Spartan Race Inc Hiring for IT Network Specialist Job at Orlando, FL Full Time

Company
A worldwide leader in endurance sports, Spartan is a high-growth, international organization that owns and operates mass-participation athletic events under the brands Spartan®, Tough Mudder®, Spartan Trail®, Hurricane Heat, and DEKA, and offers numerous related fitness, health and nutrition services and products. We create transformational experiences, products, and content to help people, companies and teams tear down boundaries and expand what they believe to be possible. Together with its many subsidiaries and licensees, Spartan combines large scale global events with a vibrant digital content and community platform. With 250 events across more than 40 countries on six continents, Spartan is the worlds leading extreme wellness and endurance brand.

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About the Opportunity: *
Reporting to the Director of Technology Systems, the IT Network Specialist is primarily responsible for managing, supporting and maintaining technology-based solutions for our race side technologies and infrastructures, contributing to a successful execution of Spartan and Tough Mudder events across the world.
The* IT Network Specialist* will be required to travel and work on the weekends for an average of 25-30 events a year. A typical event weekend schedule starts on a Thursday and finishes on Monday. When not traveling, the IT Network Specialist may be required to commute to our Orlando office location in order to handle IT equipment deployments and inventory control functions.

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Major Duties and Responsibilities: *

• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures and user implementation guides for IT technologies
• Deploy, maintain and breakdown our on-site IT and network infrastructure at the races
• Exhibit strong customer service values and ability to work directly with other Staff team members
• Identify needed updates that are critical to performance and stability to on-site IT hardware and settings, ensuring its utmost performance and reliability
• Oversee and monitor data usage for on-site networks and extended on-site mobile data devices in accordance with Spartan data usage policies and limits
• Develop a backup/disaster internet connectivity plan for on-site networks, maintain up-to-date backup files and configuration settings
• Maintain accurate count of IT equipment inventories
• Adhering to budget when requesting IT/network equipment and implementing cost saving initiatives
• Provide weekly post event status reports by logging, analyzing, and summarizing key wins and misses, required changes and challenges, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in IT or relevant field (preferred)
• 3 years or more of relevant IT/network systems management experience (preferred)
• Proven experience managing multiple networks; fully understands networking concepts
• Knowledge with implementing and managing Network Load Balancing; DNS Round Robin strategies,

QoS, Proxy server concepts and settings are a plus

• Self-directed; proven ability to take on and complete projects with minimal supervision
• Able to adapt to change, learn quickly, and self-teach new technologies and systems
• Detailed oriented and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• International perspective and appreciation for cross-cultural thinking
• Travel to events, is required

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Physical requirements: *
While performing the duties of this job, the On-Site IT Network Specialist must occasionally lift up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year