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Position:  Systems Administrator
Hours:  Full-Time, 12 Month
Start date:  ASAP
Pay: $38.83 to $52.43 dependent on qualifications and based on the Non-Affiliated Handbook
Benefits:  Medical, dental, life insurance and other benefits in accordance with the Non-Affiliated Summary of Benefits

Job Summary:

Responsible for providing senior server and applications expertise to the District Technology team. Installs, configures, and maintains all servers (physical and virtual) and storage based devices within the Districts Windows/VMWare network infrastructure. Provide system administration for file, print, AD, DNS, DHCP, and application servers in a multi-platform environment. Serves as the lead of the desktop support team for advanced technical issues pertaining to desktops, servers, databases, and related software/hardware. Responsible for providing problem diagnosis, resolution, or escalation as needed. 
Required Qualifications:

• Four-year degree in an accredited technology/network administration program plus five years experience providing multi-platform advanced support in a large environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience to total nine years.
• Experience with the following:  Microsoft Active Directory and Entra environments, Windows Server environment, SAN technologies, backup products and procedures, IP address management, Network Security

Preferred Qualifications:

• Microsoft Azure AD, Microsoft Entra, Windows Hello, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM), Nutanix/VMware, certifications preferred
• Familiarity with Identity Automation's Rapid Identity tool 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to apply good judgment when problem solving or executing instructions.
• Ability to learn rapidly changing technology.
• Ability to problem-solve and trouble shoot in a variety of hardware and software situations.
• Ability to provide technology development support to administrative and support staff.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions, correspondence, and memos; ability to write routine reports, speak effectively and interact positively with staff and vendors.
• Advanced knowledge of computer hardware, software, and electronic systems.
• Skilled in supporting multiple forms of technology.
• Strong interpersonal, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and data privacy across all district systems while working with district staff, students and co-workers

Job Responsibilities:

• Manages the maintenance and security of all servers and applications across the network providing reliable, high availability services, and optimizing server infrastructure to achieve high performance and cost-efficiencies for virtual and non-virtual systems.  Serves as administrator of all Nutanix, VMware, vSphere, and ESXi systems.
• Works collaboratively with the  District desktop support team to ensure that desktop image issues are promptly addressed, documented and resolved in a timely and professional manner consistent with the highest customer service and professional / technical standards. Documents imaging processes and provides training as needed to help desk personnel in the areas in desktop imaging and general troubleshooting tasks.
• Manage the District's Entra and Active Directory environments; including multiple authentication systems, support identity automation, manage cloud applications servers and services, as well as using PowerShell to script changes and automate procedures.
• Perform maintenance, updates and upgrades on District physical and virtual Nutanix/Vmware servers and associated hardware/software. Configure access rights, and security for the Districts multi-platform server network; Establishes network performance criteria. Maintains the infrastructure of the AD Forest, DHCP/DNS, IP Printing, Database and SAN.
• Designs and deploys, in collaboration with other technology staff, all District backup and storage systems, providing advanced support and training as needed to ensure mission-critical data
• Leads the desktop support team in creating, testing, and deploying application packages and base images for workstations across the District. is being backed up in accordance with district policy.
• Serves as one of the Google domain super admins and collaborates with other super admins to ensure proper synchronization of systems (AD and Google).
• Serves as a member of the technology department's leadership team . Attends meetings as required and communicates status, accomplishments, needs, etc.
• Perform upgrades, patch management, and maintenance. Develop internal documentation for key systems and services.
• Provide and identify one on one support to other technology staff as needed.