IT Systems & Data Infrastructure Engineer

Ugajobsearch; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Georgia is seeking an IT Systems Support Professional in Athens to design, implement, and manage a scalable infrastructure supporting research and academics. The role focuses on server, storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery systems while ensuring security and performance.

The position collaborates with faculty, IT leadership, and vendors to align technology solutions with institutional objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience with 2 years of professional IT experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise data storage and virtual infrastructure.
• Ensure data availability, performance, and long-term sustainability of storage and compute resources.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and optimize virtual environments and related infrastructure.

Skills

Enterprise virtualization

Storage administration

Backup and recovery

Active Directory & DNS/DHCP

Linux administration

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

Windows & Linux mix

Security best practices

Disaster recovery planning

Collaboration & communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

The University of Georgia is seeking an IT Systems Support Professional in Athens to design, implement, and manage a scalable infrastructure supporting research and academics. The role focuses on server, storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery systems while ensuring security and performance.

The position collaborates with faculty, IT leadership, and vendors to align technology solutions with institutional objectives.