POSITION TITLE: Senior System Administrator
DEPARTMENT: GTO - TSG - DSDS - Dist Sys Admin
- POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:
- 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
- COMMENCEMENT DATE: 10/28/2026
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