What are the responsibilities and job description for the Windows System Administrator position at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy?
The Windows System Administrator is a full time position on the IT Engineering Team at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. The IT Engineering team is tasked with providing server and network infrastructure services. Off-hour remote and on-site support is required as necessary.
The internationally recognized Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) develops creative, ethical leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As a teaching and learning laboratory created by the State of Illinois, IMSA enrolls academically talented Illinois students (grades 10-12) in its advanced, residential college preparatory program. It also serves thousands of educators and students in Illinois and beyond through innovative instructional programs that foster imagination and inquiry (www.imsa.edu).
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive teaching and learning environment. Through a model of Equity and Excellence, IMSA has committed to advancing equity in STEM education and representation and creating a diverse, inclusive community of global citizens who can realize their full potential and execute our mission to advance the human condition.
This position will support IMSA's Equity and Excellence work by ensuring the delivery of quality, equitable, and inclusive support while promoting and maintaining an inclusive work environment and culture that embraces the diversity of people and perspectives collaborating at IMSA to ignite and nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that advance the human condition. The Chief Business and Operations Officer is instrumental in devising strategies to fund necessary support programs to ensure students from Culturally, Linguistically, and Economically Diverse (CLED) backgrounds are successful.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Required qualifications for this position include
The preferred qualifications for this position include
Work is performed in an office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards. Substantial time is spent working on a computer. This role generally requires mobility, written and verbal communication, hearing and visual capabilities, bending, stooping, finger dexterity, repetitive motions, loading, unloading and moving materials/boxes weighing up to 50 pounds.. However, reasonable accommodations, including assistive technology, may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform such requirements.
Salary And Benefits
This position is a full-time, exempt, 12-month, employment-at-will position. Salary regionally commensurate with training and experience in like-institutions with a range of $81,500 to $99,500. IMSA offers a comprehensive state benefits package (major medical, dental, vision, and prescription) with rates found here, a generous paid time off plan, and a retirement plan through the State University Retirement System (SURS). SURS is reciprocal with other Illinois public retirement systems such as the Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois (TRS) and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF).
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, or national origin. This policy also includes the handicapped and all disabled Vietnam era veterans. IMSA utilizes only job-related criteria in making decisions concerning applicants and employees.
The internationally recognized Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) develops creative, ethical leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As a teaching and learning laboratory created by the State of Illinois, IMSA enrolls academically talented Illinois students (grades 10-12) in its advanced, residential college preparatory program. It also serves thousands of educators and students in Illinois and beyond through innovative instructional programs that foster imagination and inquiry (www.imsa.edu).
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive teaching and learning environment. Through a model of Equity and Excellence, IMSA has committed to advancing equity in STEM education and representation and creating a diverse, inclusive community of global citizens who can realize their full potential and execute our mission to advance the human condition.
This position will support IMSA's Equity and Excellence work by ensuring the delivery of quality, equitable, and inclusive support while promoting and maintaining an inclusive work environment and culture that embraces the diversity of people and perspectives collaborating at IMSA to ignite and nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that advance the human condition. The Chief Business and Operations Officer is instrumental in devising strategies to fund necessary support programs to ensure students from Culturally, Linguistically, and Economically Diverse (CLED) backgrounds are successful.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Co-responsibility for operation of Windows and Linux servers used in the Academy computing system
- Co-responsibility for the operation of the core services provided (email, web, directory, file and print, etc.)
- Assist in operation of network infrastructure
- Build and implement new systems per specifications
- Planning and implementing system upgrades, application updates, product evaluation and purchase recommendations
- Maintenance and security patch management
- System monitoring via tools, log analysis and reports
- Co-manage disk storage sub-systems (RAID, SAN)
- Performing regular system preventative maintenance
- Performance analysis and system tuning
- System and service integration
- Create technical documentation as required
- Other duties as assigned
The Required qualifications for this position include
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in the information technology field.
- Proven working experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting Windows based servers.
- 5 years’ experience with Windows Server OS versions; 2016, 2019, 2022
- Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, IIS and Windows networking.
- 5 years managing and supporting Microsoft SQL Server/Databases and working in SQL Server Management Studio
- Good familiarity with system and network protocols (DNS, DHCP, SMTP, HTML, SSH, NFS, etc.)
- Experience working with Dell Hardware and Dell Storage
- Familiarity with AI Platform and AI Tools
- Experience with installing, configuring and administration of WSUS for patch management.
- Experience with administering virtualization and storage infrastructure (VMware ESXi 8.0 and VSAN)
- Experience with administering Omnissa(VMware) Horizon environments
- Working knowledge of Crowdstrike Falcon platform
- Experience with administering JumpCloud Directory Services
- Experience with Nagios based products (Nagios, Nagios Log Server)
- Ability to program in administrative scripting languages, such as Powershell, VBscript, Perl, Python
- Experience providing 2nd and 3rd tier technical support
- Excellence in problem-solving skills
The preferred qualifications for this position include
- Preferred Microsoft Technical Certification(s)
- MCSA - Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
- MCSE - Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
- Experience with Egnyte Platform
- Intermediate experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x and 8.x
- Experience with Tableau or equivalent experience with Business Intelligence software
- Experience with Veeam Backup and Replication
- Familiarity with Single Sign Solutions - Onelogin
- Experience with network operating systems, especially Cisco switching and routing.
Work is performed in an office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards. Substantial time is spent working on a computer. This role generally requires mobility, written and verbal communication, hearing and visual capabilities, bending, stooping, finger dexterity, repetitive motions, loading, unloading and moving materials/boxes weighing up to 50 pounds.. However, reasonable accommodations, including assistive technology, may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform such requirements.
Salary And Benefits
This position is a full-time, exempt, 12-month, employment-at-will position. Salary regionally commensurate with training and experience in like-institutions with a range of $81,500 to $99,500. IMSA offers a comprehensive state benefits package (major medical, dental, vision, and prescription) with rates found here, a generous paid time off plan, and a retirement plan through the State University Retirement System (SURS). SURS is reciprocal with other Illinois public retirement systems such as the Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois (TRS) and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF).
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, or national origin. This policy also includes the handicapped and all disabled Vietnam era veterans. IMSA utilizes only job-related criteria in making decisions concerning applicants and employees.
Salary : $81,500 - $99,500
