Senior Systems Engineer

Posting Details

Position Information

Job Category Non-Classified Position Title Senior Systems Engineer Working Title Unit/Division Location WVSOM Main Campus, Lewisburg, WV Scheduled Hours Per Week 37.5 FLSA Status Exempt

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

The Senior Systems Engineer serves as a senior technical resource responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and support of WVSOM's enterprise server infrastructure, cloud services, virtualization platforms, identity management systems, and endpoint management solutions. This position plays a key role in ensuring the reliability, security, scalability, and performance of systems supporting the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), including WVSOM Health operations. Reporting to the Server Manager, the Senior Systems Engineer works closely with infrastructure, security, networking, and application teams to maintain mission critical services while assisting with strategic initiatives, modernization efforts, disaster recovery planning, and cloud adoption. This position is expected to operate with a high degree of independence and provide advanced technical expertise in support of institutional goals.

This is a full-time, non-classified position; it is exempt from FLSA regulations concerning overtime. The minimum starting salary is $80,000, with final compensation based on education and relevant experience. Not all activities in this position occur within an 8:00-4:30 schedule and may require evening and weekend scheduling as needed. The weekly schedule for this position will be established between the supervisor and the employee and approved given the needs of the department and the institution. This position has been designated as Essential. This means that when WVSOM is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover and continue operations at WVSOM.

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.

Education/Knowledge

Minimum Education Bachelor's Required Licenses/Certification

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred. A combination of education and relevant experience may be considered for this position.

Required Experience: Minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in server administration, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and enterprise systems support. Experience with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, VMware, identity management, and higher education or similarly complex enterprise environments is strongly preferred.

Skills Required

• Advanced knowledge of Windows Server administration across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and cloud identity management.
• Experience administering VMware vSphere, enterprise storage, virtual desktop infrastructure, and related infrastructure technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, multifactor authentication, and certificate services.
• Experience with endpoint deployment and management solutions, including Microsoft Intune.
• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting, automation, and systems integration.
• Experience with enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure, cloud, identity, storage, and virtualization issues.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security principles, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities, lead technical work, and collaborate across technical teams.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and data security standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

Infrastructure Planning and Technical Leadership

• Collaborate with the Server Manager to develop and implement strategic plans for server infrastructure, cloud services, storage platforms, virtualization environments, and identity management systems.
• Participate in long-range infrastructure planning, technology evaluations, capacity management, modernization initiatives, and technical recommendations supporting WVSOM, including WVSOM Health.
• Lead or participate in infrastructure projects from planning through implementation and ensure technical outcomes align with institutional priorities.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex server, cloud, identity, virtualization, and storage issues.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting, technical guidance, and knowledge transfer to IT staff, and coordinate with vendors and third-party partners as needed.

Server, Virtualization, Storage, and Enterprise Systems

• Design, deploy, configure, maintain, and support Windows and Linux server environments across physical, virtual, and cloud-hosted platforms.
• Administer VMware infrastructure, including virtual machine lifecycle management, host maintenance, patching, upgrades, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Administer and support enterprise storage platforms, file services, shared storage, access controls, data availability, and system performance.
• Administer and maintain virtual desktop infrastructure, including image management, application deployment, user profiles, endpoint integration, performance, and secure access.
• Support enterprise collaboration platforms, institutional business systems, and other server-based services used by WVSOM and WVSOM Health.

Azure, Microsoft 365, Identity, and Endpoint Services

• Administer and support Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, and related cloud technologies.
• Manage cloud identities, licensing, directory synchronization, access controls, governance standards, compliance requirements, and cloud service optimization.
• Administer Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, multifactor authentication, certificate services, and related identity platforms.
• Manage account provisioning, role-based access, authentication services, and security policy enforcement across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage endpoint deployment, configuration, provisioning, application delivery, and lifecycle management through Microsoft Intune and other enterprise management tools.

Security, Monitoring, Automation, Backup and Recovery

• Use monitoring and reporting platforms to proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure performance, availability, and security issues.
• Assist with vulnerability remediation, security hardening, compliance initiatives, patch management, and incident response activities.
• Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, scripting, artificial intelligence, and process automation tools where appropriate.
• Assist in the administration of enterprise backup systems, disaster recovery solutions, and business continuity processes.
• Perform backup verification, recovery testing, restoration activities, and continuity exercises to protect institutional systems and data.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, procedures, standards, recovery plans, and infrastructure changes.
• Assist with developing and enforcing infrastructure standards, security practices, and operational procedures.
• Provide on-call support for critical server, cloud, storage, authentication, and infrastructure issues outside standard business hours, ensuring timely resolution of incidents affecting WVSOM and WVSOM Health operations.

Other Related Duties as Assigned

Required Experience

Posting Detail Information

Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions

WVSOM requires official transcripts of your highest degree earned and/or the degree in which qualifies you for the position. WVSOM requires these transcripts prior to an offer of employment, and we do recommend you send those to WVSOM once you have been selected for an interview. A transcript is official if it bears the authorizing signature and the official seal of the issuing institution and is sent directly by the school or college to the Office of Human Resources. Should your college or university provide this information electronically, we would ask that you submit that to Sherri Miller - HR Coordinator at smiller@osteo.wvsom.edu.

Quick Link to Posting https://careers.wvsom.edu/postings/3529

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• Are you legally eligible to work in the United States?

• Yes

• No

• Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship for employment at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine?

• Yes

• No

• What is the highest level of education you have attained?

• GED

• High School Diploma

• Associates Degree

• Bachelors Degree

• Masters Degree

• Ph.D.

• D.O./M.D.

• Have you registered for the Selective Service? [To check your registration and to obtain official verification, please visit: https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Check-a-Registration/Verification-Form] West Virginia State Code requires that all men (born after December 31, 1959 and are between the ages of 18 and 25) register for the Selective Service to be eligible for employment with any state entity. WVSOM must ensure compliance with the Military Selective Service Act with all applicants and employees.

• Yes

• No

• Not Applicable (I am female or exempt from the registration requirement)

• How did you hear about this employment opportunity?

(Open Ended Question)

Application Documents

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• List of References

Optional Documents

• Transcripts Undergraduate
• Letter of Recommendation 1
• Letter of Recommendation 2
• Transcripts Graduate
• Transcripts Other