Systems Engineer  HV-NTPI-9791

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 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.

Department: Instructional and Information Technology

Systems Engineer 
HV-NTPI-9791

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 be either a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States and appointment will be contingent upon completion of a background check.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited college or university and two (2) years’ experience implementing large scale systems of virtualization, storage and network integrations in a supportive and/or co-managed role OR Associates degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited college or university and three (3) years’ experience implementing large scale systems of virtualization, storage and network integrations in a supportive and/or co-managed role OR five (5) years with experience implementing large scale systems of virtualization, storage and network integrations in a supportive and/or co-managed role.

Proven strong system administration skills.

Demonstrable experience with Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat) and Windows Server (2022, 2025) above the basic system administration level.

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Experience with Active Directory, GPO, NetApp, SAML2, PDQ, MDT, and Microsoft Technologies including Azure.

DUTIES AND/OR RESPONSIBILITIES: The Systems Engineer reports to the Managing Senior Systems Engineer or their designee and performs the following duties:
 
•    Assists the Senior Systems Engineers with all hardware and software acquisition for data centers and critical infrastructure including NetApp, HPE, and VMware.
•    Serve as backup support for all SSO components to assure access management of college services. (SAML2)
•    Performs all monitoring, assessing, and sizing of infrastructure.
•    Assists the Senior Systems Engineers with threat assessment regarding CVEs and vendor patch releases.
•    Assists the Senior Systems Engineers with installation, configuration, programming and support of college-adopted microcomputer operating systems, server operating systems, microcomputer and server application software, and web deployment software in a large server environment to address the needs and requirements of students, faculty and staff for items shown by, but not limited to, the following list:
o    Responsible for maintenance and security of operating system software, application software, web deployment software, data integrity, user accounts, virtual environments.
o    Implementation of open source and commercially available software for both on-premises and cloud environments.
o    Security assessments, performance monitoring, and load balancing.
o    Works collaboratively with the infrastructure support staff for maintenance, problem resolution, and upgrade of installed college-adopted microcomputer, server, and web deployment software.
o    Provides consultative support on microcomputer, server, and web deployment information technology issues to other departmental staff.
o    Co-maintain the ACE VDI classroom virtual Windows 11 image (or any other image necessary in VMware).
•    Provides advanced system administration, analysis, design and programming functions for all server and workstation systems.
•    Provides advanced appli