Network Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY :

Baylor Genetics is an industry leader in genetics testing looking to bring our technology in line with our scientific excellence. We believe the strength of our network can drive value to all parts of our organization. The company continues to grow rapidly and services major medical centers, individual physicians, and genetic counselors across the entire US. We are at the forefront of genetics testing research and are working to bring our products to many new customers.

We believe a quality infrastructure is fundamental in allowing our business and our users to accomplish what is necessary for us to be successful. To maintain a quality network requires a strong technological foundation, with a focus on best practices, allowing for an adaptable, extensible, fault-tolerant architecture that drives value into our organization.

This role requires curiosity, attention to detail, technical expertise, and the ability to coordinate and communicate with all levels of technologists and the business. Our infrastructure leverages a wide range of technologies and someone who loves to learn and teach would be ideal for this role.

If you feel you want to be part of the challenge of creating a great infrastructure platform that drives a cutting-edge business, we are looking for a Network Administrator to join a growing team that will work in improving the way our organization accomplishes its goals.

The team has a strong focus on Delivery & Stability and closely collaborates with all business units to iterate on improving its success metrics.

3 years’ experience in networking alone; any other IT fields is a plus.

• Have a strong working knowledge of modern network infrastructure best practices.
• Have experience closely collaborating with development, infrastructure, and management teams.
• Have experience working in highly virtualized public and private cloud environments.
• Know how to design, diagram, and present high-level and detailed versions of infrastructure architecture. Recognize the importance and be able to generate excellent documentation and diagrams.
• Proven experience and success with LAN, WAN, and WLAN, design and implementation.
• Proven experience with network capacity planning, and network security principles.
• Can balance idealism and pragmatism in a fast-paced work environment.
• Possess self-management skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Pay attention to detail and constantly drive to deliver value.
• Enjoy being part of a highly collaborative team where everyone works together to improve our organization and our own skill set.
• Are excited to learn new technologies and practices that can drive an organization into the future.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Research, evaluate, and recommend new systems, technologies, and approaches that raise our infrastructure quality.
• Help refine development practices, standards, and tooling.
• Install new software applications or hardware, coordinating assistance from third parties when necessary.
• Work to improve our infrastructure architecture and data governance by utilizing tools and techniques that allow for the proactive management of all IT assets.
• Building a brand-new infrastructure platform helping our organization transition to a distributed system leveraging microservices.
• Defining the network and infrastructure design allowing for us to continually meet the needs of our business.
• Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, fax machines, and other network appliances.
• Creating a monitoring and testing strategy to proactively ensure the quality of our infrastructure.
• Assist in providing computer / network support relating to software and hardware problems reported by users.
• Maintain an adequate level of knowledge of operating systems and application software being used to provide high levels of support to users.
• Managing our Azure setup to allow for us to utilize a hybrid cloud approach to network and resource management.
• Adheres to Code of Conduct as outlined in the Baylor Genetics Compliance Program.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT :

• Frequently required to sit
• Frequently required to stand
• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Frequently required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to utilize visual acuity to operate equipment, read technical information, and / or use a keyboard

EEO Statement :

Baylor Genetics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.