System Administrator

OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

Evaluate, develop, revise, and maintain systems and corporate services as determined by business requirements and service environment. Provide assessment of requirements and functional specifications specific to systems and network services. Perform application and system review and testing for performance and issue resolution.

The Systems Administrator will focus on the maintenance of systems, services, and Internet centric applications. The role requires extensive collaboration with other system administrators, developers, and project management. Projects are fast-paced, demanding high team collaboration and adaptability. Success is measured by systems availability and timely design and development of applications while meeting project requirements and goals. Systems administrators are expected to be on pager and in rotation for on-call duties.

• Maintain network and systems integrity through timely updates, upgrades, and bug fixing.
• Provide system and network analysis, troubleshooting and bug fixing.
• Maintain existing network hardware/software infrastructure.
• Design, develop, and test applications and custom deployments meeting functional and technical requirements.
• Participate in architecture and analysis discussions as required by projects and business.
• Have availability for immediate response and on-call duties.

• Significant real-world experience with Unix and Windows Server Operating Systems.
• Experience in the development and maintenance of SQL Server databases and related hardware and software, Internet security and communications.
• Experience developing interfaces with other systems, such as TCP/IP, e-commerce engines, e‑mail systems, back-end databases, Internet security protocols and firewalls, etc., is essential.
• Experience in scripting with XML, Perl, PHP, SQL, C, JavaScript, or Power Shell.
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively with people at various levels and across multiple disciplines within the organization.
• Must be comfortable in a small development environment and be able to effectively deal with competing priorities and needs from multiple projects.
• Ability to commute to different offices around the region as required.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Pass a background check.

This job is located in office, in Tacoma Washington.