On-Site IT Systems Engineer – Banking Infrastructure

HERITAGE BANK; Bellingham (WA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Vacation days

Job summary

Heritage Bank is seeking an IT systems engineer to join our Information Technology team in a fully on-site role in the Pacific Northwest. The engineer will ensure stability, integrity, and efficient operation of in-house IT systems, including servers, messaging, security, and virtualization, with a focus on performance and reliability.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of Windows environment experience, plus strong knowledge of networking, security, backup and DR strategies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years recent systems and network management experience designing and implementing software systems, applications and related products in a Microsoft Windows environment.

Responsibilities

• Plans and implements new enterprise systems and maintain existing systems, including but not limited to servers, messaging systems, security, IP telephony, backup and disaster recovery, virtualization technology, storage, and networking infrastructure.
• Monitors system and network utilization and capacity constraints. Makes recommendations to management, and implement in a timely manner.
• Serves as technical resource and subject matter expert for the Bank’s technical staff.
• Analyzes and applies patches, upgrades and changes on infrastructure systems.
• Designs, implements, and maintains backup and redundancy strategies on physical and virtual environments.
• Develops training and documentation materials for technical staff and/or end users, as applicable and/or required on project deliverables.
• Performs security audits of network-connected systems to ensure compliance with the Bank’s policies and procedures.
• Acts as a technical resource for technology design, research and acquisition of new hardware and software systems; recommend modifications and upgrades to management, as needed and/or required, implement in a timely manner.
• May lead and direct the work of others and serve as project leader.
• Understands and maintains working knowledge of, and ensures bank activities are performed in compliance with, all state and federal banking laws and regulations applicable to assigned area.
• Understands and complies with all policies, procedures, standards and guidance relevant to assigned job duties.

Job description

Heritage Bank is seeking an IT systems engineer to join our Information Technology team in a fully on-site role in the Pacific Northwest. The engineer will ensure stability, integrity, and efficient operation of in-house IT systems, including servers, messaging, security, and virtualization, with a focus on performance and reliability.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of Windows environment experience, plus strong knowledge of networking, security, backup and DR strategies.