University of New Hampshire · 15 hours ago
System Administrator
University of New Hampshire – Main Campus
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$70K/yr - $125K/yr
6+ years expThe University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution, and they are seeking a System Administrator to join their System and Server Engineering Team. This role involves developing, implementing, securing, and automating the management of enterprise VM and cloud-based services while collaborating with other teams to support the university's technology initiatives.
Professional ServicesTraining
Responsibilities
Collaborates with the SSE Technical Leads to manage and support all enterprise virtual machines, cloud-based compute, storage resources, and related infrastructure. (40%)
Assist with developing strategies to automate lifecycle management processes that streamline overall operations to meet customers’ needs
Ensure proper security controls are in place, are monitored, and are both reportable and auditable
Provide technical guidance and support to the customer and participate in planning meetings as necessary to support the application lifecycle
In coordination with the Technical Leads, provide technical guidance to the team in resolving complex issues and ensuring timely incident resolution
Propose and implement accepted solutions to improve efficiency and productivity through automation of processes and workflows
Contribute to the development of the team skillset, tools, processes, and standards
Ensures the design of the virtual machine and cloud-based compute and storage infrastructure is documented, scalable, reliable, optimized, secure, repeatable, reportable, and auditable
Plans backup and recovery operations to ensure resiliency and business continuity in a disaster recovery scenario
Collaborate with the SSE Tech Leads and team to design, define, implement, and maintain virtual and cloud hosted application service delivery stacks. (30%)
Assist the technical leads in developing strategies to effectively manage, update, and automate processes that streamline operational work tasks to better meet our customer’s needs
Ensure the design of the virtual machine and cloud compute and storage infrastructure is documented, scalable, reliable, optimized, secure, repeatable, reportable, and auditable
Plan backup and recovery operations to ensure business continuity and resiliency in a disaster recovery scenario
Provide technical guidance and support to the customer and participate in planning meetings as necessary to support the application
Adhering to CI/CD concepts, play a key role in managing, configuring, securing, and ensuring the constant delivery of service and ensure the quality of the lifecycle of virtual assets (e.g., virtual machines, services, and databases) in the USNH private and cloud-based environments. (25%)
Contribute to the automation and efficient management of VM and cloud-based resource provisioning and lifecycle
Assist with the automation of monitoring service performance and resource utilization
Support the implementation of AI tools and enhancements to improve IT automation processes and solutions
Collaborate with other functional teams to ensure high availability, stability, scalability, and fault tolerance of all managed resources
Assist with the creation, management, and curation of technical documentation
General IT support (5%)
Provide after-hours coverage for time sensitive, scheduled, critical events, addressing production issues, or other changes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and six years of experience in information technology field, Associate's and eight years, or combination of education and experience equal to ten years
Experience with Docker container technologies
Experience with Tomcat and related Java application service technologies
Experience with Salt and/or SCCM
Experience with GitLab or similar SCM solutions
Experience with scripting for CI/CD, DevOps, and general automation of processes
Experience with relational database technologies e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Azure SQL service, AWS Aurora
Experience managing enterprise server operating systems in virtualized and cloud-based enterprise environments
Experience managing virtual machines, containers, container orchestrators, and other similar cloud-based and containerized compute, storage, and networking services
Experience managing and supporting enterprise applications
Working knowledge of virtual machine patching and vulnerability remediation
Experience with creating and maintaining both internal and user-facing documentation
Demonstrated experience and proficiency with scripting and/or programming languages, automation of tasks and processes
Windows and Unix file sharing
Great organizational and time management skills
Effective oral and written communication skills
Self-motivated and able to work both independently and within a team
Ability to work effectively while remote, including remote customer support
Preferred
Experience working in large Higher Education institutions
Certifications in cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
Certifications in DevOps or CI/CD practices
Demonstrable education, certifications, or experience with site reliability engineering or service performance management
Company
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire is the state’s public research university, providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate programs and graduate programs of distinction.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.12MKey Investors
U.S. Small Business Administration
2024-01-02Grant
2022-11-04Grant
2021-08-23Grant
Leadership Team
Adrianna Lamparelli
Program Manager for Campus Partnerships
Andrew Stockman
Chief Information Security Officer
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