Junior System Administrator

We are looking for a Junior System Administrator to join our growing team! As a growing company, Perellion has lots of new and interesting IT technologies to deploy, manage, and maintain. We support our engineers in their projects which include designing, building, and deploying clean-sheet automation and manufacturing solutions for cutting-edge technologies of the future such as electric aircraft, commercial spacecraft, batteries, and clean energy. Due to the nature of the business, Perellion stays current on the latest cybersecurity standards and best practices. 

As a Junior Systems Administrator at Perellion, you would be working across multiple IT fields with support from a Senior Systems Administrator. You would play a direct role in bringing IT projects from concept to full scale production and maintaining them for their lifetime. Your daily responsibilities will include helping other employees with IT requests and questions, maintaining existing infrastructure, updating documentation, and designing solutions for new business requirements. You will be expected to carefully follow all Perellion policies and procedures. 

We support our early-career administrators with training and mentoring. 

Due to the nature of our work, all System Administrator positions at Perellion are full-time in-person/in-the-office. 

Requirements: 

• Enjoyable person to be around. Our team is made up of great people with generally positive attitudes, we like to work with each other, and we’d like to keep it that way. 
• Strong communication skills. This is as important as technical capabilities. 
• Strong knowledge in basic IT technologies. 
• Willingness to learn unfamiliar systems. 
• Due to the nature of our ITAR projects, applicants must be US Citizens or lawful permanent residents per  8 U.S.C. 1324b (a) (3). 

Bonus points: 

• Experience in website design and maintenance. 
• Experience with security standards especially NIST 800-171.  
• Experience troubleshooting complex problems with the SysInternals suite
• Experience managing Linux systems
• Experience in automation of basic IT tasks 
• Experience in following system design lifecycle policies 
• Knowledge or experience in the following: Basic Enterprise Networks/Security, Enterprise Backup and Recovery, System monitoring, Microsoft Enterprise services, Virtualization.  

About us: 

Perellion is an employee-owned, engineer-run business that focuses on solving tough engineering challenges. We strive to empower our engineers with the tools they need to succeed and remove barriers preventing them from doing so. 

More importantly, our company is a place where people want to come to work. To a large degree, maintaining and building that positive company culture comes down to the people that we bring onboard. We have been fortunate to assemble a team of engineers who are not only extremely talented but also great people in general and a pleasure to work with. 

Legal compliance: Perellion is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all federal, state, and local regulations. Employees may be eligible for bonus pay at discretion of company management. Sick leave complies with WA state rules. 401(k) matching of up to 4% is offered. Paid vacation is 10 days/year for candidates with under 1 year of relevant professional experience and 15 days/year otherwise. Our calendar typically includes 10 paid holiday days per year.