IT Server Administrator II

Position Purpose:

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities, creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. 

• Estimated annual base pay: $48.73 (minimum) - $60.91 (midpoint) - $73.09 (maximum) Plus shift differential and overtime

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity. 
  • 401(k) match (4.5%)
  • Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
  • Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members  
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays. 
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire

• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave. 
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption Assistance  
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits. 
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life 
• Member referral bonus 

• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending 
• Voluntary benefits, including:  

• Home / Auto Insurance discounts 
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave 

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re an IT Server Administrator II, we have an exciting opportunity for you.  The Server Administrator II reports to the IT Infrastructure leader. This position is responsible for the monitoring, installation, maintenance, support and overall operational stability of our server and storage infrastructure to allow user access to local-site and enterprise applications. Also specializing in more critical services, virtualization, domain level items, and/or storage/replication/data recovery systems. The level 2 administrator typically works with little to no supervision.

This position can be based out of Rockford, IL or Niles IL

What You Will Be Doing 

• Install physical or configure virtual servers. Install, configure and maintain associated operating system and application software (e-mail, database, backup, etc.) as required. Assist with the evaluation of new server hardware and software products. Plan and execute server and associated software upgrades as required. Assist team members in identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization of the enterprise server and storage infrastructure.
• Manage server security configuration and patching while ensuring availability of web, database, and application servers at the local site.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure services, including deployment, configuration, and management of resources. Supports hybrid environments by integrating cloud services with on-premises Unix, Windows, or database systems to enhance scalability, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Install and manage storage for the local site and other sites as required. Assist with enterprise-wide storage design and management as required.
• Install and maintain packaged application software as required. Assist internal development projects at local site and enterprise wide, and attend/participate in internal local/enterprise project meetings.
• Monitor local and remote servers, storage and networks to ensure satisfactory performance and 24x7 availability. Manage monitoring tools to identify any issues.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software problems. Assist with enterprise-level issues as required. Provide 1st/2nd level of server system support by addressing issues, questions, and problems.
• Documentation Management - Maintains detailed and accurate documentation of infrastructure, system, and database configurations, procedures, and changes to support operational consistency and audit readiness