Sr. Network Administrator

Job Description

Come join our IT team who is recognized for innovation, creativity and out of the box thinking.

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Why we are different…

Talent. Faith. Thrive.

When you join Food for the Hungry (FH), you embrace God’s calling for your life and engage in work that combines your talents and faith. In the same way that FH is committed to unlocking resilience and flourishing in communities around the globe, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where our team members can thrive and grow. We believe every imaginable problem has a solution and that our contributions make a difference. FH continues to re-imagine impactful solutions to respond to the devastation of poverty globally. FH serves millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, helping them overcome poverty and injustice by collaborating with country offices to build resources, capacity, and resilience. Food for the Hungry turns adversity into impact. FH has harnessed the power of faith for more than 50 years. Our Heartbeat Christian values permeate throughout the organization.

A successful candidate will have the following:

FH is seeking an experienced Sr. Network Administrator to plan, evaluate, design, implement, perform maintenance and troubleshoot the network infrastructure and improve the efficiency of the organization’s business needs. The top candidate will have at least 7 years of experience, and a bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and experience. Additionally, the top candidate will have:

A vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a Christian commitment to serving the poor, and in full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs.

Strong working knowledge of physical, virtual, and cloud server and networking repair and configuration.

Strong knowledge of authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security.

Strong working knowledge of desktop operating systems including Windows OS, Ubuntu Linux, and Mac OS.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is a plus.

What you’ll do…

As the Sr. Network Admin, you will:

Perform hands-on, day-to-day administration of the network infrastructure, including reviewing logs, physical inspections, testing for vulnerabilities, solving security issues, and maintaining documentation.

Lead discovery process to research, plan, design, implement, maintain, and upgrade local and wide area network infrastructure, including routers, firewalls, switches, access points, gateways, VPNs, DNS servers, DHCP servers, clustering solutions, and related hardware, software, services, and web protocols.

Maintain inventories of all networking equipment, hardware support contracts and software licenses, including replacement schedules and disposal of equipment.

Design, write, and update network documentation and network diagrams.

Work closely with IT Support and System Administration teams to develop and implement network and software standards, updates, maintenance, and patching.

Design and configure base configuration templates for field networking equipment through centralized management platforms such Cisco/Meraki and UniFi cloud portals.

Design, document, practice, and provide support for network disaster recovery.

Work closely with the Cyber Security Team to craft and build security infrastructure to support a variety of workplace environments such as offices, data centers and cloud.

Research and design hardware and software Proofs of Concept for new and emerging technologies that further organization’s strategic mission.

Assist Cyber Security Team and IT Support Manager in researching, designing, and implementing Endpoint Protection policies and Endpoint Protection software such as Windows Defender.

Provide leadership in the research, development, documentation, and implementation of IT infrastructure solutions that can be applied globally.

Find innovative and cost-effective IT infrastructure solutions to solve field office problems.

Participate in an on-call rotation for unplanned outages.

Ability to work outside of normal business hours for scheduled maintenance windows.

What you’ll get…

Along with competitive pay, FH offers insurance - health, disability, life; 401k; vacation and sick leave; company paid holidays (not a complete description of benefits).

WOW us!

Why do you want to work for Food for the Hungry?

Based on what we are looking for, how will you meet the expectations for the role?

Safeguarding Policy

FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the Heartbeat Values and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Full-time