Senior Systems Administrator

Stony Brook University • Stony Brook, NY

387d • $87,872 - $118,262

About The Position

The Senior Systems Administrator at Stony Brook Medicine is responsible for maintaining the cyber resiliency and patching of production infrastructure. This role involves managing and troubleshooting servers, Citrix applications, VMWare, Active Directory, and backups, while ensuring high standards of communication and teamwork. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to multitask effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 3-4 years of IT experience, or a combination of higher education and relevant experience totaling 8 years.
• 2+ years' experience troubleshooting Virtualization issues and deployment of new servers.
• 2+ years' experience in patching administration.
• 2+ years' experience in server operating systems support.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years' experience of Citrix Administration.
• 2+ years' experience of DNS/DHCP Support.
• 2+ years' experience of Domain Migrations.
• Experience supporting a complex technical environment within the healthcare industry.

Responsibilities

• Administer SBMIT's VMWare environment consisting of 40 Hosts and 1500 virtual servers.
• Keep VM Tools and VM Hardware up to date on all virtual machines.
• Automate patching for all Operating Systems and build documentation and workflows for manual patching exceptions.
• Keep all Hosts on a Patching and proper upgrade cycle, including physical firmware patching.
• Troubleshoot all VMWare related issues and implement proactive monitoring for all VM Hosts and Virtual Servers.
• Assist with migrations from VMWare to Azure Stack HCI and Azure Cloud.
• Administer SBMIT's Citrix environment consisting of 30 application servers.
• Design, document and configure available and acquired compute and storage resources for SBMIT's expanding Citrix and server environment.
• Provide continued support and preservation of both DHCP and DNS.
• Assist in the management of the organization's primary NetScaler's and Load Balancers.
• Assist with domain migrations and infrastructure consolidation efforts.

Benefits

• Generous leave policies
• Health plans
• State pension
• Location pay for UUP, CSEA & PEF full-time positions ($3400)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree