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| Job Ref: | 40067 |
| Employer: |
Nature Conservancy. |
| State/Province: | All United States |
| Type of Employment: | Full Time |
| Environmental Categories: | Other |
| Industries: | Computer/IT Services |
| Job Description: |
OFFICE LOCATION All United States ABOUT US The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to make a positive impact around the world in more than 30 countries, all 50 United States, and your backyard. Founded in 1951, the mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Visit www.nature.org/aboutus to learn more. TNC POSITION SUMMARY The Senior System Administrator is part of a small, high-performing team supporting roughly 300 servers and over 4,000 users. Our goal is to ensure that our systems are reliable, secure, and responsive, enabling effective conservation and other business functions for TNC staff, volunteers, and partners. This position has a focus of engineering, implementing, and administering Microsoft based systems. We prefer a candidate with experience in planning, engineering, and administering the infrastructure for custom or packaged .Net based systems such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Blackbaud Enterprise CRM, Unit 4 Agresso Business World, or any similarly large and complex .Net based systems. This would be someone with a broad skill set who not only has deep knowledge of server infrastructure, networking, and security, but who also is adept at rolling up their sleeves and helping developers design, develop, and troubleshoot .Net-based systems. We will however consider candidates with planning, engineering and administration experience in core infrastructure systems such Exchange, Active Directory, and / or Citrix, who are interested in continuing to work in those areas but are also interested in assisting with the planning, engineering, and administration of packaged and customized.Net based systems. In either case, the individual must also be comfortable with assuming an informal technical leadership role in large, complex, systems development projects. In support of our environmentally-focused mission, we endeavor to run as many of our systems as possible on virtual machines, currently managed via VMware vSphere/ESX. We use F5 load balancers to deliver many of our enterprise-level services and systems. Therefore, any experience in those areas is also beneficial. We are a heterogeneous environment with many Linux and some HP-UX based systems. Although this position's focus is Windows-based systems, experience in Linux and Apache based systems would be beneficial, as it would enable some load balancing of work when other teams could use assistance. This however is not a requirement. The Senior System Administrator's responsibilities go far beyond the purely technical realm. The individual is expected to have strong initiative and to make significant contributions to the team and organization, identifying areas in need of attention or that can be enhanced, and fulfilling those needs on their own initiative. The position also requires strong analytical and problem solving skills, and the individual must possess a structured, methodical approach to systems administration and engineering. He or she must also be comfortable and effective when assigned projects or tasks in new areas in which he or she has little or no prior experience. TNC ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Engineering and Project Support
Depending on the experience of the candidate, the duties may also include:
Operations and Support
Maintenance
SA Project Management
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS We prefer a candidate with:
Candidates with this experience may work from any TNC office in the US, given the role will be more focused on systems engineering and planning and less focused on infrastructure and operations. We will however consider candidates with planning, engineering and administration experience in core infrastructure systems such Exchange, Active Directory, and / or Citrix, who are interested in continuing to work in those areas but are also interested in assisting with the planning, engineering, and administration of packaged and customized.Net based systems. These candidates would be required to work in our Arlington Virginia office where our main data center resides, given this role would be more focused on infrastructure and operations. We also prefer the candidate possess:
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT
BENEFITS The Nature Conservancy offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, flexible work policies and a collaborative work environment. We also provide professional development opportunities and promote from within. As a result, you will find a culture that supports and inspires conservation achievement and personal development, both within the workplace and beyond. TNC HOW TO APPLY To apply to position number 40067, submit resume and cover letter as one document. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 11, 2013. Failure to complete all of the required fields may result in your application being disqualified from consideration. The information entered in the education and work experience sections are auto screened by the system based on the basic qualifications of the position. You must click "submit" to apply for the position. You may select "save for later" if you prefer to create a draft application for future submission. Once submitted, applications cannot be revised or edited. If you are experiencing technical issues, please refer to our applicant user guide or contact applyhelp@tnc.org . *LI-MS1* EOE STATEMENT The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy's background screening process |
| Post Date: | 08/29/2012 |
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