Night Shift Systems Administrator – Onsite IT Ops

Liberty University, Inc.; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA seeks a professional to manage access controls, incident responses, and monitoring for IT infrastructure. The role emphasizes delivering timely patches, documentation, and support for employees.

The position requires 1–3 years in IT, strong communication, and scripting skills, with on-site duties and University benefits including health, retirement, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in IT or equivalent training.
• Experience within customer support.
• Good verbal / written communication skills.
• Ability to follow complex verbal / written instructions.
• Ability to multi-task.
• CompTIA Network+/Security+ / MCSA/RHCSA / LPI Linux Essentials.
• Proficient with scripting languages (Python, Go, Java, Powershell).
• Familiar with containerization and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain permission assignments to applications and services for all employees.
• Coordinate incident response based on monitoring alerts & user-reported issues.
• Manage monitoring tools.
• Maintain patches for Windows and Linux servers.
• Maintain documentation of infrastructure and services.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Ability to follow complex instructions

Multi-tasking

IT support experience

Containerization & CI/CD pipelines

Scripting languages (Python, Go, Java,

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or Computer Science-related field

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Elasticsearch

Job description

Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA seeks a professional to manage access controls, incident responses, and monitoring for IT infrastructure. The role emphasizes delivering timely patches, documentation, and support for employees.

The position requires 1–3 years in IT, strong communication, and scripting skills, with on-site duties and University benefits including health, retirement, and tuition assistance.