Senior Systems Administrator – Hybrid IT Reliability Lead

University of Texas at Dallas; Richardson (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Benefits

BCBS PPO Medical Insurance Options

AD&D Insurance

Dental & Vision Plan Options

Disability Insurance

TRS Retirement Plan

Fertility Benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

UT Dallas is seeking a Systems Administrator to support operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of research and administrative technology environments. The role administers applications, servers, cloud services, identity and access controls, data storage, backups, and related infrastructure to help ensure systems remain secure, reliable, and available.

This position works with university departments, central IT teams, and external vendors to implement technology solutions, resolve

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in IT.
• Experience with enterprise applications and cloud services, identity and access management, scripting, automation, and integrations; research, higher education, or other compliance-sensitive environments; staff supervision; technical documentation; and relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, monitor, and maintain applications, servers, cloud services, storage, and related technology infrastructure.
• Manage user access, permissions, authentication, and system integrations, including single sign-on and other identity-management functions.
• Coordinate and perform application installations, upgrades, patches, configuration changes, migrations, and system lifecycle activities.
• Monitor system availability, performance, capacity, and security; investigate and resolve complex technical issues.
• Maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes and assist with testing system restoration capabilities.
• Support secure data storage, transfer, migration, validation, and reconciliation activities.
• Develop scripts, automation, and technical solutions that improve system administration, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors, and university technology teams while maintaining system documentation, procedures, configuration records, and implementation handoffs.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and technical leadership to assigned staff, including coordinating work, establishing priorities, providing guidance and mentoring, and reviewing work for quality and completeness.

Skills

Systems Administration

Cloud services

Identity and access management

Scripting and automation

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS or related field

Job description

UT Dallas is seeking a Systems Administrator to support operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of research and administrative technology environments. The role administers applications, servers, cloud services, identity and access controls, data storage, backups, and related infrastructure to help ensure systems remain secure, reliable, and available.

This position works with university departments, central IT teams, and external vendors to implement technology solutions, resolve