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Reporting to the Associate Director, Systems, the Systems Administrator has
responsibility for the effective and efficient operation of the servers
and systems. The Systems Administrator helps develop, plan, and implement
projects and initiatives in the areas of systems operations and security. The
Systems Administrator serves as a technical resource and works with the
Infrastructure Team and others to deliver stable, reliable, flexible systems
and services, and improves everyday tasks and operations that support all
processes. The department is maturing its implementation of Agile
practices, GitOps, Infrastructure as code, Automation, Cloud-First approach,
Kanban, etc in order to improve the way of working and remove toil.
Server environment is a mixture of Windows and Linux systems
and this position will be responsible for servers of both types.
The Systems Administrator must embrace the principles of workplace justice,
diversity, and inclusion and apply them to day-to-day work.
This position will be remote, though all staff members are expected
to reside within commuting distance to campus. The employee must be
available to be on campus, commuting at their own expense, as necessary to
provide physical infrastructure support, attend meetings, training sessions,
or similar events or occurrences.
All remote work arrangements are revocable and may be discontinued at any time and for any reason.
Position Summary Information
Essential Duties Summary
Ensure that hardware, software, applications, and services are
provisioned, monitored, and maintained in accordance with
organizational policies and procedures.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents related to servers and
applications.
Plan and recommend courses of action for upgrading hardware and
software.
Research, test, and propose new systems, server technologies,
processes that can improve our current environment.
Respond to business-critical emergencies both during and after
business hours.
Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others in
technology departments.
Perform related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Proficient in the use of automation and configuration management
tools like Ansible and Jenkins.
Strong experience scripting with Powershell, bash, and/or Python.
Experience with using versioning control tools such as git.
Experience with monitoring tools such as Icinga or Nagios.
Familiarity with automated testing tools, such as Selenium.
Experience with SAML and Oauth authentication.
For Linux Systems Administrator: Experience with latest Red Hat
Enterprise Linux operating systems, BASH, and VMware vSphere
For Windows Systems Administrator: Experience with latest Windows
Server operating systems, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server,
VMware vSphere, WSUS.
Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills with attention to
detail.
Ability to deal with sensitive information with confidentiality and tact.
Demonstrated ability to remain current with emerging technologies
and concepts that are necessary to administer systems.
Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team
environment.
Adaptable and able to manage and incorporate change.
Effective interpersonal, and communication skills, both verbal and
written.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Experience with MFA tools.
Experience using web services and APIs.
Experience with cloud service providers, such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform and/or
Azure.
Experience with Workday
Experience with cloud data integration tools, such as Snaplogic or
Mulesoft.
Experience with some or all of the following: Infrastructure as code,
DevOps, immutable servers, LeanIT, and Kanban.
Required Qualification Summary
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or
equivalent training and/or experience.
Minimum two (2) years of experience in computer operations, systems
administration, and user support.
