fire and life safety systems, including ramp meter systems, traffic cameras, traffic data stations, variable message signs, central software control, and other WSDOT web-based applications and systems.
• Collaborate with extremal agencies, including Washington State Patrol (WSP), cities, counties, and the media, in the development and maintenance of systems facilitating the sharing of WSDOT traffic data and video (Traffic Busters).
• Define and implement strategies for integrating disparate operating system environments within in-house developed traffic software.
• Analyze and resolve highly complex problems, such as incompatibility issues between products requiring integration and conflicts arising from the addition of new/replacement hardware or software versions.
• Administer infrastructure instances through automated technologies (e.g. server virtualization, video management industrial automation. etc.).
• Integrate, distribute, maintain, design, and provide support for TMC servers, interfaces, and application environments.
• Collaborate and apply updates together with application administrators to establish a stable platform for multiple applications, including TMS, Factory Talk, Sidera, Cameleon, Genetec, Synology Surveillance System, and any other required applications.
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