The Bossard Group is a leading global provider of product solutions and services in industrial fastening and assembly technology. More than 1 million items as well as proven expertise in technical consulting and inventory management distinguishes the Bossard Group.

At Bossard, we offer a range of opportunities to develop your career and apply and expand your skills and capabilities in a dynamic, international business environment.

Summary This employee will be responsible for maintaining the optimum performance of our network systems. Also responsible for implementing new technologies, performing analysis, monitoring, upgrades, maintenance, documentation, and technical support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Configuration, installation, and management of the networking equipment, Cisco, Aruba, and other various routers and switches.
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of network infrastructure
• Support of ESXi/SAN/Veeam network infrastructure
• Configuration, installation, and management of PaloAlto Firewalls, IPsec VPN, security policies, firewall rules, etc.
• Configuration, installation, and management of the Aruba Wi-Fi system
• Working with other IT team members on various systems and network projects and implementations
• Maintain network connectivity for multiple locations of all computer workstations and provide network support to the end users
• Monitoring performance and troubleshooting network stability and issues
• Write technical support documentation for network systems and document network topology. Maintain and keep current network diagrams and network documentation
• System monitoring, alerting, problem logging, and coordinating tasks effectively to troubleshoot issues for prompt resolution
• Perform other network administration duties, networking equipment updates, mitigation, identification and troubleshooting of system issues, network equipment asset management, performance tuning, and change management
• Support other team members of the Network and IT Operations team.

Academic Qualifications

Computer science degree or equivalent, plus 2-4 years prior work experience in a similar environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required skills and qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in a system administration role
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and above, and Microsoft Active Directory
• Experience with virtualized server infrastructures, VMWare 6.0 or higher
• Previous experience with VMware SRM
• Previous experience with SAN servers
• Authentication services including Active Directory, Radius, and NPS

Professional Skills/ Experience

MCSE and A+, CCNA, CCNP, CCEA, and CNA are a plus.

Bossard Offers

• Benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K
• Flexible scheduling
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Paid Holidays
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Experience

• 3 year(s): Client/Server environment

• 2 - 4 years: IT experience

Education

• Associates or better in Information Technology or related field
• Associates or better in Computer Science or related field

• Bachelors or better in Information Technology or related field
• Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• Driver's License

Skills

• Outlook/email
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Active Listening

Behaviors

• Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)