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“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals

• 350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries

• Fortune 500

• Globally unified systems

• Works with Systems Team to plan and execute migration of enterprise legacy systems infrastructure.

• Perform a technical leadership role in planning, development, implementation, maintenance, documentation, and support of a large, complex, distributed server environment.

• Develops and implements operational management process and procedures.

• Provide day to day full life cycle support of Unix and Linux servers, including installation, build, hosting design and service deployment, administration, user support, performance monitoring and tuning, and capacity planning.

• Provides application support for deployment/installation as required.

• Works with Program Manager, Project Managers, Engineering staff, and vendors to manage projects, drive outcomes and lead teams.

• Analyzes and resolves complex hardware and software problems issues.

• Installs and maintains the operating system and related software products.

• Uses alert monitoring tools and escalates unusual or unexpected findings.

• Uses security management systems and facilitates in backups and restores of data and application code.

• Provides reports to users and managers of systems status on an as requested basis.

• Provides documentation of all solutions to problems and document all application guidelines and issues.

• Creates and edits computer-based documentation and trouble ticket systems to document equipment configurations, track changes and problems, and compiles performance data.

• Performs assistance, training and information sharing to users and other administrators.

• Maintains leadership qualities and attitude in keeping with the standards of the Enterprise

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle

• Federal Way

• Lynnwood

• Bellevue (Factoria)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 6+ years of RedHat / Solaris systems administration.

• Extensive programming language experience (Perl, Shell, Python)

• Experience with automation frameworks & extensive programming/scripting experience (Ansible preferred)

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD processes using tools like SVN, Jenkins, Maven.

• experience in database administration including tuning databases for optimal performance.

• Experience with cluster management software (VCS)

• Practiced in designing and implementing business continuity/disaster recovery and high availability plans

• Microsoft Cloud Solutions

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Expected base salary:  $140,000 to $170,000

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid vacation

• Holidays (10)

• Flexible Days (2)

• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)

• Commuter Benefit

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Training and Personnel Development Program

• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement

• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 

• Business professional dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.