Network Administrator

Are you looking to give back and feel good about the work you do?  Is flexibility and a great benefits package important to you?  Well, you’ve found what you’re looking for right here at Homes For Our Troops!

Homes For Our Troops is looking for creative, energetic and passionate individuals to join our team!  Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications?  We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds.

Whether you’re new to the nonprofit industry, returning to work after a gap in employment, simply looking to transition, or taking the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar.

Here at HFOT, we  offer Full Time employees competitive pay and benefits including Medical and Dental Plans, a 401k Plan with an employer match, Flexibility, Paid Holidays, Vacation / Sick Time, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and Company Apparel.  HFOT contributes up to 80% of Full Time employees’ Medical and Dental premium costs.

In addition to our excellent benefits package, HFOT offers a flexible work schedule. Generally, HFOT’s hybrid approach is that after 90 days, employees spend about 50% of their time working in the HFOT office in Taunton, MA and about 50% of their time working from home, if the employee’s role and job responsibilities are suited to such an arrangement.

We believe in a collaborative work environment with versatile leadership, great teammates, and a purposeful Mission of building specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post – 9 / 11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives. We’re proud to have a 4 star rating from  Charity Navigator.  Note :

• Although HFOT offers a flexible work schedule, this position requires work in the Taunton, MA office location two or more days per week.
• The Network Administrator, reporting to the Sr.
• Manager of IT, is responsible for installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure.
• This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to industry standards and organizational requirements and pursues self-development to enable continuous improvement within the infrastructure.
• Responsible for protecting company networks and data.
• In addition to managing all ongoing security measures, they will also be responsible for responding to security breaches and protecting company hardware, such as servers, switches, firewalls, and employee computers.
• Assists IT or HFOT project teams with technical issues during planning and execution phases.
• These activities include definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy, as well as research & development within the IT project life-cycle, technical analysis and design, and support of operations during development, testing and rolling-out the solutions.
• The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.
• They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel.
• Essential Duties and Responsibilities Install new software, perform application upgrades and troubleshoot hardware and software issues.
• Provide management support in the management of server OS, virtualization, backups, antivirus and end user computing environments.
• Support all cloud services and Microsoft technologies such as Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, DFS, ADSI, and Exchange Server Manage.  Configure network infrastructure devices including but not limited to routers, firewalls, switches, servers, load-balancers, intrusion detection systems, domain name systems, and storage area networks.
• Maintain the integrity and security of all servers and systems to include network infrastructure, firewall, NAS drives, backups.
• Assist in the development of functional and technical documentation on systems and networks to include policies, procedures, operating instructions, all in compliance with NIST framework.
• Ensure all changes to systems are captured by systems change management process.
• Conduct systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies.
• Assist in the development of and provide training for applications and systems as required to all HFOT staff and other IT Team members.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated, approaches for system administration tasks.
• Identify approaches that leverage HFOT’s resources.
• Using the tools necessary, monitor the systems daily and respond immediately to security concerns and all threats.

Apply OS & firmware patches and upgrades on a timely basis to all servers, systems, and user hardware.

Qualifications Compatibility with the HFOT culture :

Demonstrated proficiencies in being able to apply advanced troubleshooting techniques and methodologies.

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