Technology Careers at Obsidian IT

Obsidian IT is looking for talented individuals ready to work in a forward thinking environment. We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive pay, comprehensive employee benefits, and a positive work environment.

Our Value Is Our People

Obsidian IT is a local and family-oriented IT company that was founded in 2000 with a vision of putting people first. We offer a range of IT services, from consulting and technical projects to cloud computing and telco solutions. We care about our clients and our employees, and we strive to build lasting relationships with them. That's what makes us different from other IT companies. Obsidian IT is your partner for simple, scalable, and innovative IT solutions.

Current Openings:

Perks and Benefits:

  • Generous 401K and Profit Sharing Plans

  • Wide Variety of Project Types

  • Vacation, Sick, and Parental Leave

  • Support for Industry Involvement and Training

  • Mentorship and Career Path Guidance

  • Employee Appreciation Activities

  • Competitive Salary

  • Holiday Bonus

  • Flexible Schedules

  • Positive, Collaborative Environment

  • Medical Insurance

Systems Administrator

Salary: $46,000 - $71,000 a year
Full time position in our Redding office

The Systems Administrator is responsible for all onsite and remote service and support needs for our customers. This relates to all technology, including workstations, servers, printers, networks, and vendor specific hardware and software. Systems Administrators support Senior Systems Administrators for individual clients and can also be responsible for a client as a lead technician.

  • Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    • Professional IT Certifications, such as: CompTIA, Microsoft MCP, MCSA, or MCSE, Citrix CCEA or CCIA, SonicWall CSSA, Cisco CCNA, or VMware VCP

    • Linux: 1 year (Preferred)

    • System Administrator: 2 years (Preferred)

    • Interpersonal skills: such as telephony skills, communication skills, active listening and customer-care

    • Diagnosis skills of technical issues

    • Ability to multi-task and adapt to changes quickly

    • Technical awareness: ability to match resources to technical issues appropriately

    • Service awareness of all organization’s key IT services for which support is being provided

    • Understanding of support tools, techniques, and how technology is used to provide IT services

    • Typing skills to ensure quick and accurate entry of service request details

    • Self-motivated with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

    • English (Required)

    • US work authorization (Required)

    • CA Driver License (Preferred)

    • Manage virtual and physical Windows servers

    • Manage Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, and server and workstation patching

    • Implement and support client local backups, and replication and restore from backup as needed

    • Maintain the integrity of server infrastructure by implementing industry best-practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance

    • Technical implementation and support at the network level: WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, and security

    • Remote access solution implementation and support: VPN and Terminal Services

    • Develop and maintain documentation about current environment setup, standard operating procedures, and best practices

    • Manage end user accounts, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with best practices

    • Maintain system backups and perform system restores from backup

    • MS Office (M365) operation and maintenance

    • Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and correct hardware and software issues on servers and workstations. Escalate incidents utilizing predetermined metrics

    • Practice server asset management, including maintenance of server component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information

    • Recommend, schedule, and perform software and hardware upgrades, patches, and reconfigurations

    • Takes initiative and action to respond, resolve, and follow up regarding customer service issues with all customers in a timely manner

    • Ability to speak to customers in clear terms about new products, different options, and answer any questions regarding those products and options

    • Develop required reports in response to business user and management needs

    • Manage vendors and contractors to secure software products and services

    • Manage the physical environment of the server racks including cable management, documentation, and labeling

    • Have conceptual knowledge of NAS and SAN storage management

    • Communication with customers as required: keeping them informed of incident progress, notifying them of impending changes or agreed outages

    • Coordinate with network engineering, business application, and database administration functions to implement desktop and server systems that utilize industry best practices to meet corporate objectives

    • Participate in and support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software in conjunction with end-users and department managers

    • Other duties as assigned

    • Maintain a high level of customer service, perception, and satisfaction

    • Ability to work within a team and communicate effectively

    • Business awareness: specific knowledge of the customer and how IT relates to their business strategy and goals

    • Document internal processes and procedures related to duties and responsibilities

    • Document client network, hardware, and credential changes in CRM

    • Responsible for entering time and expenses in CRM as it occurs

    • Work through a daily schedule in CRM that has been established through the dispatch process

    • Understand and follow processes pertaining to CRM

    • Enter all work as service tickets into CRM

    • Review IT publications and online materials to remain up to date with current and future technologies emerging in the industry

  • This is a full-time position requiring approximately, e.g., 40 hours per week. You will be working five days per week, eight hours per day. These shifts can be 8 am-5 pm, from Monday to Friday.

  • As a regular employee of the Company, you will be eligible to participate in a number of Company-sponsored benefits.

    • Generous 401K and Profit Sharing Plans

    • Wide Variety of Project Types

    • Vacation, Sick, and Parental Leave

    • Support for Industry Involvement and Training

    • Mentorship and Career Path Guidance

    • Employee Appreciation Activities

    • Competitive Salary

    • Holiday Bonus

    • Flexible Schedules

    • Positive, Collaborative Environment

    • Medical Insurance

Senior Systems Administrator

Salary: $67,000 - $95,000 a year
Full time position in our Redding office

We're looking for a well-rounded and experienced Senior Systems Administrator to assist our team in maintaining server security and day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate will be able to monitor and maintain systems, troubleshoot software and hardware issues, and provide maintenance and performance tuning. This candidate must have a background in Linux administration, data backup procedures and storage management best practices.

    • Senior Systems Administrator: 2 years (Preferred)

    • Professional IT Certifications, such as: CompTIA, Microsoft MCP, MCSA, or MCSE, Citrix CCEA or CCIA, SonicWall CSSA, Cisco CCNA, or VMware VCP

    • Interpersonal skills: such as telephony skills, communication skills, active listening and customer-care

    • Diagnosis skills of technical issues

    • Ability to multi-task and adapt to changes quickly

    • Technical awareness: ability to match resources to technical issues appropriately

    • Service awareness of all organization’s key IT services for which support is being provided

    • Understanding of support tools, techniques, and how technology is used to provide IT services

    • Typing skills to ensure quick and accurate entry of service request details

    • Self-motivated with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

    • English (Required)

    • US work authorization (Required)

    • CA Driver License (Preferred)

    • Work with a team to ensure that all servers are functioning properly.

    • Start and monitor the web server.

    • Start and monitor the database server.

    • Start and monitor the file server.

    • Administer domain controllers.

    • Configure backup systems.

    • Create backup files for files and system configurations.

    • Work with a team to upgrade network infrastructure as necessary.

  • This is a full-time position requiring approximately, e.g., 40 hours per week. You will be working five days per week, eight hours per day. These shifts can be 8 am-5 pm, from Monday to Friday.

  • As a regular employee of the Company, you will be eligible to participate in a number of Company-sponsored benefits.

    • Generous 401K and Profit Sharing Plans

    • Wide Variety of Project Types

    • Vacation, Sick, and Parental Leave

    • Support for Industry Involvement and Training

    • Mentorship and Career Path Guidance

    • Employee Appreciation Activities

    • Competitive Salary

    • Holiday Bonus

    • Flexible Schedules

    • Positive, Collaborative Environment

    • Medical Insurance

Meet the Redding IT Company that cares!