Systems Administrator

  • Full-time

Company Description

Zen Planner serves over 7,000 businesses in the boutique fitness, yoga, martial arts and affiliate gym space, providing business owners everything needed to run a successful gym, school or studio. Zen Planner was acquired by Daxko in 2017 and our best-in-class software is backed by team of nearly 100 likeminded fitness fanatics, outdoors enthusiasts and techies. Zen Planner has received several recognitions for its incredible culture, including Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work five years in a row, Top 100 Digital Companies in Colorado and Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, to name a few.

Job Description

The Systems Administrator will support Zen Planner’s internal systems and users. They will support team members’ IT needs, managing technical projects, and managing vendor relationships on behalf of Zen Planner.  The Systems Administrator must have strong personal management skills, a good personality, a team-player mentality, and represent a strong sense of ownership to others both inside and outside of Zen Planner. This role requires the ability to set priorities, manage multiple projects, and execute the work to completion. Each day will bring new challenges and could include everything from working with vendors to determine the best long-term solution for Zen Planner's internal servers to tracking hardware. Hence, both strategic and tactical skills are a must.

  • Management of Zen Planner’s internal/application servers and network, which includes:
  • Installing, configuring, updating and maintaining server software/hardware
  • Installing security patches, updating OS and 3rd party applications, vulnerability remediation
  • Monitoring network services and system capacity (CPU, memory, disk space, etc.)
  • Manage and configure VMware environments
  • Managing user accounts
  • Troubleshooting, root cause analysis and resolution of infrastructure issues
  • Assessing IT system efficiency and making recommendations to improve performance and cost
  • Deployment and support of end user devices
  • Maintain and create IT drawings and documentation
  • Acting as tier 2 help desk support

Qualifications

  • 3 to 5 years’ experience managing IT projects, systems and end users
  • Prior administration of the following: 
    • Office 365, Dropbox, AWS, and/or other cloud-based systems
    • Microsoft Active Directory
    • Microsoft Windows (end user and server)
    • MacOS
    • Linux (server)
    • VMWare Virtual Infrastructure, vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, XenServer, etc.
    • Cisco, Dell, HP and/or other networking technology including wireless networking
    • Some VoIP phone systems experience
  • Storage experience with SAN, NAS, backup and recovery, etc.
  • Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic, autonomous environment
  • Ability to manage third party vendors
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Experience managing hardware and software purchases
  • Ability to work constructively with the different personalities of the DAXKO team
Bonus Points:
  • Scripting language such as PowerShell, Python, PERL, Ruby, etc. a plus
  • Technical degree is a plus but not required
  • Scripting, configuration management and automation
  • Experience working with Terraform, Chef, Ansible,
  • Experience with containerization including Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

Additional Information

Zen Planner is dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. We are committed to diversity in the broadest sense, including thought and perspective, age, ability, nationality, ethnicity, orientation and gender. The skills, perspectives, ideas, and experiences of all of our team members contribute to the vitality and success of our purpose and values.

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