Occidental College
Human Resources
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Telephone: 323/259-2613

Questions:
hr@oxy.edu

JOB SUMMARY

The Systems Administrator works within the Networking, Operations and Systems (NOS) group, a technical team of specialized individuals responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, and maintenance of the enterprise computing environment.

The person in this role is responsible for developing and maintaining processes for deploying operating systems, applications, upgrades, security fixes and patches to campus systems and network devices.

This individual will coordinate integration activities with other NOS group members and other Information Technology Services staff.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides management experience for the campus computing environment, including Microsoft Active Directory; Application, Server and Desktop Virtualization; Windows Server Update Services and Apple Remote Desktop.

• Establishes standard practices, configurations and procedures for deploying operating systems, applications, upgrades, and updates to campus systems and network devices.

• Designs tools, scripts, and procedures to automate and enhance the operations, monitoring and failure recovery of network services.

• Works with the Senior Systems Administrator and Senior Network Administrator to identify, research, evaluate and implement emerging technologies.

• Acts as mentor and shares knowledge collaboratively with other ITS operations staff.

• Participates in on-call rotation with other members of the NOS group, and in periodic off-hours maintenance windows.

• Documents system builds and application configurations according to standard processes.

• Maintains and updates documentation as changes are necessary.            

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Required:

• 2-4 years experience in progressively greater technical roles in the area of systems administration.

• 2+ years of scripting experience (Perl, VBScript, AppleScript, shell scripting, etc.).

• Knowledge of SAN infrastructure and server/desktop virtualization.

• Superb written and oral communication skills.

• Excellent time management and organizational skills.

• Must possess fundamental knowledge of operating systems, complex system electronics, and enterprise application implementation.

• Must apply this knowledge to areas of project management, system maintenance, system architecture, and general problem-solving.

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate into technical requirements.

Desired Qualities:

• Demonstrates Initiative:  Works proactively to identify deficiencies, and to recommend and/or implement the necessary solutions, methods, procedures, or projects to correct them.

• Action Oriented:  Works diligently and exudes a high level of energy, thinks quickly on one's feet, makes things happen, maximizes spontaneous opportunities and eagerly pursues new challenges.

• Analytical:  Works to understand a complex situation, issue or problem by breaking it down into smaller pieces.  uses a step-by-step approach to evaluate consequences and implications.

• Problem Solving: analyzes interrelated elements of problems and works systematically to solve them; uses sound judgment to develop efficient and feasible resolutions to challenging issues.

*****

To apply, submit resume and cover letter to:

 resumes@oxy.edu

 *****