New College Grad - ID1 IT System Administrator

3000 Micron Idaho Semiconductor Manufacturing (Triton) LLC; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology seeks an IT System Administrator to monitor and enhance mission-critical environments, coordinating changes, and partnering with global teams and vendors to restore and improve service. You will drive automation and operational excellence through standardization, documentation, and proactive engineering.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted analytics, proactive troubleshooting, capacity planning, and secure, scalable infrastructure across Linux and Windows servers, with on-call

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Hands-on Linux or Windows server administration experience.
• Automation experience with scripting and Ansible preferred.
• Basic understanding of networks, TCP/IP, directory services, and enterprise backups.
• Awareness of AI concepts and AI-assisted operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day system administration across server platforms and virtualization.
• Monitor system health, performance metrics, and logs to prevent incidents.
• Coordinate changes through formal change management processes.
• Collaborate with global teams and vendors to restore and improve services.
• Develop automation and tooling to reduce manual effort and raise quality.
• Participate in on-call rotation and emergency response as required.
• Leverage AI-powered insights to optimize operations and troubleshooting.

Skills

Linux administration

Windows server admin

Scripting (Shell, Python)

Ansible/configuration management

AI concepts familiarity

Networking basics (TCP/IP)

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Virtualization platforms

Automation tooling

Job description

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

We are seeking an IT System Administrator to support and enhance mission-critical environments by monitoring system health, delivering lifecycle activities, managing incidents/problems, coordinating changes, and partnering with global teams and vendors to restore and improve service. You will also help drive automation and operational excellence through standardization, documentation, and proactive engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical direction and administration across server platforms and virtualization to keep systems stable, secure, and performant.
• Monitor system performance metrics, review log files, perform trend analysis, and take proactive actions to prevent incidents and reduce repeat issues.
• Implement changes through a formal change management process (planning, risk/impact review, testing, communication, documentation, and rollback strategy).
• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors for case escalation, troubleshooting, and problem resolution.
• Support operational reporting and address abnormalities, risks, and passback items; drive actions to reduce issue and incident counts.
• Perform capacity planning, lifecycle refresh planning, patching/firmware management, and upgrades to sustain compliance and availability.
• Participate in site emergency response / ERT bridge coordination as required to support restoration of services during critical events.
• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule and respond to urgent issues following defined expectations.
• Develop automation and tooling to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and raise operational quality.
• Leverage AI-powered tools and intelligent automation solutions to improve operational efficiency, accelerate troubleshooting, and enhance service delivery.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement opportunities to incorporate AI, machine learning, and generative AI capabilities into infrastructure operations, monitoring, and support processes.
• Use AI-assisted analytics to proactively identify system risks, performance trends, and optimization opportunities.

Minimum Requirements

• BS Degree in Computer Science
• Hands-on experience with Linux or Windows server administration.
• Experience in automation using scripting languages like Shell and Python, along with configuration management tools like Ansible, is preferred.
• Basic understanding of Network architectures, TCP/IP, name resolution, directory services, large enterprise SAN, NAS, and enterprise Backup environments.
• Basic understanding of AI, machine learning, generative AI concepts, and AI-assisted operational tools.

Preferred Requirements

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze data, identify patterns, and leverage AI-driven insights for decision-making and problem resolution.
• Willingness to attend meetings during non-business hours (up to one day weekly).
• Experience in physically racking and cabling data center equipment.
• Experience using AI-powered productivity, automation, or analytics tools to improve operational effectiveness.

Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays.

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards. Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.