System Administrator Master

1. Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of computer hardware, software, and related infrastructure.
2. Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
3. Ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to District policies, standards, and guidelines.
4. Systems administration engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual innovation.
5. Installs new/rebuild existing servers and configures hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
6. Performs daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes.
7. Reviews system and application logs.
8. Verifies completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
9. Performs regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
10. Performs daily backup operations, which include ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media; creating recovery tapes or disks; and recycling media and sending off-site, as necessary.
11. Performs regular file archival and purging, as necessary.
12. Creates, changes, and deletes user accounts per request.
13. Provides Tier III/other support, per request from various constituencies.
14. Investigates and troubleshoots issues.
15. Diagnoses and recovers hardware or software failures.
16. Coordinates and communicates with impacted constituencies.
17. Applies operating system (OS) patches and upgrades on a regular basis
18. Upgrades administrative tools and utilities.
19. Configures/adds new services, as necessary.
20. Upgrades and configures system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
21. Maintains operational, configuration, or other procedures.
22. Performs periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
23. Performs ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization, as required.
24. Configures central processing unit (CPU), memory, and disk partitions, as required.
25. Maintains data center environmental and monitoring equipment., 16+ yrs. installing and configuring system hardware/software in an enterprise environment

Required

16

16+ yrs. performing daily backups

Required

16

16+ yrs. troubleshooting server and other hardware issues

Required

16

Strong experience with Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), Active Directory, and Group Policy

Required

4

Proficiency with DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VPN, and firewall technologies

Required

10

Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware or Hyper V).

Required

10

Familiarity with backup solutions, disaster recovery, and monitoring tools

Required

10

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Required

10

16+ yrs. monitoring networks to ensure security and availability

Highly desired

16

16+ yrs. installing operating system (OS) patches and upgrades

Highly desired

16

Experience with Azure, Microsoft 365, or hybrid cloud environments

Highly desired

10

Experience with enterprise storage systems (SAN/NAS).

Highly desired

10

Relevant certifications such as: o MCSA / MCSE, o CompTIA Network+ / Security+, VMware VCP, Azure Administrator (AZ 104)

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience < style="line-height: 15.0pt;">Required/Desired Skills, Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience