Senior Systems Administrator

Senior Systems Administrator

Sigma Design is a product development, engineering, and manufacturing firm. Based out of the Pacific Northwest, we offer innovative concept through production services to diverse clients around the globe. Sigma Design believes in hiring, developing, and recognizing the best. We offer competitive compensation, a 401(k) with up to 4% company match, quarterly bonus program, 15-days of accrued PTO and 9 company paid holidays. In addition, Sigma Design has multiple options for medical insurance and dental insurance. We also offer voluntary benefits: vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.

Position Details:

• The hiring range for this role is typically between $80,000 and $103,000, with the full range extending to $125,000, based on experience, internal equity, and career progression
• This position will be Hybrid, 2 to 3 days in office. Maintenance is the third Saturday of the month, with exceptions for holidays.
• Monday- Friday, 8am- 5pm

Primary Function:

The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for providing systems and network support for internal employees including installation and maintenance of network software and hardware, network printers, servers, voice systems, and cloud services.

Essential Job Functions- Responsibilities:

• Plan systems and system improvements, including:
• Long-term system growth and end of life
• Participate in capacity planning
• Support strategy and planning for servers, voice systems, storage, network, and printers.
• Develop backup and recovery planning.
• Perform critical system backups and recovery.
• Participate in InfoSec activities.
• Identify areas of improvement to protect servers, internal and external networks, and endpoints.
• Provide Tier 3 technical support and guidance to employees.
• Lead and perform System Administration activities:
• Configure, deploy, and administer servers.
• Administer voice system, email system, network printers, and storage.
• Implement operating system updates and patches.
• Implement firmware updates and patches.
• Implement and maintain enterprise network infrastructure, including routing, switching, wireless networks, and WAN connectivity.
• Implement and maintain external networks and remote VPN's.
• Troubleshoot and resolve server and network performance issues.
• Use DevOps principles to manage the environment and solutions.
• Support AI initiatives and related infrastructure across the organization.
• Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data and reduce information security occurrences.

Education and Experience: (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

• 5 - 10 years of experience in systems administration.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent training and experience required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop Operating Systems, Hyper-V, VMware, Linux Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, Exchange Server, SQL database servers, web servers, Microsoft 365 applications, SharePoint, Azure/Entra ID, DevOps, AI, and network engineering.
• Experience installing and maintaining network components and voice systems.
• Experience monitoring and collecting data pertinent to system operations and health and interpreting the information to identify, predict, and evaluate system and network requirements.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, ITAR, and data security compliance.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to work with minimal direction.
• Excellent teamwork/interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, both within and outside one's own work group.
• Demonstrate commitment and adherence to Sigma Design Core Values.
• Pass a post-offer background verification.

Work Environment

Standard office environment with normal office related conditions. Occasionally may be required to travel as required to other facilities, clients or suppliers.