Senior Enterprise Systems Administrator

Lane Transit District (LTD); Eugene (OR); On-site; USD 101,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Eugene, Oregon is seeking a Systems Administrator to maintain and optimize our enterprise systems infrastructure under IT leadership. You will manage server platforms, virtualization, storage, backups, and core services to ensure secure, reliable 24x7 operations.

This hands-on role emphasizes monitoring, incident response, change execution, and documentation, with collaboration across IT teams and vendors.

Qualifications

• This position requires demonstrated experience administering enterprise systems in a production environment.
• Four years of experience performing operational systems administration in a production environment, including server platforms, virtualization, storage, and backup and recovery systems.
• Demonstrated experience administering and supporting core enterprise services including Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy.
• Two years of experience supporting Microsoft 365 Productivity and Collaboration, Identify and Access Management, Security and Compliance, Infrastructure and Management, and Backup and Data Protection.
• Familiarity with ITIL practices related to incident, problem, and change management.
• Industry certifications or formal training related to systems administration, virtualization, or cloud services, or demonstrated progress toward certification.
• Experience using scripting or automation tools such as PowerShell to support system administration tasks.

Responsibilities

• Monitor enterprise systems including servers, virtualization platforms, storage, backups, and core services. Respond to alerts and take corrective action to maintain system availability and performance.
• Perform routine system administration tasks including patching, updates, maintenance, and verification of system health.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve system issues affecting infrastructure, applications, or users. Triage highly complex or non-standard issues to the Senior Systems Engineer or vendors with clear documentation.
• Serve as escalation resource for system related incidents, working with IT teams and vendors to drive issues to resolution.
• Administer virtualization, storage, and backup and recovery platforms, including routine maintenance, capacity monitoring, and operational testing.
• Support and administer core enterprise services including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Hybrid services
• Support identity integration and authentication workflows across on-premises and cloud systems, including Entra ID.
• Administer and support Microsoft 365 services including Productivity and Collaboration, Identify and Access Management, Security and Compliance, Infrastructure and Management, and Backup and Data Protection
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to support system administration tasks, automation, reporting, and operational consistency.
• Maintain, test, and execute backup and recovery processes, and support disaster recovery readiness and exercises.
• Execute approved system changes and configurations following established designs, standards, and change management procedures.
• Participate in system builds, upgrades, migrations, and IT lifecycle tasks
• Coordinate with vendors and track support cases through resolution
• Create and maintain accurate system documentation including configurations, procedures, inventories, and operational runbooks.
• Participate in IT change management processes by preparing change documentation and supporting implementation readiness and back out planning.
• Assist with compliance and security efforts by performing routine checks and implementing remediation actions as directed.
• Analyze system performance trends and recommend operational improvements.
• Administer and support enterprise printing services, including print servers, driver management, queue configuration, and operational troubleshooting.
• Provide Tier 2 operational support for enterprise conference room systems, including Microsoft Teams Rooms and associated hardware systems; troubleshoot incidents, coordinate vendor escalation when required, and maintain conferencing documentation and asset records in alignment with IT standards and change management processes.

Skills

ITIL familiarity

Scripting / automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field

Tools

PowerShell

Active Directory

DNS

DHCP

Group Policy

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Backup and Recovery

Job description

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Eugene, Oregon is seeking a Systems Administrator to maintain and optimize our enterprise systems infrastructure under IT leadership. You will manage server platforms, virtualization, storage, backups, and core services to ensure secure, reliable 24x7 operations.

This hands-on role emphasizes monitoring, incident response, change execution, and documentation, with collaboration across IT teams and vendors.