Systems Administrator - Environmental Data & Governance Initiative

Department: Environmental Data & Governance Initiative

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Shannan Lenke Stoll

Compensation: $38.00 - $44.00 / hour

Description

The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) is a research collaborative with a mission to advance the environmental right to know. We are a horizontally organized community of caring and committed members, mostly volunteer, from multiple academic institutions and non-profit organizations. EDGI focuses on issues of environmental justice, data justice, information accessibility, and corporate and government accountability.  
The Systems Administrator will be responsible for managing EDGI’s internal and external communications platforms. Currently EDGI hosts three websites, and over the course of the next year will build a new website for an integrated web presence. The Systems Administrator will be responsible for ensuring our websites are up to date with content and certificates, and support staff and key members in contributing to the websites. EDGI is a fully remote organization and uses Slack, Google Drive, and Zoom as tools for internal communication, as well as scripts on GitHub Actions to automate and combine those tools. The Systems Administrator will support EDGI’s maintenance and use of these systems. The Systems Administrator will also support EDGI’s data preservation coalition, the Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP), in its website and communications tools needs. The Systems Administrator will need to work autonomously and in teams, and be able to discern priorities across and within projects. 
EDGI expects all staff to adhere to EDGI’s policies and procedures including our Code of Conduct and support EDGI’s mission, vision, and values, which include justice; environmental and human health; intersectionality; anti-facism, anti-racism, and anti-oppression; accessibility; participatory knowledge-making; and responsivity and proactivity. There will be an employee review approximately three months after the start date to ensure mutual satisfaction. 
To apply, please visit our Applicant Portal. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Please include a cover letter in your application materials describing your relevant experience and qualifications. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails. Priority given to applications submitted before May 6, 2025.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the development of a new EDGI website.
• Keep websites up to date, including our WordPress, Kirby, and GitHub Pages-based sites. Ensure web infrastructure like DNS records, SSL certificates, etc. are well maintained.
• Help EDGI members add simple features (e.g. an RSS feed) to existing custom sites.
• Support PEDP members with data archiving technology and processes 
• Support integration of simple tools, such as AirTable and Baserow with Google Sheets. 
• Be available (within 24h or so) on Slack to provide miscellaneous IT support.
• Create and implement processes (e.g. hold trainings) that make EDGI’s systems (e.g. Slack, Github, Google Drive) more accessible for members.
• Review and suggest amendments to security protocols and access lists.
• Provide guidance about what tech tools we should use for various needs.

Qualifications and Desired Skills

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Systems Administrator or closely related role. 
• Ability to work with Python and/or JavaScript scripting. Most of EDGI’s existing scripts and tools are Python-based, and the Systems Administrator will be expected to write new scripts and fix bugs. 
• HTML, CSS skills for updates of websites; Kirby web framework experience
• Experience with Google Drive management and Google Suite administration
• Experience with password management and security 
• Experience in remote collaboration and communication; comfort working remotely with colleagues in multiple time-zones via Slack, Zoom, and other online tools
• Open source experience—managing repos and collaborating on Github
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines; preference for someone with project management skills
• Ability to take initiative and anticipate team needs, working without a manager
• Comfort working both independently and in teams; able to lead initiatives as well as take direction from others
• Ability to work collabor