Senior Systems Administrator (Remote from anywhere in Colorado).

State of Colorado; Colorado; Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Colorado is seeking a System Administrator to join the Governor's Office of Information Technology. In this role, you will improve technology support across state agencies, ensuring secure and efficient systems while collaborating within a team focused on operational excellence. Candidates should possess significant IT experience and a robust understanding of both Windows and Linux systems.

Qualifications

• 5 years IT experience, 3 years as a systems administrator.
• Knowledge in managing Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Managing and securing system infrastructure.
• Overseeing installations and configurations.
• Collaborating with teams for seamless operations.

Skills

System Administration

Performance Management

Cloud Environment Management

Scripting

Communication

Education

IT Professional Experience

Relevant Certifications

Tools

Windows

Linux

AWS

Tanium

Splunk

Job description

Department Information

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

Watch this video to learn about how OIT is thinking differently!

Description Of Job

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT’s hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT’s hiring team.

Your combination of people skills and system administrator knowledge makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology supporting the entire State of Colorado? We’re looking for a system administrator who can implement and maintain a system to help us deploy technical solutions across the various agencies that make up the State government.

As a system administrator on our team, you’ll ensure the current infrastructure is functional and available. You’ll help clients overcome tough challenges through monitoring and performance management. Your knowledge will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. Your communication skills will come in handy as you turn metrics into information and articulate their meaning.

This is an opportunity to gain experience in mission critical networks. We focus on growing as a team, so we’ll share techniques, work through challenges, and develop new methodologies together. Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve our great State’s technical footprint.

Some Of The Day To Day Opportunities Include

Managing, optimizing, and securing our system infrastructure, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems.

Overseeing the installation, configuration, and maintenance of critical systems and applications, while proactively identifying and resolving technical issues.

Managing both on-premises and cloud environments, automating routine tasks, and implementing best practices to enhance system performance.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless systems operations and provide guidance to junior administrators to promote a culture of operational excellence.

Management of systems infrastructures, implementing best practices to Identify and recommend system functional specifications, configuration of physical and virtual systems, backup and recovery of IT infrastructure.

Updating and supporting systems by tuning performance, allocating storage space.

Implementing critical patches, reviewing systems performance logs to identify anomalies and troubleshoot issues.

PLEASE NOTE : This position will support the Department of Corrections (DOC) and/or the Department of Public Safety. These agencies require the successful completion of an additional background check, including a physical exam (by position), suitability screening, and urinalysis. Successful candidates may also be subject to random drug screening throughout the course of employment. Successful completion of the background investigation is required before employment may commence.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions Of Employment & Appeal Rights

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

A minimum of five (5) years of experience as an IT professional which must include a minimum of three (3) years experience as a systems administrator within a Windows or Linux environment.

Substitutions

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in state or federal government is preferred.

Experience in a professional, large enterprise-level environment (100+ servers), as a dedicated Systems Administrator.

Experience with Linux operating systems.

Experience managing both on-premise and familiarity interacting with and within cloud environments.

Real-world, hands on experience with at least one Cloud based environment (AWS - Preferred, Azure or GCP).

Scripting experience writing and converting scripts written in bash, python and powershell.

Availability to participate in an on-call rotation.

Experience with centralized system administration and monitoring tools such as Tanium, Splunk, Tenable, CS Falcon Portal or comparable enterprise scale management tools.

Conditions Of Employment

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

Supplemental Information

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time, and benefits that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

Our application process and what to expect after you apply are described in the videos found here .

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [e-mail] or call [phone].

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.