IT Systems Admin – Journey – Server and Storage Administrator

Located in the scenic Puget Sound area with nearby mountain ranges and Mount Rainier in the distance, Tacoma is surrounded by outdoor recreational opportunities such as hiking, boating and camping. Tacoma, Washington has been ranked as one of the most livable cities in the country, due to the increasing career opportunities, cultural diversity and community engagement, just to name a few.

Tacoma Community College (TCC) was built on the ancestral territory of Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Puyallup and Squaxin Island Tribes. The 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty forcibly removed them to Reservations to make way for colonizers; we recognize the privilege of utilizing this land has come at a great cost. We honor the resilience of the Puyallup and Squaxin Island people, who still live here, defend their rights, and contribute greatly to the well‑being of our community.

Our institution aims to increase partnerships and community ties with the local indigenous populations. Moreover, TCC stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the Black community by further strengthening collaboration with the Black Student Union as well as community entities such as the Tacoma‑Pierce County Black Collective, the Tacoma Urban League, and local black‑owned businesses. In addition, we strongly support the Stop Asian Hate movement and have an active Asian Pacific Islander Student Club as well as an Asian and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Coalition.

TCC is committed to developing more culturally responsive curricula by infusing and incorporating more educational content focused on the lives, experiences, and contributions of Native, Black, Asian, and other marginalized communities. We continually strive to become an anti‑racist institution.

We are specifically focusing on improved support for traditionally marginalized populations, including Black/African‑American, Indigenous, People of Color, Dreamers, justice‑involved, immigrants and refugees, Veterans, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community. To this end, TCC seeks applicants who:

• Value intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Welcome difference and model respectful interaction with others
• Recognize and honor the important role that diversity brings to an educational community
• Are committed to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population
• Are committed to teaching in a community college setting
• Care deeply about student success
• Intentionally support and promote efforts related to equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Honor TCC’s mission promoting equitable access to educational opportunities
• Reflect the diversity of our community

This position administrates campus servers, data center operations, and network attached storage services. Reports to the Associate Director for IT Infrastructure. Frequent interaction with other IT teams as required. Provides backup for campus network infrastructure, including network routing and switching, firewall, VPN, telephony, Wi‑Fi, and battery backup equipment. Offers tier 3 hardware and software support. Manages and monitors the health and structure of the server and storage environments.

Independently provides escalated hardware and software support to faculty, staff, and administrators. Performs installation, configuration and deployment of operating systems, applications, and services. Administers server licensing including server administration, application patching, vendor coordination, upgrade planning, and problem remediation. Leads moderately sized projects, develops plans, and independently installs and configures systems. Performs needs assessment, and functions as liaison between faculty, staff and other members of the Information Technology department.

Ensures that resources are operated in compliance with the college’s security standards, Acceptable Use Policy, and other applicable policies and standards.

• Frequent interaction with other IT teams as required.
• Work directly with the development, technology support teams, and the network and infrastructure manager to plan, design or layout new designs or modify existing designs that will support the on‑going…