Systems Administrator - Client OS and App

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Systems Administrators install, maintain, and upgrade internal computer hardware and software systems including designing, developing, and implementing IT services.  Systems Administrators propose and implement enhancements that improve the reliability, security, and performance of the system, and monitor usage and performance.

The Client OS/App Systems Administrator is responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing solutions for the desktop and thin client environment. This position is also focused on patching 55,000+ clients within our Enterprise. The Systems Administrator must also provide detailed recommendations for management, strategic planning and implementation, and consulting with other departments to understand technical and business needs to support and analyze recommended changes. In doing so the Client OS/App System Administrator will help ensure maximum productivity and minimize downtime to our internal customers and provide the highest level of service and support to all desktop and thin client environments.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

 

ROLE

●      Configures, implements, customizes, and tests software/hardware; duplicates and documents software/hardware defects; and reviews and interprets error logs and source codes to diagnose errors.

●      Develops and documents technical requirements for projects/enhancements.

●      Creates and maintains technical design documentation and identifies which applications are impacted by the solution and associated interfaces.

●      Drives governance through designing, developing, implementing, supporting, and documenting enterprise policies, standards, guidelines, monitoring services, solutions, configurations, and procedures.

●      Researches, analyzes, and recommends changes required for system growth by utilizing industry standard monitoring and research tools.

●      Manages/Coordinates virtual and physical servers including: server provisioning, upgrading, installing, monitoring, maintaining, and performance optimization.

●      Creates queries, programs, scripts, and reports supporting and adhering to change control policies that help to define and develop best practices for Systems Management.

●      Implements practices, processes, and procedures consistent with Costco's information security policy and IT standards.

●      Performs shell and kernel-level programming and system-specific requir