Systems Administrator HV-NTP-9842

Location: Troy,New York,United States

Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) located in scenic Upstate NY is a multi-campus College with locations in Troy and Malta New York. HVCC offers more than 80 degree and certificate programs in three schools: Business and Liberal Arts; Health Sciences; and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Hudson Valley is one of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system and serves nearly 9,000 students each year. The college is a recognized leader in career and transfer preparation, workforce training initiatives, distance learning and service to a diverse population of students. Hudson Valley has an extension center in Malta, NY known as HVCC North and sponsors the Capital District Educational Opportunity Center in Troy, NY. With more than 80,000 alumni and nearly 1,000 employees, the college and is a catalyst for educational opportunity and economic development in the Capital Region of New York State.

Hudson Valley seeks experienced, dynamic, capable, creative and caring individuals who would like to join our team and continue to build on decades of successful service to our community.

In order to be considered an applicant for this position you must meet the minimum qualifications as stated in this announcement. HVCC does not support Visas. Applicants must currently hold an unrestricted employment authorization to work in the United States and appointment will be contingent upon completion of a background check.

Systems Administrator
HV-NTP-9842

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and administering multiple servers, operating systems, and application software for specific operations, departmental support, and mission-critical purposes OR Associates degree in Computer Science or related field and one (1) year administering multiple servers, operating systems, and application software for specific operations, departmental support, and mission-critical purposes OR three (3) years administering multiple servers, operating systems, and application software for specific operations, departmental support, and mission-critical purposes.

Proven strong system administration skills.

Demonstrable knowledge of large-scale systems of storage (SAN, NAS, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, etc.) and virtualization (VMware, Citrix).

Demonstrable experience with Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat) and Windows Server (2016, 2019) above the basic system administration level.

Experience with using tools like Wireshark to diagnose protocol issues and identify causes of non-hardware communication failure.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Experience with NetApp, Citrix, DeepFreeze Cloud, ADFS, CAS, SAML2, DigitalOcean, and Azure.

DUTIES AND/OR RESPONSIBILITIES:  The System Administrator reports to the Managing Senior Systems Engineer and/or Senior Systems Engineers and performs the following duties:
 
•    Provides advanced system administration, analysis, design, and programming functions for all server and workstation systems under their immediate purview.
•    Provides advanced application and communications software programming functions for all server and workstation systems under their immediate purview.
•    Provides advanced programming and scripting for all server and workstation systems under their immediate purview.
•    Provides advanced planning, implementation, and support for the operating system and other software upgrades, authentication services, backup, retention, and recovery procedures, open-source and commercial software integration, and industry standards to enhance enterprise-wide functionality for server and workstation systems under their immediate purview.
•    Provides advanced planning, implementation, and support for securing enterprise networks and large-scale server and workstation systems under their immediate purview.
•    Provides comprehensive technical documentation for server and workstation production environments under their immediate purview.
•    Provides liaison with vendors for all server and workstation systems for maintenance, problem resolution, and upgrades of installed hardware and operating system, application, and communications software under their immediate purview.
•    Researches and recommends hardware and software for server and workstation products for individual, departmental and institutional use.
•    Works collaboratively with the network infrastructure support staff for maintenance, problem resolution, upgrade of installed communications hardware and software, and implementation of network security hardware, software, and procedures.
•    Provides consultative support on server and workstation technology issues to other departmental and college staff.
•    Maintains up-to-date knowledge and skills with current server and workstati