Requirements

System Administrator

Responsibilities:   

  • The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for Effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software and related infrastructure

  • Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure

  • Ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to District policies, standards, and guidelines

  • Systems administration engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual innovation

  • Installs new / rebuild existing servers and configures hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements

  • Performs daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups

  • Performs regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions

  • Performs daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary

  • Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary

  • Creates, changes, and deletes user accounts per request

  • Provides Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies

  • Investigates and troubleshoots issues

  • Diagnoses and recovers from hardware or software failures

  • Coordinates and communicates with impacted constituencies

  • Applies operating system (OS) patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrades administrative tools and utilities

  • Configures / adds new services as necessary

  • Upgrades and configures system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs

  • Maintains operational, configuration, or other procedures

  • Performs periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning

  • Performs ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required

  • Configures central processing unit (CPU), memory, and disk partitions as required

  • Maintains data center environmental and monitoring equipment

 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related fieldor equivalent experience

 Entry Level (1-5 Years)  
Applies fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on
Technical assignments. Performs work that requires practical experience and training. Work is performed under supervision.
 Journeyman (6-10 Years)  
Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments. Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks. Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems. Contributes to deliverables and performance. Metrics where applicable.
 Senior Level (11-15 Years)  
Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments. Plans and leads major technology assignments. Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success. Functions as a
Technical expert across multiple project assignments. May supervise others.
Master Level (16+ Years) 

 

Provides technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments. Establishes goals and plans that meet project objectives. Has domain and expert technical knowledge. Directs and controls activities for a client, having overallresponsibility for financial management, methods, and staffing to ensure that technical requirements are met. Interactions involve client negotiations and interfacing with senior management. Decision making and domain knowledge may have a critical impact on overall project implementation. May supervise others.