Senior Systems Administrator for Secure Systems, Cockrell School of Engineering

Job Posting Title:

Senior Systems Administrator for Secure Systems, Cockrell School of Engineering

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Hiring Department:

Cockrell School of Engineering

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

As a top-10 engineering school with the No. 1 program in Texas, the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been a global leader in technology innovation and engineering education for over a century. With 11 undergraduate and 13 graduate programs, over 20 research centers and a faculty community that boasts one of the highest number of National Academy of Engineering members among U.S. universities, Texas Engineering has launched some of the nation’s most accomplished leaders and pioneered world-changing solutions in virtually every industry, from space exploration to energy to health care. Situated in the heart of Austin — named “America’s Coolest City” by Expedia and “The Best Place to Live in the U.S.” by U.S. News and World Report — the Cockrell School embodies the city’s innovative spirit. Major companies with Austin campuses, such as Dell, National Instruments, Apple, IBM, Samsung, Google and many others, continue to recruit Cockrell School students at a remarkable rate, launching thousands of successful careers and developing Texas Engineers into industry leaders.

Purpose

Secure Research advocate and champion. Focused on implementing, operating, and maintaining a robust and compliant research IT ecosystem for multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage security standards, guidelines, policies, procedures, processes and controls based on best practices, compliance frameworks, and audit findings.

• Implement a program to provide college wide infrastructure, resources, and support for research involving controlled unclassified information (CUI). Collaborate with staff, faculty, students, and researchers to establish secure research computing and laboratory environments that comply with federal requirements for protecting CUI. 

• Engage in ongoing risk assessment across the college research environment, develop risk registers aligned to NIST controls, and implement risk mitigation controls in collaboration with academic units, and researchers. 

• Evaluate new and existing technologies for compliance with information governance controls (e.g., access, authentication, encryption, logging, retention).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering , Security or equivalents.

• Minimum 3 years of experience

• Significant experience implementing and operating CUI, NIST, ITAR compliant hybrid environments.

• Deep and broad Linux, Windows, Networking, Cloud, and security compliance experience.

  • (Ubuntu, RedHat, Robots/ROS, CMMC, CUI, ITAR, NIST, TCP, …)

• Able to architect and fortify research endeavors expertly and verify artifacts as such.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to adapt to the rapidly changing technologies.

• Work on-site and well under pressure with crucial timelines and accountability.

• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Articulate and collaborative with the ability to make things happen.

• Comprehensive understanding and appreciation of leading-edge research and security requirements.

• Management console and ecosystem expertise (GCC High, Intune, Orcharhino, SDNs, VRFs, …)

• Imaginative and industrious.

• Security clearances may be needed for some work.

Salary Range

$95,000 - depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions.

•  Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation.

Work Shift

• Standard work schedule is Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

• Periodic work outside of normal business hours, to include evenings and weekends, may be required on a periodic basis or for special