Senior Systems Administrator

Job Posting Title:

Senior Systems Administrator

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Hiring Department:

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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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

This is a part-time benefits eligible position (20 hours per week) or a full-time position (40 hours per week).

Purpose

Provide technical support for the High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility at The University of Texas at Austin (UTCT).

Responsibilities

• Manage and Maintain Servers:  Planning, setup, and maintenance of CT lab’s onsite Windows Servers and connections to Campus Active Directory.  Includes hardware, software, and firmware updating; floating software license server maintenance; user account creation and management; setting security policy, firewalls, and intrusion detection; raid arrays for bulk data storage; and periodic security audits. 

• Manage and Maintain Workstations, including hardware and software maintenance of IP lab, conference room, Digital Methods Classroom, staff desktops and laptops.  Includes license management; security controls; AD integration; remote access; user accounts. Setup and maintenance of projection systems, and video conference equipment.  Setup and maintenance of lab printers, document scanners, and digital camera equipment.  Also includes user training and instruction, and pre-purchase advising about GPU’s and workstations for CT lab clients. 

• Manage and Maintain Web/Cloud Resources: setup and maintenance of UT Datacenter Virtual machines as necessary, including for CT lab website and Digimorph.org website.  Administration and daily use of cloud-based bulk storage and data distribution. 

• Manage and Maintain Networking: design, setup, and maintenance of network infrastructure; security controls; running cables and telecom-room operation; switches, routers, and NICs; IP address allocation and database management, DNS setup and maintenance. 

• Assist the Maintenance of X-ray Equipment [full-time only]:  Hardware and software maintenance of data acquisition and reconstruction systems, including security controls, remote access, and local raid arrays.   Diagnostics and maintenance of NSI X-ray generators and associated racks of electronics equipment.  Initiate daily conditioning of all X-ray sources.   

• Manage and Maintain Backups and Archiving: Includes hardware and software maintenance of local Rapid-Recovery backup system and associated raid arrays.  Setup and maintenance of offsite data backups, such as TACC and UTBOX and external hard drive backups of large Raw-data archives.  Utilizing on-line repositories, such as the Texas Data Repository, for long-term data and metadata preservation and making select CT data available for public downloading.  

Required Qualifications

Comprehensive knowledge of system administration, exhibited by appropriate training and two or more years professional experience with MS Windows installation and administration. Knowledge and experience installing and maintaining web servers and associated software (Apache). Familiarity with concepts such as RAID, LPAR, hardware diagnostics, backups, replication, failure-recovery procedures. Knowledge and experience managing LANs and familiarity with graphics- and memory-intensive computing. Ability to independently identify, architect and implement solutions to bring lab servers and workstations up-to-date and to ensure they are easily sustainable. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail. Demonstrated ability to work effectively, both independently and collaboratively, in a team-oriented environment.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated expertise and experience with: enterprise client system administration and application deployment solutions (e.g. Active Directory, MS GPO, SCCM, Absolute Manage); system imaging and migration solutions (e.g. WDS, USMT). Experience administering Mac OSX and Linux operating systems. Programming experience, including: shell scripting, Bash, Windows, PowerShell, Perl, Python, C/C++, IDL, Java, PHP, HTML. Understanding of database systems, SQL and JBoss. Familiarity with use of technical software used by lab operations (IDL, Avizo, VG Studio Max, ImageJ, etc.). Experience working with or around X-ray scanning equipment and/or in a scientific lab environment. Skilled at training technical staff.

Salary

$70,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions

• May work around electrical and mechanical hazards

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

• Use of manual dexterity

• Lifting and moving

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 Work References

• Letter of interest

Important: Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.