Senior Systems Administrator

ARKA - Beyond Begins Here

ARKA brings its 60 year legacy of innovation and execution to solve our customers' hardest problems. We have a distinguished record of trusted performance on our country’s most critical missions. We develop cutting edge approaches to solve our customers’ most difficult challenges. We produce critical hardware & operational software for the most important missions. We hire the best and brightest at every level, empowering them to create unrivaled results. This ARKA position will be located at our Bothell Washington location.

Join our team and take your career to the highest level. Think big, dream bigger. Find Your Beyond.

 

Summary/Objective: We are seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to implement, maintain, and support our growing corporate and Information Technology infrastructure within a Microsoft Office 365 GCC High environment. You will be part of the Information Technology Operations team that is responsible for designing and developing scalable, maintainable, highly available Information Technology Systems that meet business objectives service requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Recommending, building, and establishing processes and procedures to maintain enterprise systems in multiple environments
• Recommending, selecting, and implementing security, policies, procedures, and tools in conjunction with the company’s security team
• Managing and maintaining Data Center systems and Enterprise Applications to include VMWare host, NetApp storage, Windows and Linux servers and various management applications
• Monitoring system performance, utilization, and trending to ensure system availability, reliability, redundancy and sufficient capacity
• Administrating and maintaining system software to support the system environment (upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations)
• Providing Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Working within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure
• Coordinating support and maintenance activities with outside vendors and contractors
• Working with users and other personnel for problem resolution

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience with Microsoft and other Cloud environments
• Microsoft Office 365 GCC High is required; experience in migrating to GCC High is a plus.
• Package building and deploying with MECM.
• InTune/EndPoint Management
• ServiceNow ITSM/ITOM
• CompTIA Security+ is required.

 

DESIRED:

 Experience with Enterprise compute system such as:

• VMWare ESX/vSphere data center virtualization technologies
• VMWare Horizons VDI architectures
• NetApp storage systems
• Veeam system backup implementations
• Windows server domains
• RedHat Linux server

 

Monitoring, diagnostic, analytics, and administration tools such as:

• Manage Engine AD Manger Plus, AD Patch Manager Plus, AD Audit Plus, Desktop Central, etc.
• Microsoft MECM
• PDQ Automation Software
• Nagios Network and Server monitoring

 

Systems integrations and automation techniques such as:

• Powershell
• SAML Authentication via Microsoft Azure
• DUO Multifactor Authentication

 

Washington state pay range:  $135,000 to $159,000

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. 

 

Working at ARKA in Bothell Washington.

This ARKA Bothell, Washington role will be located at our Tethers Unlimited building. Tethers Unlimited, is an ARKA Group Company.

 

What We Offer

• Comprehensive medical/vision/dental insurance packages
• Company contributions to HSA account for qualified medical high deductible programs
• 401k retirement plan with industry leading company contributions
• 3 weeks of vacation accrual per year plus time off for sick leave and unscheduled life events
• 13 paid holidays
• Continuing education benefit for approved programs.
• Annual bonus program based on company and employee performance
• Life insurance, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term disability insurance
• 4 weeks paid Parental Leave.
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands, and reach with hands and arms.  Intermittent physical activity including bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, or lifting up to 25 lbs.  May encounter prolonged periods of sitting. 

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE ITAR COMPLIANCE:

• This position requires either a U.S. Person or a Non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.
• Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States. (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).
• TUI participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization.

 

Tethers Unlimited, Inc., an ARKA Group, L.P. company, is an equal opportunity employer, values the diversity of our workforce and the knowledge of our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.