Systems Engineer or Senior Systems Engineer
About The Position
Join the University of Dayton's IT department and play a key role in supporting the reliable, secure technology services that power our University community. In this role, you will work alongside other members of the Enterprise Enabling Technologies team to maintain our server environments, monitor system performance and security, apply upgrades, and help support a stable infrastructure. You will also work with other cross-functional teams across UDit to build new enterprise systems. This is a full-time, benefit-eligible position offering a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, retirement, paid time off, holidays, and tuition assistance. This position provides systems administration support for the University’s Windows and Linux servers, and associated software packages. You will perform server administration of virtual and physical servers, maintain server hardware, manage change, monitor performance, and perform system maintenance. You will monitor security alerts and install tested patches and upgrades. You will work in conjunction with leadership, systems architect, and other systems engineers to apply systems standards to servers to ensure a stable and secure environment. The position will require occasional on-call hours (after hours, weekends, and holidays).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field OR at least four years of equivalent relevant experience required
- Experience with OS (linux / windows) installation and administration
- Working knowledge of servers, networking, firewalls, and virtualization
- Experience working on multiple projects in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of users and support staff
- Ability to collaborate professionally with a diverse group of users and support staff
- For Senior Systems Engineer: At least three years of relevant professional experience as a Systems Engineer in an enterprise environment
Nice To Haves
- At least five years of experience in a Systems Engineer environment
- Direct experience with Banner, Oracle
- Experience working with virtualization technologies (XCP-ng, Proxmox, VMWare)
- Experience working with containerization technologies (Podman, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with databases (MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres)
- Experience with load balancers / reverse proxies (F5, HAProxy)
- Experience with Java Application Servers (Tomcat, Jetty)
- Experience with HTTP Servers (Apache, Caddy)
- Experience working with SAN and NAS storage technologies
- Experience working with HP Blades
- Working knowledge of networking
- Demonstrated troubleshooting on a variety of systems
- Prior professional work experience in higher education
- Previous relevant experience in a large, enterprise environment
Responsibilities
- Maintain server environments
- Monitor system performance and security
- Apply upgrades
- Support a stable infrastructure
- Build new enterprise systems
- Provide systems administration support for the University’s Windows and Linux servers, and associated software packages
- Perform server administration of virtual and physical servers
- Maintain server hardware
- Manage change
- Monitor performance
- Perform system maintenance
- Monitor security alerts
- Install tested patches and upgrades
- Apply systems standards to servers to ensure a stable and secure environment
Benefits
- health
- dental
- retirement
- paid time off
- holidays
- tuition assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
