System Administrator and Network Specialist en Nazdar

About the Company

Nazdar is a family-owned, mid-sized company with over 100 years of history, headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas since 1995. As one of the leading manufacturers of inks for screen and wide-format inkjet printing, Nazdar offers the most comprehensive selection of UV, water-based, and solvent-based screen printing inks, flexographic inks, and wide-format digital inks available from a single source. Our inks are used by printers across a wide range of markets, including Point of Purchase (POP), Banner, Container, Industrial, Metal, Nameplate-Membrane Switch, Roll Label, Sign, and Textile decoration. With manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and U.K., Nazdar distributes inks, supplies, and printing equipment to customers around the world.

About the Job

Our IT team is small but mighty, which means every member has the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across a wide range of technologies and initiatives. We embrace a collaborative, hands-on culture where "wearing a lot of hats" isn’t just a saying—it’s how we grow, learn, and support each other.

The System Administrator and Network Specialist will be responsible for protecting our critical systems and assets, building solutions, implementing new software and hardware, and assisting in developing the overall IT strategy. 

This position is a Hybrid role, reporting to our headquarters in Shawnee, KS.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, and networking equipment.
• Monitor data center health using existing management tools and respond to issues as they arrive. Help build, test, and maintain new servers as required.
• Improves systems and procedures by adopting new technology and automating as appropriate.
• Documents IT infrastructure.
• Perform routine maintenance and audits of the enterprise backup systems.
• Help troubleshoot and resolve internal customer issues.
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.

Qualifications and Skills

• Proven success in a related IT role.
• Capable of bringing in new solutions and implementing them.
• 5+ years of network administration and support including SDWAN, data center networking, switches/routers/firewalls.
• Experience managing VMware vSphere environment, Windows, and Linux operating systems.
• Microsoft Active Directory and Entra experience required.
• Experience with enterprise backup systems. Veeam preferred.
• Okta Identity Management experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in information technology or computer science.

Here’s What’s In It For You

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values our employees and offers a competitive pay and benefits package, an encouraging, supportive environment with training, professional development, recognition programs, and career growth opportunities. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, flexible spending account options, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid time off, and paid Company holidays.

We believe that people will always be the heart of our success. That is why we truly value our employees and work to inspire them. When these two powerful elements intersect in a workplace people do extraordinary things.

We are committed to delivering a work experience that is rewarding and fun and are proud to have one of the longest-tenured staff in the industry. We invite you to bring your skills and expertise to our team and supply fuel for growth.

If this sounds like you, let us know. We cannot wait to meet you!