Senior Systems Analyst: Linux, Virtualization & Research

Iowa State University; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite childcare (Ames, IA)

Retirement benefits

Vacation and sick time

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

Iowa State University’s Information Technology Services seeks a Systems Analyst III to lead design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of compute infrastructure supporting research, instruction, and administration. The role focuses on Linux systems engineering, virtualization, storage, cybersecurity-focused instructional environments, and scalable, secure solution design.

The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty, researchers, students, and campus tech partners, managing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain department servers for file sharing, licensing, web, and storage needs.
• Manage operating systems, patching, configuration standards, security controls, authentication services, and performance optimization.
• Administer departmental server room infrastructure.
• Design and manage high-performance storage solutions and backup/recovery systems.
• Design, implement, and support virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE.
• Support instructional and research computing environments requiring complex virtualization architectures.
• Design and manage the virtual environment for Department and College VDI pools.
• Develop and support web applications and the development, test, and production environments.
• Recommend technology solutions that improve efficiency, reliability, security, and user experience.

Skills

Linux administration

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware vSphere

Proxmox VE

Ansible

ZFS storage

Active Directory

Job description

Iowa State University’s Information Technology Services seeks a Systems Analyst III to lead design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of compute infrastructure supporting research, instruction, and administration. The role focuses on Linux systems engineering, virtualization, storage, cybersecurity-focused instructional environments, and scalable, secure solution design.

The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty, researchers, students, and campus tech partners, managing