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Application Admin I
- Compass Minerals America Inc. (Overland Park, KS)
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Description
We invite you to Explore the Potential of being part of something Clearly Essential!
Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.
Summary
The Application Administrator I will be responsible for participating in the daily administration, support, and ongoing maintenance of Enterprise Application environments. This includes installation, integration, deployment of solutions, troubleshooting, and ensuring best practices are followed for availability, reliability, performance monitoring, and security. The role also involves maintaining compliance with auditing requirements.
Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:
_(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)_
+ Collaborate closely with subject matter experts (SMEs) to support daily operations and maintenance of enterprise applications. Serve as a backup for other systems while working toward certification or specialized expertise in one or more complex enterprise applications. This includes achieving SME-level knowledge or certification in at least one application, with responsibility for troubleshooting and issue resolution.
+ Manage the full application/system stack, including system security, patching, upgrades, and deployment of custom-developed and third-party solution packages.
+ Participate in managing site quotas, file size limits, application reviews, usage monitoring, and assessing the impact of upcoming functional changes and integrations.
+ Configure applications and related services within the integrated solution stack. Document configurations and integration architecture under the guidance of the SME.
+ Support application security and integration point management in collaboration with SMEs. Create and maintain support documentation for the primary SME application and participate in project meetings affecting system, application, or integration changes.
+ Manage application/system databases and create new ones as needed. Contribute to overall system structure, content, and architecture, identifying opportunities to improve stability, reliability, and support enhancement efforts.
+ Provide subject matter expertise, training, documentation, and support to end-users and team members.
+ Serve as a technical resource for single and integrated application/system projects. Identify impacts, timelines, and execution steps, and support testing and implementation efforts.
+ Conduct quarterly access audit reviews and provide documentation for annual audits.
+ Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Required** **Qualifications
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.
+ Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
+ CNC Implementation Specialist/other Specific App/system experience.
+ Experience writing queries/stored procedures/data changes.
+ Database, configuration, migration and tuning knowledge and job experience.
+ SQL knowledge and job experience.
Preferred Qualifications
+ At least 1: MCTS, MCTIP, MCSE, or other Appropriate MS certifications (BI or SQL)
+ Command Alkon Apex JWS, and/or EDI - Electronic Data Interchange, DSI Data Systems International (Cloud Inventory) Administration installation, configuration, migration and tuning knowledge and job experience (2-4 years) **OR** Other Enterprise Application System installation, configuration, migration and tuning knowledge and job experience (2-4 years) **OR** Broad technical knowledge, aptitude and experience in the areas of server administration, networks, workstations, business intelligence application software troubleshooting techniques (2-4 years).
+ ITIL or ITSM experience.
+ Experience with Application Stack (1-2 years):
+ Active Directory Groups
+ Application Role Based Security
+ Ldap Authentication
+ File Transfer Protocols
+ Web Services/IIS Configurations
+ Load balancing
+ Windows Server OS
+ Standard Windows Printer Setup
+ Crontab
+ Powershell/ Shell Scripting
+ Application Administration and troubleshooting knowledge in the 1 of the following areas:
+ JWS Apex
+ DSI - Cloud Inventory
+ EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
+ JDE E1
+ SharePoint Online
+ Teams
+ Power BI
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) . Oct 2025
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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