Do you want to work in a fast paced growing environment? We're seeking a brilliant IT support specialist/system administrator to focus on internal IT systems that enable the Lithium staff to perform at their best. We're looking for a passionate Microsoft professional that knows all the ins and outs of desktop and laptop computers and software. You'll be a primary support specialist for our Emeryville and remote staff and assist with back office system administration on the server side.

Requirements:

MCSE or equivalent knowledge and the ability to successfully apply the knowledge in real world situations

• Solid knowledge of laptop, desktop, and server hardware, and peripherals
• Basic computer networking skills
• Backup system management
• Excellent communications skills
• Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and nontechnical personnel
• Able to participate in on call rotation
• Must have working knowledge of: Web 2.0 technologies, AJAX, Three-tier web architecture (J2EE), HTML, and JavaScript

Desired Skills:

• Microsoft Exchange expertise
• Broad knowledge of IT security best practices
• Telephony experience and VoIP phone system knowledge
• Experience with tools such as Nagios, Cacti, Subversion, Jira, Confluence, and MySQL
• Experience with virtualization, preferably VMware
• Network hardware operating system experience, especially Cisco IOS
• Scripting experience - i.e. Perl, command, shell
• Basic Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu) and MacOS administration skills
• Vendor management and purchasing
• Basic Linux based services such as named, smtp, etc.
• BlackBerry server
• Mobile Device knowledge