Senior Systems Administrator / Hosting Engineer - Remote

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.

Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.

You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

Within our Research Enterprise Solutions team, you’ll work with hospitals, universities, cancer centers and research institutions to provide flexible, scalable, and configurable solutions to streamline workflow and relieve administrative burden to free up time for what matters most – the research mission.

Opportunity:

Our Research Enterprise Solutions team works with hospitals, universities, cancer centers and research institutions and helps these organizations improve every aspect of research administration performance through transformative change. As part of the team, you will work with leading physician/scientists, administrators, and other professionals connected to the healthcare, university, and life sciences industries on a variety of projects in strategic planning, finance, operations, technology, and compliance. 

Our legacy is rooted in the industry – bringing an unmatched level of expertise and experience in higher education, healthcare, and academic medicine. Yet we challenge the status quo and empower our clients to think more deeply about the future. From vision to execution, we enable our clients to identify and realize unique opportunities to drive higher levels of performance and impact. 

At Huron we provide flexible, scalable, and configurable solutions to streamline workflow and relieve administrative burden to free up time for what matters most – the research mission.

Let’s get to work – together.

POSITION SUMMARY: 

As a Senior Systems Administrator, you will provide daily System and Network Administrator operational activities as a part of the Huron Customer Success team.  The position requires daily review, analysis, decision making, and reporting on server and network operations as well as client communication and planning for new deployments, updates, configuration changes, and technology improvements. The primary responsibilities of this role are Windows Server Administration focused, supporting a proprietary product that facilitates research administration service delivery and compliance for major hospitals, universities and research institutions.

You will be responsible for leading discussions around development of methodology & work product innovations, and expected to effectively communicate project status including achievements, risks, and roadblocks to all levels. The role requires someone who can anticipate and adapt to changing technologies and quickly escalate risks to technical solution leads and/or project managers.

In addition, your day to day could include the following: researching, analyzing, and resolving client reported issues via support tickets; continually improving internal hosting processes through development of new processes, tools and job aids; and assisting with 24/7 on-call hosting coverage as needed.

You’ll be part of the Huron Higher Education team with opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow while impacting some of the most prestigious higher education and research institutions.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Required:

• Must be a U.S. citizen and reside within the United States
• Four-year technical degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Information Systems or equivalent professional experience
• 5-7 years’ experience in support of a data center, hosting services, or similar position
• Ability to install,