THE COMPANY
Veri-Tax is the leading national verification provider helping loan originators, underwriters, loan processors, and other clients meet the elevated compliance and regulatory standards in the mortgage, consumer credit and other industries. We provide a suite of fast and reliable Ability-To-Pay Solutions which include Verification of Income/Employment (VOI/VOE), 4506-C and SSN Verifications.
Our “customer happiness” culture ultimately differentiates us and drives our relentless customer-oriented organizational focus, commitment and execution as inspired by world class organizations like Zappos. We strive for nimbleness, flexibility and responsiveness to our customers’ needs across our people, process and technology. As a result, we have earned the trust and loyalty of both large and mid-market customers for over two decades and we are focused on growing both the number of industries and customers we serve and the number of ways we can deliver “customer happiness” to each and every one.
Veri-Tax is much more than a verification services company. We strive to be an ‘employer of choice’ and pride ourselves on our unique, diverse, and dynamic company culture that includes a high performing team and supports flexible work arrangements and a healthy work and life balance. Complete with our very own ‘Fun Team’, we strive to build relationships, promote teamwork and collaboration, and make it a habit to ‘LOL Every Day’ which is one of Core Values.
THE POSITION
Position title: Network and Systems Administrator
Department: IT
Direct Report: VP of IT
Status: Exempt
The Network and Systems Administrator (SA) is a full stack engineer responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, security, and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware including workstations, servers, switches, firewalls, storage arrays, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values.
Duties & Responsibilities:
· Maintain and configure firewalls, IPS/IDS and all host security activities.
· Ensure network stability and uptime; perform network and security audits.
· Manage and oversee ACL’s and other routing tasks and maintenance.
· Manage and administer Windows operating systems and Active Directory.
· Manage multiple server virtualization platforms.
· Provide on-call technical support, be able to work nights and/or weekends as needed.
· Assess need for any system reconfigurations (minor or significant) and execute them if required.
· Ensure presence and validity of system backups and replication within multiple platforms such as Zerto and Cohesity.
· Conduct research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of systems software procurement and development efforts.
· Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.
· Administer and maintain user access rights on multiple platforms such as Active Directory, O365, Forcepoint, VPN and internal custom developed applications.
· Provide desktop support as needed to 100+ users internally.
· Participate and support ongoing software deployments that include deploying websites and SQL Server script execution.
· Support recurring internal and external auditing of all technology assets and systems.
Minimum Job Requirements:
· THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE SO YOU MUST RESIDE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BE ABLE TO COMMUTE TO OUR IRVINE OFFICE AS NEEDED.
· Bachelor’s degree in system administration, System Engineering, Information Technology/Systems or equivalent on the job experience.
· Solid knowledge of firewalls, routing, load balancers and networking including hands-on experience with:
o Cisco 55xx series ASA’s and/or PaloAlto 8xx series NextGen Firewalls
o Wildfire IPS/IDS
o Kemp Load Balancers
o Cisco Switches
· Windows 10 & 11, Outlook/Exchange and Active Directory environment experience.
· 7 to 10 years hands-on System Administrator experience with the following:
o VMWare vSphere, ESX 8.0 forward
o iSCSI configuration and management.
o Windows Server (2016/2019 Standard & Enterprise)
o MS O365
§ Exchange, Active Directory, InTune, Purview, Defender, SCCM and WSUS.
o Microsoft SQL Server a plus
o IIS, Apache
o LAN/WAN security (hardware firewalls, Anti-virus, spam control technologies)
· Configuration and maintenance experience with
o Dell server hardware
o Dell SAN storage array or equivalent
o VoIP Phone systems (RingCentral or equivalent) a plus
· Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to tailor your approach to work with all types of clients and team members.
· Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure, team-oriented environment.
· Capacity to show empathy and good bedside manner.
· Position deals with a variety of problems and sometimes must decide which answer is best. Candidates must possess the ability to critically think on their feet.
Desired Skill Sets and Requirements:
· Experience with compliance and Security Audits such as SAS70 and SSAE16/18 SOC2 a plus.
· Experience hosting and supporting SaaS platforms.
· Cloud Hosting (Azure/AWS.)
· Experience using and administering Help Desk solutions such as BMC TrackIt!, Remedy.
· Finance and banking industry background a plus.
· Desire to pursue ongoing professional development and certifications.
· Passion for technology in and outside the workplace.
· Experience working in rapid, fast paced environments.
· Comfortable accepting failure on the way to success, able to adjust and respond rapidly while remaining emotionally detached from the challenge at hand.
Top Reasons to Join our Veri-Tax Team:
· Positive, fun, empowering and supportive organizational culture (We are not perfect, but we relentlessly strive to learn and improve!)
· Flexible work arrangements
· Diverse perspectives and high-performing team
· Paid Time Off, 10 Paid Company Holidays, 5 Floating Holidays, Sick Time
· 75% Employer sponsored Health Insurance, 100% sponsored Dental, Vision and Life
· Retirement benefits including 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans
· Fun Team committee that plans monthly virtual and in office team building activities that includes a catered lunch and awarding gift cards for participants
· Quarterly employee recognition program called ‘Veri-Tax Victors’ to award top performers
· Recognized multiple times as a Top Workplace by the Orange County Register
Salary Range: $105,000.00 - $120,000.00
To apply for this position please send your resume to HR@veri-tax.com and include in the email subject line 'Network and Systems Administrator,'
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