IT System Administrator – Journey

WSDOT is seeking a skilled and motivated systems administration and cybersecurity professional to join our team in the Olympic & Southwest Regions.

• Design, implement, maintain, troubleshoot and update virtual and cloud infrastructure.
• Plan, implement and lead deployment projects of new virtual infrastructure and provide expert consultation to all IT staff to ensure success of projects, positive customer experience, and educational/training opportunities to staff.
• Support all software, hardware, and networking aspects of Active Directory (AD), Cloud services, servers, applications, database management systems, replication, archiving and security.
• Independently monitor Application, Database & Operating System event logs as well as server performance and network infrastructure to analyze trends and identify issues.
• Develop plans and remediate incidents based on security audits and/or evaluations for the OSW Regions.
• Provide project management of tasks related to cybersecurity, to ensure timely mitigation and remediation of risk, and maintain standards and policy compliance.
• Conduct technical research and testing of operating systems, applications, database management systems, storage, backups and replication systems.
• Determine viability of increased levels of virtualization and ensure disaster recovery reclamation in support of Agency virtualization and business continuity missions.

• Eight (8) years of IT experience working in a customer serviced-focused technology organization.
• An associate’s degree in computer science or closely related field and six (6) years of experience working in Information Technology.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Management Information Systems or Software Development, or related field and four (4) years of experience working in Information Technology.

• Benefits
• Paid Leave
• Tuition Assistance
• Plan For Your Future
• Health Insurance
• 401k matching
• Flight privileges

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence.