System Administrator Specialists

SCCC REFERENCE #: 24-43 DATE: August 23, 2024 TITLE: System Administrator Specialists CAMPUS: College START DATE: ASAP TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full Time RANK: Specialist POSITION DESCRIPTION: Suffolk County Community College is an open admissions institution committed to serving a diverse student population in a variety of degree and career programs. It is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 21,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as a Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center in Riverhead. Currently we are searching for two (2) full time (12-month) Specialist positions in the Office of Information Technology Services, on the Ammerman Campus in Selden. The System Administrator Specialist positions will report to the Associate Director of Infrastructure Services and be responsible for managing IT systems with respect to maintenance, installation, and administration; identity management, user security, and directory services; and application installation and administration. The ideal candidates will demonstrate the ability to work well under pressure, have excellent customer service skills, and be able to work collegially and effectively in a team environment. These position may require some evening and weekend work. Job Responsibilities: Installs, maintain and repair all server hardware and software and provide support, monitoring, testing and troubleshooting server hardware and software problems. Collects and analyze data and information to make recommendations regarding server, security platforms and software specifications, including costs and completion times. Performs and coordinate hardware upgrade/replacement along with vulnerability scanning, security audits, patching and upgrading of all software on servers. Maintains both on-premises and cloud-based solutions for communication and collaboration. Supports the end user community through troubleshooting, account maintenance, and collaboration with Help Desk staff. Contribute to and provide guidance and technical expertise for activities such as: Design and deployment of functional and secure ldAM solutions Design and deployment of Mail transport and cloud-based applications. Address challenges associated with access control solutions such as role-based access control. Federated identity with external systems utilizing multiple identity protocols Work with College data owners to establish, maintain, and optimize role-based access control across the organization. Participate in regular security or compliance audits related to system access. Develop and implement methods for management, monitoring and tracking of access to information resources. Assists the Associate Director of Infrastructure Services with business continuity planning and risk management within the context of Data Center operations. Works with outside vendors and College IT group to maintain hardware and software for Data Center operations. Responds to emergency failures due to facility outages. All other duties assigned by the Administrative Director of Infrastructure Services, related to the needs of the department and/or the needs of the College. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Required Qualifications: A Master's degree in Technology or related field with a minimum of (5) years of overall IT experience, including server and system administration, installation, configuration and maintenance in an enterprise environment, supporting and maintaining networking protocols in a server environment within an enterprise environment and with three years (3) of the five (5) experience building and maintaining systems running virtual platforms and cloud-based architecture in an enterprise environment, supporting and maintaining Directory services, IdAM systems & supporting and maintaining mail applications and storage applications both on-premises and cloud based. Alternatively, a Bachelors degree with a minimum of (6) years overall IT experience, including server and system administration, installation, configuration and maintenance in an enterprise environment, supporting and maintaining networking protocols in a server environment within an enterprise environment with three (3) of the six (6) years experience building and maintaining systems running virtual platforms and cloud-based architecture in an enterprise environment, supporting and maintaining Directory services, IdAM systems & supporting and maintaining mail applications and storage applications both on-premises and cloud based. Preferred Qualifications: Project Management Experience. Certification in information security, networking or server management. Experience working in Higher Education. HIRING SALARY: This is a Unit III position covered under the Faculty Association of Suffolk County Community College collective bargaining agreement with the College. 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Created: 2024-11-05