Senior Applications Administrator - Hybrid/On-Call

Colorado Springs Utilities; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Colorado Springs Utilities is seeking a Senior Applications Administrator to provide advanced, hands-on support for enterprise applications, including cloud and on-premises solutions. You will maintain system health, resolve complex production issues, and collaborate with infrastructure, database teams, and vendors.

The role offers a hybrid schedule with 2 days remote and 3 days on-site. Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of admin experience, a Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/MIS or equivalent, and

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in application or systems administration.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting business-critical, high-availability systems.
• Prior participation in an on-call production environment.
• Strong grasp of troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced administration and operational support for on premise and cloud enterprise applications.
• Support critical utility specific applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues; elevate strategically when needed.
• Participate in a 24×7 on-call rotation to ensure system continuity.
• Project technical execution – ensuring alignment, quality, risk mitigation, and scalability.
• Participate in planning and completing system upgrades, patching strategies, lifecycle management, and architecture evaluations.
• Conduct performance analysis and tuning; identify bottlenecks and partner on solutions.
• Investigating recurring issues and driving long-term stability improvements.
• Maintain system and operational procedural documentation.
• Follow established change, incident, and support processes while collaborating with peers.

Skills

Server administration

Scripting

PowerShell

Batch scripting

Databases

Cloud on-prem

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/MIS

Tools

Monitoring tools

Log analysis tools

Automation tools

Job description

Colorado Springs Utilities is seeking a Senior Applications Administrator to provide advanced, hands-on support for enterprise applications, including cloud and on-premises solutions. You will maintain system health, resolve complex production issues, and collaborate with infrastructure, database teams, and vendors.

The role offers a hybrid schedule with 2 days remote and 3 days on-site. Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of admin experience, a Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/MIS or equivalent, and