University of New Hampshire · 9 hours ago
Associate System Administrator
The University of New Hampshire is a Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive educational programs. They are seeking an Associate System Administrator to assist in the management and support of enterprise virtual machines and cloud-based services while collaborating with various teams to ensure efficient IT operations.
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Responsibilities
Assists with management and support of enterprise virtual machines, cloud-based compute, and storage resources:
Assist with developing strategies to automate lifecycle management processes that streamline overall operations to meet customers’ needs
Assist with ensuring the design of virtual machine and cloud compute and storage infrastructure is documented, scalable, reliable, optimized, secure, repeatable, reportable, and auditable
Assist with ensuring proper security controls are in place, are monitored, and are both reportable and auditable
Provide technical guidance and support to the customer and participate in planning meetings as necessary to support the application lifecycle
Collaborate with the SSE Teams to design, define, implement, and maintain virtual and cloud hosted application service delivery stacks:
Working with the SSE Team, work to resolve complex issues and ensure timely incident resolution
Proposes and implements solutions to improve efficiency and productivity through automation of processes and workflows
Contribute to the development of team skills, tools, processes, and standards
Ensure the design of the virtual machine and cloud compute infrastructure is documented, scalable, repeatable, reliable, optimized, reportable, and auditable
Plan backup and recovery operations to ensure business continuity during a disaster recovery scenario
With An Understanding Of CI/CD Concepts, Assist In Managing, Configuring, And Ensuring The Lifecycle Of Virtual And Cloud-based Assets In The USNH Private And Public Cloud Environments
Contribute to the automation of VM and compute resource provisioning and lifecycle management
Assist with the automation of monitoring service performance and resource utilization
Support the implementation of AI enhancements to improve IT automation processes and solutions
Collaborate with other functional teams to ensure high availability, stability, scalability, and fault tolerance of Windows Server resources
Assist with the creation and management of documentation
General IT support:
Provide after-hours coverage for time sensitive, scheduled, critical events, addressing production issues, or other changes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and four years of experience in information technology field, Associate's and six years, or combination of education and experience equal to eight years
Experience managing server operating systems in virtualized and cloud-based enterprise environments
Experience managing virtual machines, containers, and other similar cloud-based compute services
Experience managing and supporting enterprise applications
Experience with creating and maintaining both internal and user-facing documentation
Demonstrated experience and proficiency with scripting and/or programming languages, automation of tasks and processes
Broad knowledge of several areas of information technology and thorough knowledge of specialty area as required by department
Overall information technology skills as required by employing department
Working knowledge of virtual machine patching and vulnerability remediation
Organizational skills and effective oral and written communication skills
Organized, self-motivated, and able to work both independently and within a team
Ability to work effectively while remote, including remote customer support
Windows and Unix file sharing
General working knowledge of virtual and cloud networking concepts
Preferred
Experience working at large higher education institutions
Certifications in cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
Certifications in DevOps or CI/CD practices
Demonstrable education, certifications, or experience with site reliability engineering or service performance management
Certifications in IT Security related subjects and services
Company
University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire is a school that offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across a range of academic disciplines.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.76MKey Investors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation"
2022-11-30Grant· $1.8M
2020-09-16Grant· $0.6M
2018-05-27Grant· $0.36M
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