Cloud Systems Administrator III

Job Title

Cloud Systems Administrator III

Classification

Systems Administrator III

Auto Req. ID

560812

Salary Range

Classification Range $7,284 - $10,611 per month

(Hiring range depending on qualifications, not anticipated to exceed $7,284 - $9,611 per month)

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; occasional early morning, evening and/or weekend hours.                                          

Why CSUF

California State University, Fullerton (Cal State Fullerton) is a leading public university committed to student success, academic excellence, and inclusive excellence. The university fosters a collaborative environment that supports teaching, research, and service while promoting innovation and professional growth. Cal State Fullerton is both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, and a recipient of the Seal of Excelencia (2021 and 2024) from Excelencia in Education. Joining Cal State Fullerton means becoming part of a community dedicated to advancing student achievement, career success, and economic mobility.

Department

The Division of Information Technology (IT) strives to be a strategic, innovative, and best‐in‐class IT organization that provides a leading‐edge technology environment for students, faculty, and staff to advance the University’s mission, vision, and goals. We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our IT Infrastructure Services department as the Cloud Systems Administrator III. The ideal candidate in this role should have a positive attitude and an active, energetic mind characterized by highly ethical practices and a commitment to inclusivity, openness, flexibility, integrity, and kindness.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Cloud Systems Administrator III is responsible for administering, operating, monitoring, securing, automating, documenting, and improving cloud and hybrid systems that support university operations, academic technology, research computing, innovation initiatives, and Division of IT services. Working independently under general supervision, the Cloud Systems Administrator III provides hands-on systems administration support for production cloud environments and cloud-hosted platforms, including application streaming, sandbox environments, analytics/reporting platforms, cloud-hosted applications, compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, monitoring, logging, backup, and related services. While the role is cloud-platform general, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience is preferred and will be emphasized in evaluating candidates.

The position supports cloud operations in alignment with the Division of IT standards and coordinates with Infrastructure Services, Network Services, Information Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Enterprise Applications, Academic Technology, Research Computing, Procurement, vendors, CSU systemwide partners, colleges, departments, and other campus stakeholders. Evaluates new cloud services and features, supports migrations and service enhancements, recommends operational improvements, and provides technical guidance or knowledge transfer when assigned. Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Qualifications

Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of relevant experience. Additional experience which demonstrates acquired and successfully applied knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. Working independently under general supervision, designs and implements systems solutions that meet the university's evolving needs. Applies advanced technical knowledge and expertise in complex systems administration to provide technical advice on systems. Demonstrates advanced discernment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining system administration solutions. Activities include the conceptualization, development, and implementation of complex systems and infrastructure. Decision making is based on systems administration best practices; system standards; university and information system and security policies, guidelines, and protocols; and university needs and goals. Work is focused on ensuring alignment with overall objectives. Handles multiple work priorities and may provide lead work direction with accountability for results.

Thorough and advanced knowledge of operating systems, server administration, scripting languages, virtualization technologies, and cloud technologies. Demonstrated competence in independently applying advanced judgment to resolve difficult and complex system administration problems and issues. A