IT Administrator Senior - Systems

Salary : $7,966.40 - $10,668.67 Monthly

Location : Salem, OR

Job Type : Full-time Regular

Job Number : 663-2025-1

Department : Information Technology

Opening Date : 11 / 10 / 2025

Closing Date : 11 / 23 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific

FLSA : Exempt

Bargaining Unit : 08

Marion County requires on-site work. Remote work is not available.

It is an exciting time to work for Marion County! We're growing and looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued employees. Excellent organizations have a set of principles, or core values, that are used to implement their mission and vision. Those values represent the touchstone for the organization. At Marion County, we demonstrate our excellence by modeling the CORE 4 Values of : Integrity, Professionalism , Stewardship and Customer Service , and we welcome all who share these values to apply.

Why Work for Marion County?

• Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
• Diverse and challenging work
• Competitive total compensation package
• Well-Funded Employees Benefit Plan
• Located at the heart of the regional transportation center
• Overall employee well-being programs

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES

An IT Administrator Senior will provide enterprise support; plan, design, maintain, and implement services within a specified technical discipline. Assist and support IT employees to resolve technology development and integration issues and accommodate growth and expansion. Ensure adherence of performance, security, and operations requirements of specific assigned systems. Function as the technical expert and project lead over assigned systems, employees, and teams. Technical disciplines :

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Work under the general supervision of an IT Supervisor, IT Manager, or designee who assigns work, establishes goals, and reviews work for conformance to technical and department standards and in compliance with department goals.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Supervision is not a responsibility; however, this classification is a lead worker as defined in the Marion County Personnel Rules.

Typical Duties - Duties include, but are not limited to the following

Infrastructure Governance and Lifecycle Management

Technology Support and Management

Infrastructure Support

Technical Lead / Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Other Duties

Requirements for the Position

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Thorough knowledge of enterprise infrastructure; hardware and software installations; internet and intranet-based applications; security concepts; advanced research and analysis concepts and techniques; project management and supervision techniques; and general planning concepts.

Skill and ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; convey technical and complex information; assign work and evaluate staff performance; troubleshoot and resolve user concerns and operational problems; assess capacity and future needs of enterprise infrastructure; perform enterprise infrastructure installations; train and direct others in use of system; coordinate and implement projects; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with system users and other county personnel; fix complex system problems with minimal user impact.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Operates a motor vehicle; sees using depth perception; stands; sits; moves about the work area; bends forward; lifts up to 50 lbs.; pushes and pulls up to 25 lbs.; moves carts weighing up to 100 lbs.; carries up to XX lbs.; operates a keyboard; speaks clearly and audibly; reads a 12 pt. font; distinguishes colors and shades; hears a normal level of speech; works in areas that may be exposed to dust and blood / body fluids.

PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS

Marion County is a qualifying public employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, full-time employees working at the County may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance on Direct Student Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan. Questions about your student loan eligibility should be directed to your loan servicer or the US Department of Education.

VISA SPONSORSHIP

Marion County does not offer VISA sponsorship. Within three days of hire, you will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security's I-9 form confirming authorization to work in the United States. Marion County is an E-Verify employer and will use E-Verify to confirm that hires are authorized to work in the United States.

VETERANS' PREFERENCE

Applicants are eligible to use Veterans' Preference when applying with Marion County in accordance with ORS 408.225, 408.230, and 408.235 and OAR 105-040-0010 and 105-040-0015. Preference will be awarded only if the applicant meets the minimum requirements of the position and attaches the required documentation at the time of application.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR VETERANS' PREFERENCE

MEMBER COPY 4 of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215); OR

A copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs; OR

You can request copies of your military service record through the National Archives website at

Marion County is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Veteran and Disability employer committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.

Applicants with a disability may request reasonable accommodation, through Human Resources, in any step of the process to assist them in demonstrating their qualifications to perform the duties of the position for which they are applying. Please e-mail if you wish to request an accommodation.

Marion County offers a generous benefits package to regular employees working 50% or more of the regularly scheduled work week and their eligible dependents. Temporary employees and part-time regular employees working less than 50% of the regularly scheduled work week are not eligible for benefits.

Most regular positions in this classification are represented by Marion County Employees Association (MCEA). For a summary of benefits, For a complete and detailed overview of the MCEA benefits package, , and select MCEA Benefits from the left menu or Marion County Employees Association (MCEA) from the page links. Regular and temporary employees are represented by MCEA.

Salary and benefits are subject to union contract negotiations and may change as a result.

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These questions are part of the technical screening process and will be reviewed by our technology subject matter experts (SMEs). Please provide detailed, specific answers that reflect your own direct experience and contributions. Responses should demonstrate your understanding of the technologies, tools, and processes relevant to this role. Generic or AI-generated responses, or answers such as "see resume" will not be accepted and may disqualify your application from further review. We are looking for examples that show what you personally designed, built, maintained, or led, rather than descriptions of what your team or organization did as a whole. Do you understand this statement?

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Please detail your experience managing physical and virtual server infrastructure and storage systems. Include your role in designing, planning, building, deploying, and maintaining these environments, and describe their scale, redundancy, and lifecycle management practices (e.g., capacity planning, patching, firmware, performance, decommissioning).

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Please detail your experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, and authentication services (e.g., ADFS, Azure AD, conditional access). Include your involvement in designing, securing, and maintaining identity systems, and provide examples of domain migrations, or multi-site replication troubleshooting you've handled.

04

Please describe your experience with hypervisors (VMware, Hyper-V, or others). Include your role in cluster design, capacity management, high availability, and disaster recovery. Provide examples of how you've ensured uptime, scalability, and patch compliance in production environments.

05

Please describe your experience with configuration management and automation tools (e.g., MECM / SCCM, PowerShell DSC, Ansible). Include examples of how you've standardized server builds, automated patching or configuration tasks, and improved efficiency.

06

Please describe your experience with backup and recovery solutions (e.g., Veeam, Commvault). Include your role in defining or implementing backup schedules, retention policies, and recovery testing, and describe how you've helped ensure reliability and security of backups (e.g., offsite, immutable, or air-gapped repositories).

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Please describe your experience with infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., SolarWinds, PRTG, LogicMonitor). Include how you've used these tools to improve system reliability, performance, and incident response.

08

Please describe your experience integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud services (e.g., Microsoft 365, Azure). Include your role in hybrid identity, migration projects, and any governance or security considerations you implemented to maintain compliance and reliability.

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