Senior Systems Administrator

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

This Senior Systems Administrator develops and maintains systems, tools and networks in support of pSemi's enterprise environment.  As an individual contributor, you will be expected to manage the network infrastructure including switches, routers and firewalls, maintain the latest firmware revisions and security patches in support of the pSemi enterprise network which spans the globe.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• The design, implementation, and maintenance of a geographically distributed network, including LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi and SDWAN.
• In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of networking (switching, routing, perimeter security, DNS, and DHCP)  
• Ability to analyze and evaluate networks, identify issues and provide solutions to ensure networks are performing optimally
• Ability to manage, monitor and troubleshoot a complex network environment
• Ability to design, implement and troubleshoot network performance issues and the security infrastructure
• Ability to communicate technical information to other technical team members and to those who may not have knowledge of network terminology
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously from design to implementation 
• Work closely with the software vendors to resolve issues and drive new features and infrastructures

 

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations
• Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information
• Evaluating and Implementing Ideas: Defines requirements and resources needed to implement new ideas; approaches innovation with a practical, task-oriented mindset; converts ideas from general concepts into actionable plans

• Solving Complex Problems: Breaks down large problems into smaller, more manageable components; identifies key factors that influence the viability of different solutions; clarifies information needed to solve problems
• Testing and Troubleshooting: Consistently performs routine maintenance and inspections to ensure machines, processes, or tools are functioning as expected; thoroughly follows test and maintenance procedures to resolve operating malfunctions

 

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Typically requires 6 to 8 years of experience in network technology infrastructure, including support, design, implementation, and operations, depending on education level and experience
• Experience configuring, maintaining, deploying and supporting networking hardware such as routers, switches, firewalls, Wi-Fi APs
• Comprehensive understanding of networking including L2/L3 protocols such as VLANs, STP/RSTP, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP and EIGRP 
• Extensive knowledge of communication and routing protocols used within an enterprise environment
• Extensive experience with a variety of network analysis, monitoring and alerting tools 
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve network performance issues, relating to routing and switching
• Working knowledge of 802.1x radius authentication and ClearPass
• Understanding of certificate or PKI infrastructure
• Designing, writing and updating both system documentation and network diagrams
• Configure network connections, in support of a large virtualization and storage infrastructure
• Experience managing cloud environments such as AWS and Oracle Cloud a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and English proficiency
• Strong leadership and team mentoring skills
• Self