Senior Linux & Cloud Systems Administrator

Texas State University; San Marcos (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional Benefits

Generous Time Off

Wellness and Balance

Professional Growth

Welcoming Campus

Tuition Benefits

Retirement Security

Job summary

Texas State University in San Marcos is seeking a Systems Administrator III to join Central System Operations. This role maintains servers and services, ensuring reliability and performance for campus IT services.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Linux administration experience, knowledge of configuration management (Puppet, Chef, Ansible), and solid networking basics. You will work with cloud and on‑prem systems and collaborate with university staff and vendors.

Qualifications

• Two years of Linux administration experience.
• Experience with Puppet, Chef, Ansible or similar configuration management tools.
• Experience with enterprise networking fundamentals (VLAN, Firewall, IP routing).
• Experience troubleshooting server/network problems.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and deploy container images using Ansible and Kubernetes.
• Work independently with minimal direction.
• Keep software and firmware of server systems up to date.
• Recommend improvements to current systems and stay up to date on technology.
• Troubleshoot environment issues and suggest improvements.
• Install and maintain new OS versions and third‑party software.
• Work with change management and revision control systems.
• Administer cloud-hosted and on‑premises services.
• Collaborate with university staff and vendors for support.
• Provide clear documentation for new services and review existing docs.

Skills

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Job description

Texas State University in San Marcos is seeking a Systems Administrator III to join Central System Operations. This role maintains servers and services, ensuring reliability and performance for campus IT services.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Linux administration experience, knowledge of configuration management (Puppet, Chef, Ansible), and solid networking basics. You will work with cloud and on‑prem systems and collaborate with university staff and vendors.