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Budget Title: Lead Programmer Analyst (SL-3)

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

The Linux Systems Administrator is a technical team member responsible for developing and advancing Binghamton University's enterprise systems in the Information Technology Services Department. Reporting to the Associate Director of Enterprise Systems, the Linux Systems Administrator position serves as a technical resource, working with the other Systems Administrators to develop, support, and maintain services and integrations with various Linux and Windows based systems/servers across the university. The Systems team identifies and builds solutions that are reliable, scalable, and based on proven technologies by vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft, VMWare, RedHat and many others.

Responsibilities include:

+ Perform complex analytical, programming, and other maintenance activities associated with supporting various systems, services, and interfaces.

+ Install, configure, and maintain the University's Linux environments, including designing the architecture of the system, installing databases, and creating scripts for specific application use cases.

+ Perform routine system maintenance, resolve server-side issues as they arise, create system back-ups, monitor performance, and maintain system level security.

+ Assist, investigate, and become familiar with emerging technologies with the intent of implementation and act as a resource for developing standards for these technologies.

+ Work with the Associate Director, team members, project leaders, managers, and other departments on technical designs and consultations.

+ Assist in maintaining and reviewing a centrally located repository of documentation. Documentation should describe the infrastructure and architecture of the systems, program development, logic, coding, testing, changes, modifications, and execution instructions necessary for operations.

+ Help support the University's server, storage and data infrastructure.

+ Able to interpret and apply technical configuration specifications for servers, server operating systems, networked data storage, and disaster recovery systems.

+ Provide technical support and guidance to functional areas and end-users as needed.

+ Other department-specific applications and activities as assigned.

+ Possess a demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, and the ability to deal with ambiguity in a changing business environment.

Job Requirements:

+ Associate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Sciences, or a related field

+ At least two years of relevant experience in building, integrating, and maintaining Linux systems infrastructure, with demonstrated proficiency in systems and server administration

+ Understanding of system development principles, development processes, and requirements gathering

+ Experience working with enterprise information systems, file servers, networked data storage, application software, and disaster recovery tools

+ Ability to interpret and apply technical configuration specifications for servers, server operating systems, networked data storage, and disaster recovery systems

+ Familiarity with UNIX and Linux shell scripting

+ Well-developed analytical and problem-solving abilities

+ Clear, organized approach to creating and maintaining documentation

+ Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate in team-based environments. Comfortable working through ambiguity and change in evolving work settings

Position Preferences:

+ Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems/sciences, or a related field

+ Knowledge of computer hardware, software, programming languages, analysis, and educational systems

+ Ability to understand and/or use languages and tools such as C, Java, PHP, PL/SQL, Python, and AD/LDAP

+ Experience working with containers (e.g. Docker), virtualization (e.g. VMWare ESXi) and databases (e.g. Oracle)

+ Experience with automation (e.g. Ansible), observability (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana) and configuration management tools

+ Experience with cloud hosting providers such as AWS, Azure, etc.

+ Familiarity with Windows Powershell scripting

+ Experience with Windows server administration is a plus

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Additional Information:

Offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials.

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