Another Source’s client, the Seattle Aquarium, is recruiting a Systems and Network Administrator to join their team.

 

Here’s a little about Seattle Aquarium and the position they are seeking to fill:

 

Organizational history:

The Seattle Aquarium is one of Washington state’s leading environmental education and stewardship institutions and the region’s green gathering place for discussion and dissemination of information about the ocean and marine conservation. Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), it’s the eighth-largest aquarium in the U.S. by attendance and among the top five paid visitor attractions in the Puget Sound region. Since its opening in 1977, the Aquarium has hosted more than 25 million visitors and provided marine conservation education to nearly two million school children.

 

The Seattle Aquarium is owned by the City of Seattle and was operated by the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation until 2010, when the nonprofit Seattle Aquarium Society assumed its management—a model used by most leading zoos and aquariums. The facility expanded by 18,000 square feet in 2007 with new exhibits—including the impressive, 120,000- gallon Window on Washington Waters—a new gift shop and new café, as well as meeting and event facilities that have grown more successful with each passing year—a major source of revenue and exposure for the organization’s mission.

 

The Seattle Aquarium has a realistic plan for phased growth based on record-setting attendance, membership and fundraising growth, an energized board of directors and increasingly professional management. The organization has recently developed a master plan to substantially increase in physical size and impact by opening a new exhibit building, the Ocean Pavilion. As Seattle continues to redefine its relationship with the waterfront by replacing the viaduct with an underground tunnel, the Seattle Aquarium will become the focal point of a new 20-acre park along the waterfront.

 

Position overview:

This role will provide support to the Seattle Aquarium staff and volunteers, including hardware/software support, server maintenance, network troubleshooting, and IT projects. The IT team at the Aquarium is composed of three employees and has some exciting projects underway such as a new admissions system and a new website platform.

 

The newly created position of systems and network administrator is responsible for systems and network monitoring, support, analysis and administration; and responding to outages and performing maintenance on our computing infrastructure. Additional responsibilities include checking and responding to incoming IT requests from employees, diagnosing and resolving technical hardware and software issues, and escalation for end-user support.

 

Essential duties:

  • Active Directory users, groups, computers and group policies
  • File server shares and NTFS permissions
  • Server room and network closet cabling
  • On-site VOIP phone system
  • Operating system patching
  • Server and workstation backup/restore including tape rotation and offsite storage
  • Switch port provisioning—VLAN tagging, POE, QoS, Spanning tree

 

  • Security infrastructure—Firewall, VPN
  • Virtualization and storage—VMware, vCenter, Hyper-V, SAN
  • Systems and networking monitoring
  • Other duties as needed

 

Qualifications:

  • Windows Server operating systems
  • VMWare vSphere
  • Cisco IOS switches and ASA firewalls
  • Office 365 administration
  • MS SQL
  • MS SharePoint
  • Outstanding troubleshooting and customer service skills, with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing, and project a professional image
  • Ability to work with a minimum of direction, prioritize and manage own time, and be proactive in keeping management informed of issues
  • Patient and effective working with diverse groups of people at all levels of the organization
  • Strong work ethic that includes neatness, punctuality, persistence and a positive attitude

 

Benefits: Full-time staff are eligible for the Seattle Aquarium’s comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, vision, dental (subsidized dependent coverage also available), HRA, FSA, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, access to a subsidized ORCA pass, and generous paid time off.

 

How to apply: The Seattle Aquarium is a progressive, equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce. Please include résumé. Application review will begin immediately. All candidates are encouraged to apply. The link to apply can be found here: https://app.jobvite.com/j?aj=oXvr5fwI&s=Employer_Website

 

Note: Must pass a background check, upon job offer, to be eligible for this position.

 

Another Source works with their clients, on a retained project basis, to maximize the recruiting process.

 

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