Senior System Administrator

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

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• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, related academic area, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Working, conceptual knowledge all components of a modern systems infrastructure (networking concepts, the purpose of major networking protocols, security, etc.)
• Working knowledge of and/or scripting languages including operating system level calls
• Basic knowledge of SQL
• Demonstrated cooperative attitude and effective interpersonal and communication skills with clients, coworkers and vendors.
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to work as a member of a team.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Diagnose and troubleshoot system issues.
• Provide Level 1 support for the systems and related applications.
• Establish and administer change control.
• Install, configure, and administer the operating system, mail system, peripheral devices, networking protocols, dial-up networking, storage devices and backup and recovery software.
• Perform system administration; security, file and directory permissions, adding/deleting users, etc.
• Perform software administration; vendor supplied, third-party, and licensing.
• Ensure system optimization; monitor, troubleshoot and resolve performance issues as they relate to; process, CPU, memory, i/o network, and web server.
• Develop backup and recovery solutions for the file system, database, and applications, and the ability to recover from each method.
• Contribute to and adhere to departmental standards.
• Perform task automation; batch, queuing, scheduling and system turnovers.
• Assist in the research, evaluation, and purchase of future hardware platforms.
• Work closely with the application teams to provide integrated planning for operating system upgrades, database upgrades, application upgrades, storage upgrades and hardware migrations.
• Perform off-hours support as required.
• Coordinate with the database administrator in performing long-term planning for: database growth upgrades, operating system upgrades, capacity, and hardware migrations as well as patching for and of these respective environments.

HOURS/LOCATION:

• 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Overtime as required)
• Southpointe Location (15317)

EXPLANATORY COMMENTS:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good decision making and problem solving skills
• Good analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work effectively both individually and as a member of a project team

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