Job Description

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Samaritans Purse is seeking an Application Administrator to join our team remotely. You can help develop and maintain critical ministry applications. As an Application Administrator, you will be responsible for the installation, upgrades, patches, configuration, administration, and support of all applications and associated servers. This role will work closely with application owners and program managers to understand the use cases and needs of the applications. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!

A day in the life of an Application Administrator

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of Application Administrator, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Run, maintain, and sustain application dependencies for assigned applications
• Monitor security bulletins, vendor communications, application communications, and dependency bulletins
• Create and maintain operational guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent and resolve server and application problems
• Perform installs, patches, upgrades, and updates for assigned applications within the context of established change control procedures
• Establish high availability for assigned applications as needed
• Establish disaster recovery for assigned applications by working cross-functionally with infrastructure and database administrators
• Document application needs and dependencies, monitoring, and disaster recovery
• Establish monitoring and alerting for assigned applications
• Identify, resolve, and document issues related to the technology
• Support the technical integrations 
• Create and execute a technical roadmap for the applications performance, reliability, and security
• Follow policies and procedures of Samaritans Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual
• Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, donors and volunteers
• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public
• All other duties as assigned

Check out why people love serving with Samaritans Purse: https://bit.ly/2F8Nom5

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or related field plus five (5) years experience, or a minimum of seven (7) years experience in the IT field; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Thorough Knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu Server) and Windows server administration
• Thorough Knowledge of Apache/NGENIX web server administration
• Thorough Knowledge of NextCloud administration
• General Knowledge of MySQL database administration
• Working Knowledge of SQL queries
• Working Knowledge of Windows and Mac OS clients as it relates to application client installation, support, and management
• Working Knowledge of Load balancer technology to allow collaboration with network infrastructure support team
• Working Knowledge of IP networking concepts
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies preferred not required

Job Location: Remote

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Benefits:

• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation days
• 10 sick/personal days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)

* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)

* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)

* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)

* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)

* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)

* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)