System Administrator

Job Summary

The Cyber Security System Administrator is responsible for managing and securing the organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of critical systems. This role involves deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting security tools, managing IT and vendor risk, monitoring system performance, and implementing security best practices. This position works closely with other security engineers, IT teams, and business units to enforce security policies, respond to incidents, remediate security vulnerabilities, and support compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Base compensation is only one component of your competitive Total Rewards package
• Incentive pay program (EPIP)
• Health/Vision/Dental insurance
• 6 weeks paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers
• Fertility/Adoption assistance
• 2 weeks paid caregiver leave
• 401(k) plan matching up to 5%
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources

• Administer and maintain servers, networks, and other IT systems to ensure optimal performance.
• Install, configure, and update software and hardware components for systems.
• Monitor system performance, conduct regular audits, and perform routine maintenance to prevent downtime.
• Ensure system security by implementing best practices for firewalls, antivirus software, backups, and user access controls.
• Provide technical support for users, troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues in a timely manner.
• Perform system backups and disaster recovery procedures.
• Manage user accounts and permissions, ensuring proper access control and security compliance.
• Collaborate with IT teams to plan and implement software and system upgrades or enhancements.
• Document system configurations, troubleshooting procedures, and other relevant information for team use.
• Assist with network management, ensuring seamless connectivity across the organization.
• Respond to system alerts and perform root cause analysis on issues to prevent recurrence.
• Manage cloud-based infrastructure and services (if applicable), ensuring integration with on-premises systems.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Must be accessible via mobile services (i.e., text, voice, data) during non-working hours for upgrades, system outages, and configuration changes.

This position is eligible to work remotely, hybrid or onsite in accordance with our Telecommuting Policy. Applicants must reside in Kansas or Missouri or be willing to relocate as a condition of employment.

• Experience working with network and application vulnerability scanners.
• Knowledge and understanding of security frameworks.
• Capable of communicating directly with all areas of the company regarding vulnerabilities and risk.
• Ability to lead monthly patch management meetings and follow-up meetings to ensure patches for servers and endpoints are being implemented timely.
• Knowledge and understanding of application and network security threats and vulnerabilities to be able to provide cybersecurity recommendations to leadership.
• Ability to work closely with infrastructure and application teams to advise and support remediation efforts to close vulnerability exposure to new threats in the wild and verify the organization’s security posture against them.
• Capable of serving as a point of contact for new and existing vulnerability-related questions/issues.
• Ability to provide and present security metrics to management related to risks across the environment.
• Perform regular and critical maintenance activities on security systems as required.
• Ability to research and conduct security assessments on new and existing vendors to ensure their security controls align with best practice standards.
• Work directly with business areas and their vendors to identify and resolve risks.
• Knowledge and understanding of security policies and standards.
• Ability to follow Project Management practices for implementing projects a