Description

About Barber-Nichols:

Barber-Nichols (BN) is a premier provider of custom turbomachinery solutions serving the Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics, and Energy industries. Our team consists of industry leaders who collaborate closely with equally accomplished customers to deliver technologies that advance their markets and establish enduring partnerships. At BN, we foster a results-driven environment that values professional growth, rewards achievement, and supports innovation. From designing the blower for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan to engineering critical components for the U.S. Navy’s MK-48 program, BN’s portfolio spans some of the most exciting and impactful projects in the world. For those seeking to contribute to impactful projects alongside a highly skilled team, BN offers an exceptional place to build your career.

Requirements

Position Summary:

Support management of Barber-Nichols’ Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and business systems, including servers, cloud environments, and end-user computing. This position ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems in compliance with NIST 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 requirements. The System Administrator II is a fully onsite role that collaborates daily with local and remote team members to maintain system reliability, enforce cybersecurity controls, and drive continual improvement through measurable IT metrics and KPIs. This role serves as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues unresolved by Helpdesk or Tier 1 staff.

Key Results Areas

Manage and Maintain Business Applications

Manage and maintain the hardware and software needed for business applications and IT-owned applications.
Ensure PC hardware and server hardware is scoped to best practices in support of supported applications.
Monitor, manage, and enable adequate on-prem storage for shared file directories and greater business needs, including DR backups.
Manage and maintain an Application Maintenance Schedule, as well as perform maintenance in off-hour windows, prioritized by criticality.
Manage and maintain application backups, documentation, and configurations.
Manage and maintain an Office 365 GCCH environment, including support, licensing, compliance, and other applications such as SharePoint.
Maintain a list of approved and supported applications to ensure compliant licensing and proper budgeting.

Manage and Maintain Business Systems

Manage and maintain the hardware and software needed for business systems and IT-owned systems.
Provide documentation and level 1 and level 2 support training to Helpdesk Team for business systems where appropriate.
Research and recommend innovation, and where possible, automated approaches for IT and business processes.
Administer, maintain, and support Azure VMs, cloud infrastructure, Azure AD, Intune, Sentinel, and other O365 services.
Administer, manage, and ensure servers remain patched and secure including installation of software releases, patches and anti-virus updates.
Maintain domain computer security and access using Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Group Policy Object (GPO).

Manage and Maintain Business Application and System Integrations

Provide end-user support for hardware and software business applications and systems.
Provide advanced documentation, process updates, and knowledge transfer to the Helpdesk and Systems Support teams.
Analyze recurring issues and implement preventative measures or process improvements; contribute to root cause analyses (RCAs) and incident postmortems.
Perform duties as required as part of incident response team.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience and abilities required.

Education and Training

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience or training in proper cyber security hygiene and/or experience with common cyber applications is a plus.

Experience

3-5 years of relevant IT and systems administration experience.
Experience in operation of active directory and exchange server.
Experience with Windows Server administration including Azure and hybrid-environments.

Other

Must be willing to work overtime as required

Desired Job Qualification

MS Network Certification (MCSA) and relational database experience is a plus
Server +, ITIL, Microsoft Administrator or other equivalent certifications are required

Skills

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have technical aptitude
Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, project management, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized engineering application software.
Ability and willingness to abide by set policies and/or safety programs established by BNI, our clients, and/or regulatory agencies which govern our performance and behavior in the normal course of our work while on BNI or the client’s property or job site.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
Strong organizational and time management skills
High attention to detail
Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules.
Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.
Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values
Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team-oriented culture

Physical and Mental Demands

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is primarily required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and bend. Required to speak and communicate clearly with others. Will need to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 5 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Corrected vision to 20/20 or adequate and ability to identify and distinguish colors.
Mental demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to read, write, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, present information to others and work under pressure.
Work Environment: This job primarily operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is also exposed to high level of manufacturing and equipment noise. Duties are performed indoors in a manufacturing environment with temperature changes. Exposure to hazardous materials, fumes or airborne particles and moving mechanical parts with vibration.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be able to work in the U.S without sponsorship. No security clearance required.

ITAR Requirements: To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C.

1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Barber-Nichols must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e., current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C.
1157-1158. Security clearance is not required for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Barber-Nichols is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any protected status as defined by law.

Compensation And Benefits

The salary range for this role is $94,675 to $120,000. This range represent the anticipated minimum and maximum base + bonus for this position based upon a good faith and reasonable estimate. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant’s qualifications (education, training and/or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.

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