The Operations division of Technology Services operates the University’s information technology infrastructure. The role of the Operations group includes installing and maintaining network, telephony, server, production storage systems and related systems and services; maintaining the security of computers, networks, and their data; maintaining adequate infrastructure performance levels; and planning for and implementing new or enhanced technologies. This position designs, develops, supports, and maintains computing infrastructure for the university, including the implementation and design of hardware and software. Installs and configures equipment and software. Makes updates to system-related installation and operational documentation. Performs technical support; troubleshooting and resolution of computing infrastructure problems, including root cause analysis, and identify improvements to minimize impact of future occurrences.
A Bachelor's Degree and three (3) years’ experience in administering enterprise-class computing infrastructure in a Microsoft Active Directory environment.
At least one (1) year materially demonstrated success in implementing enterprise computing infrastructure in a large campus environment.
Knowledge of, and materially demonstrable skill in applying the following:
● IT concepts, principles, methods, and practices;
● Information Security principles and methods;
● Programming principles, methods, and practices;
● Local area networking concepts, methods and protocols;
● Microsoft networking concepts, methods and protocols;
● Microsoft Office applications.
Knowledge of, and materially demonstrable experience in implementing and configuring, the following technologies:
● Microsoft Active Directory;
● Microsoft Windows in an Active Directory environment;
● Microsoft Windows Server in an Active Directory environment;
● Microsoft PowerShell for server administration;
● VMware vSphere;
● Enterprise system backup software;
● Enterprise monitoring/management tools.
Knowledge of, and materially demonstrable experience in implementing, configuring and administering, at least two of the following technologies:
● Infrastructure as a Service (IassS) services, especially Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud;
● Enterprise storage area network (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS) systems, especially NetApp.
● Additional enterprise server virtualization software, especially VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V;
● Enterprise messaging, especially Google G Suite for Business;
● Software programming, especially using Microsoft PowerShell.
Experience implementing and configuring the following technologies is a plus:
● Additional desktop operating systems, especially macOS or Linux;
● Linux server: Redhat or Ubuntu;
● Virtual networking for on-premises virtualization system or cloud services;
● Enterprise-class IP telephony (VoIP);
● Relational databases, especially Microsoft SQL Server.
Current, expert-level certification in Microsoft Windows Server is desired, e.g.,
● Microsoft Solutions Expert (MCSE)
One or more of the following certifications is desirable:
● Information security certification, e.g., CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CASP, CISSP;
● Linux server certification, e.g., RHCE;
● Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner or Google Associate Cloud Engineer;
● Data center or cloud virtualization certification, e.g., VCAP, VCDX;
● Enterprise storage certification, e.g., NetApp.