Senior Windows Systems Administrator

Boston College
Newton, MA, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
1 year minimum
Compensation
$78,100.0 - $137,900.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Microsoft Windows Active Directory Active Directory Federation Services Amazon Web Services Antivirus Softwares Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Cluster Analysis Computer Maintenance Data Centers Linux
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Disaster Recovery Github Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Microsoft Servers Microsoft SQL Server Windows Servers OAuth PowerCLI Windows PowerShell Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ansible Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Server Virtualization Zabbix SSL Certificate Management Scripting Data Storage Management Google Cloud Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Deployment Automation Tools for Reporting Software Coding Splunk Network Server Software Version Control Docker Jenkins Vmware

Job description

Active Directory management and Microsoft Server security - The Systems Administrator position will help maintain BC’s Active Directory and server environment. Security must always be the most important priority when managing Active Directory and Microsoft servers. Following our Best Practices and Change Control are critical job requirements for this position., Microsoft Windows Operating System - The Windows group is responsible for the entire life cycle of Microsoft Windows Servers in the data center. This includes building new servers, maintaining/patching and retiring the servers when they are no longer needed. Linux experience is desirable as the Systems Administrator position will work with servers in the data center, help with both Linux and Windows server automated deployments and various scripting needs.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Windows support?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, Senior Systems Administrator: $110,300 - $137,900; 5+ years related professional experience

  • Systems Administrator: $95,100 - $118,900; 3-5 years related professional experience
  • Associate Systems Admin: $78,100 - $97,650; 1-3 years experience Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
  • Strong working knowledge of VMWare management
  • Expert level knowledge of Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025 and optionally Red Hat Linux Operating Systems
  • Experience with infrastructure automation including tools such as Ansible and Python
  • Advanced PowerShell/PowerCLI experience applicable with AD Windows and VMWare
  • Familiar with Container based solutions management (Podman, Kubernetes)
  • Experience with Cloud Solution Providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) preferred
  • Experience with Identity Management (Active Directory, SAML, ADFS, OAUTH)
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise monitoring and reporting tools such as Splunk and Zabbix
  • Able to follow ITIL, SAS115 controls, HIPAA and PCI requirements
  • Participate in disaster recovery exercises
  • Write custom scripts and create Group Policy Object (GPO)
  • Perform system patching and hardware maintenance
  • Familiar with current storage management technologies
  • Experience with designing an Active Directory environment for an enterprise environment to include designing global and group policies, designating organization units (OUs) and delegating authority in an AD environment
  • Scripting/Coding skills as it relates to producing modular, reusable, clean maintainable code that drives the infrastructure
  • Automation tool experience like Packer and Jenkins for virtual server automation
  • Source code control experience with GITHub and CI/CD processes
  • Experience managing Antivirus for servers
  • Familiarity with SSL certificate management
  • Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills
  • Knowledge of Windows and MS SQL clustering
  • Must be available to provide off-hours support and participate in on call coverage rotation

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • 403(b)
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid holidays, Title and salary commensurate with relevant experience based on the following titles and full-time equivalent hiring ranges, Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
  • Tuition remission for Employees
  • Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
  • Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Low-Cost Life Insurance
  • Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
  • Paid Holidays Annually
  • Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
  • Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

About the company

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

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