Assistant System Administrator/System Administrator/Senior System Administrator

Assistant System Administrator/System Administrator/Senior System Administrator

Assistant System Administrator
Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, four [4] years of directly related full time experience, or a combination of education and experience totaling four [4] full-time years may be considered. (Student experience may be considered.) Two (2) years of full-time directly related programming or systems-administration experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
Beginner level of experience with the following: Linux system-administration, scripting/application development skills, OpenStack, Ansible/Terraform, container technologies, GPU/AI software stacks, and research-computing workflows. Additional years of progressively responsible, directly related experience.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Assistant System Administrator will automate departmental infrastructure, support private-cloud and container environments, maintain faculty-developed tools, and provide technical support for instructional and research computing. Appointment level will be based on the candidate’s education and experience as outlined above.

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  Systems Operations and Support:

  • Support and maintain Linux-based systems used across research and teaching environments

  • Provide user support and environment configuration for AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jupyter)

• Automation and Development

  • Maintain automation using Ansible, Terraform, and scripting (Python/Bash)

  • Maintain and extend custom internal web applications to support departmental workflows (JavaScript, Python, Perl)

• Containerization and Resource Management

  • Deploy and support containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Singularity) for teaching/research workloads

  • Support and optimize Slurm job scheduling across GPU nodes (DGX/HGX, multi-GPU servers)

• Monitoring and Collaboration

  • Monitor infrastructure health and usage using tools such as Zabbix, Prometheus, and Grafana

  • Work collaboratively with faculty, researchers, and staff to assess needs and deliver scalable, maintainable solutions

• Other duties or projects assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.
  
  System Administrator
  Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
  Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, four [4] years of directly related full time experience, or a combination of education and experience totaling four [4] full-time years may be considered. Three (3) years of full-time directly related programming or systems-administration experience.
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  Intermediate level of experience with the following: Linux system-administration, scripting/application development skills, OpenStack, Ansible/Terraform, container technologies, GPU/AI software stacks, and research-computing workflows. Additional years of progressively responsible, directly related experience.
  
  Brief Description of Duties:
  The System Administrator will automate departmental infrastructure, support private-cloud and container environments, maintain faculty-developed tools, and provide technical support for instructional and research computing. Appointment level will be based on the candidate’s education and experience as outlined above.

• Infrastructure Design and Administration

  • Design and implement enhancements for the departmental private-cloud infrastructure.

  • Serve as primary administrator for major subsystems (e.g., storage, backup, virtualization cluster)

• Automation and Configuration Management

  • Develop and maintain automation using Ansible, Terraform, and scripting (Python/Bash)

• Project Leadership and Mentoring

  • Supervise and evaluate work-study assistants providing help-desk and development support

  • Architect and lead major infrastructure upgrade projects and migrations, including capacity planning and security reviews.

• Collaboration and Compliance

  • Participate in departmental IT governance, and security reviews.

• Other duties or projects assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.

Senior System Administrator
Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, four [4] years of directly related full time experience, or a combination of education and experience totaling four [4] full-time years may be considered. Four (4) years of full-time progressively responsible, directly related experience that includes project-lead or supervisory duties.

Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced level of experience with the following: Linux system-administration, scripting/application development skills, OpenStack, Ansible/Terraform, container technologies, GPU/AI software stacks, and research-computing workflows. Additional years of progressively responsible, directly related experience.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Senior System Administrator will automate departmental infrastructure, support private-cloud and container environments, maintain faculty-developed tools, and provide technical support for instructional and research computing. Appointment level will be based on the candidate’s education and experience as outlined above.

• Planning and Advising

  • Advise research groups on workflow optimization and cost-effective resource utilization.

  • Guide adoption of new technologies

• Governance, Standard, and Security

  • Develop and enforce departmental standards for infrastructure-as-code, observability, and security compliance

  • Lead departmental IT policy development and risk assessment initiatives.

• Operational Leadership

  • Serve as a Senior administrator for Linux-based systems used across research and teaching environments.

• Collaboration

  • Liaise with campus IT and external vendors on service agreements, procurement, and budget planning

• Other duties or projects assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.

Special Notes:
Assistant System Administrator: This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Non Exempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
Salary Range: $65,000 - $77,000

System Administrator: This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.
Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000

Senior System Administrator: This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.
Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000

In addition to the employee's base salary, this position is eligible for $4,000 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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