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Staff System Administrator

SkyWater Technology Foundry
Bloomington, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/21/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2025

Bold Thinking. World Changing. At SkyWater, our ingenuity helps improve lives around the world by manufacturing U.S. made semiconductors that are essential ingredients of modern life. Automotive safety enhancements, life-saving medical devices, consumer electronics and American security require semiconductors. Working in our Minnesota headquarters or Florida location, employees join together to improve the world.

Explore what's possible. Joining our U.S. - based team means contributing to and learning about the commercialization of some of the most exciting technologies the world has ever seen. We are turning "science fiction" into everyday reality through technologies such as superconducting, 3D integrated circuits or computer chips, carbon nanotubes, photonic logic devices, micro electro-mechanical systems and other emerging device topologies. We manufacture products for aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer and industrial markets, to name a few. Our customers include emerging leaders who rely on our intellectual property security and quality manufacturing services.

Step into the future. SkyWater's values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Empowerment and Growth Mindset guide us to cultivate an empowered, learning environment. We also invest in developing highly skilled, dedicated employees - and employees who are entering the workforce for the first time, from the military, and a variety of educational backgrounds.

Are you bold thinking? Find your place on our team and help us change the world!

Position Summary : As a member of the SkyWater Information Technology team, the Staff System Administrator is a hands-on contributor role responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of IT systems. You will be one of the leaders that will modernize our environment enabling us to deliver highly available systems. This role will have significant input into new technologies.

Responsibilities :

  • Be part of a team that manages and maintains our VMWare environment and effectuates standards and best practices of operations.
  • Be part of a team that manages and maintains our NetApp environment and effectuates standards and best practices of operations.
  • Maintain systems and tools including patching, config changes, and monitoring.
  • Maintain and support new and existing physical and virtual servers on multiple operating systems (Unix, Linux, Windows, VMWARE) including patching and monitoring.
  • Responsible for performance tuning of business-critical systems.
  • Participate in strategic planning. Provide substantial input into the infrastructure roadmap.
  • Proactively ensure the highest infrastructure availability on-premise and within the cloud.
  • Design and maintain a comprehensive backup strategy to deliver file recovery to DR scenario for business continuity.
  • Manage identity, federated, and compliance platforms, including PKI, ADFS, MFA, IAM, and DLP.
  • Plan and implement systems automation.
  • Optimize physical and virtual server infrastructure across the organization.
  • Plan and implement new equipmentsoftware rollouts.
  • Perform hardware and software upgrades.
  • Assist with network-related troubleshooting.
  • Build and maintain server infrastructure documentation.
  • Liaison with stakeholders for new system design and implementation.
  • Build and maintain scripts to automate current manual processes.
  • Mentor junior-level staff.

The job also requires performing other duties as assigned. Percentages of time spent on job duties are estimates and may vary for each position.

Required Qualifications

Experience and / or Education :

  • US Citizenship Required : This position will require the holding of or ability to obtain government security clearance which requires U.S Citizenship
  • 7 yrs experience as IT Systems AdminEngineer : Preferably within 500 employee org.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (Preferred)
  • Solid Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, and Google (IDCS a plus).
  • Experience with server operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix).
  • De-duplication, NetApp storage admin, and VMWare admin experience.
  • Excellent communication and engagement skills.
  • Cisco compute, blade, and standalone (or related) experience.
  • Experience with virtualization (VMWARE, Hyper-V).
  • System monitoring tools and data collection (Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk)
  • Comprehensive backup strategy (prefer in cloud solutions).
  • Authentication technologies and frameworks (MFA, OAuth, SAML)
  • Active Directory experience
  • Helpful but not required :
  • Relevant certifications a plus

  • Scripting skills a plus (PowerShell, Java, Perl, Python)
  • DBA experience a plus but not required (Oracle, SQL Server)
  • Experience with Azure Server Management and Azure Automation Desired State Configuration a plus
  • The annual salary range for this role is $108,400- $162,600 . Pay offered is based on many factors including, but not limited to, the job-related experience, skills, education, and credentials of each candidate.

    SkyWater offers an exciting environment where the brightest semiconductor minds come together to achieve exceptional results. We offer competitive salary and an opportunity to participate in incentive plans as well other employee financial benefits including 401k match, life insurance and opportunities to purchase SkyWater stock at a discounted rate.

    Additionally, SkyWater offers a comprehensive benefits package which promotes a healthy life. This includes benefit eligibility day one, medical, dental, mental health benefits, vision, legal planning, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid holidays, an on-site fitness facility, an on-site, self-serve market.

    SkyWater is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants for all job openings are welcome and will be considered without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, medical conditions, family care or medical leave status, military service or status as a Protected Veteran, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws ("Protected Characteristics"). SkyWater complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws concerning EEO / AA employment. SkyWater complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and / or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at 952-851-5200 or Human.Resources@SkyWatertechnology.com

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