Systems Administrator
Job Description
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is seeking a Systems Administrator. The incumbent will be part of an IT team whose chief objective is to ensure continuous and secure operations of FBRI's network, systems and delivered services. The incumbent will play a key role in the implementation of services, data integrity, recoverability and security of the environment. This will include actively participating in day-to-day proactive management and administration tasks. The incumbent will have ownership and/or participation in various projects as assigned, and the adherence to established equipment inventory and surplus procedures.
The incumbent will use industry established best-practices and standards to make their administration more effective and more efficient. He or she will be responsible for all facets of system administration design, documentation, implementation, capacity planning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and standards. Incumbent will support enterprise applications in a scientific research environment and manage IT policies and procedures in collaboration with the IT Director. Performs other duties as assigned.
The successful candidate will utilize communication, presentation and problem-solving skills. The candidate must be able to identify highly complex problems, investigate them, address them, and learn from them. The successful candidate will have excellent customer service skills to work collaboratively and effectively with faculty, staff, students, and sponsors. They must be energetic and able to function effectively and independently in a fast-moving environment subject to external pressure and frequent interruptions with an ability of training users in applications and operating system.
Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree in IT, computer science or related field, or equivalent training and experience.
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Server and workstation products, systems management, and Active Directory including advanced administration and configuration.
• Knowledge and experience with virtualization concepts, hypervisors, and tools with focus on VMWare technologies.
• Knowledge and experience with Linux server and workstation systems administration (RHEL or CentOS preferred).
• Experience with server class systems architecture and hardware, as well as common open source projects and community environments.
• Enterprise storage (SAN, NAS) configuration, troubleshooting, and support.
• Experience and knowledge of systems security, backup and recovery procedures, and networking in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with enterprise-level backup, recovery, and archiving technologies. (VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise preferred).
• Experience performing technical evaluations and analysis for all supported servers, workstations, and systems in response to help desk tickets and user requests.
• Understanding of the OSI model for computer network environments.
Preferred Qualifications
• Knowledge of underlying protocols of Active Directory and SSO components, including LDAP, Kerberos.
• Experience with database platforms (MS SQL, MariaDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL) in a scientific research environment.
• Knowledge of high-end computing and data lake management in a scientific research environment.
• Experience and knowledge with systems architecture and redundancy in a multi-data center environment.
• Experience and knowledge of HIPAA rules and regulations.
Salary Information
Commensurate with experience.
Review Date
January 21, 2020
Additional Information
The successful Candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check
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