Systems Administrator I: Enterprise IT & API Automation

nc; North Carolina; On-site; USD 76,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Carolina Community College System is seeking a Systems Administrator I (NS) to deliver technical and administrative services for system software, networks, and hardware. You will diagnose issues, install and upgrade software, and optimize performance to keep systems reliable.

The role requires evaluating capacity needs, coordinating upgrades, and documenting changes while supporting CI/CD and AI-enabled development tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT or related field with 2 years of progressive systems software experience.
• Associate degree with 3 years of progressive systems software experience.
• Equivalent education/experience combinations may apply.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve system-related issues.
• Install, upgrade, configure, maintain, and optimize system software.
• Provide operational support for hardware infrastructure.
• Monitor performance to assess capacity and optimization opportunities.
• Coordinate and test software changes from upgrades to minimize user impact.

Skills

Software development

APIs & workflows

Requirements analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical documentation

AI-enabled tooling

SQL & PostgreSQL

JavaScript & React

Groovy

CI/CD practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or IT

Associate degree in CS or IT

Tools

SQL

PostgreSQL

JavaScript

React

Groovy

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

CI/CD

Data pipelines

AI tools

Job description

The North Carolina Community College System is seeking a Systems Administrator I (NS) to deliver technical and administrative services for system software, networks, and hardware. You will diagnose issues, install and upgrade software, and optimize performance to keep systems reliable.

The role requires evaluating capacity needs, coordinating upgrades, and documenting changes while supporting CI/CD and AI-enabled development tools.