IT Systems Administrator III

County of Riverside, CA - Moreno Valley, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Moreno Valley, CA

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Riverside University Health System - Medical Center is hiring for the position of IT Systems Administrator III (ITSA III) for the Information Services Department located in Moreno Valley. The position offers a hybrid schedule with remote work a couple days a week available. The ideal ITSA III incumbent must be able to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment with skills to work individually and as a team member. This position requires technical deep dive and hands-on experience operating a large enterprise organization and be able to multi-task and work under pressure to meet scheduled targets.

Responsibilities

• Determine hardware and operating system resource requirements.
• Plan and implement hardware installation and upgrades; maintain physical technical infrastructure, directories, and system documentation; plan and implement operating system and application upgrades.
• Monitor resource use, and tailor and tune to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Conduct analysis of network and system management, capacity planning, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
• Develop utility programs and shell scripts (e.g., backup, security); evaluate software; assist with application testing.
• Develop system security and firewall requirements based on industry standards and management preferences; plan and implement systems backups, coordinating recoveries, including offsite disaster recovery.
• Research, evaluate, and test proposed products, product versions, and systems solutions; coordinate design, installation, and support activities with application vendors.
• Evaluate conformance of system security and database integration requirements with County standards.

Requirements

• Completion of 30 semester or 45 quarter units from an accredited college or university, preferably with coursework in computer science, computer information systems, data processing, information management, or a related field.
• Four years of successful journey level IT systems administrator job-related experience, one year of which included either lead level duties or technically advanced IT system administrator job-related work.
• Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in the course of work for the IT Systems Administrator series.
• Ability to gather and analyze data, reason logically, draw valid conclusions and make appropriate recommendations.
• Ability to resolve technical problems and innovate more efficient use of IT resources.
• Ability to perform systems analysis work and problem solving.

Nice-to-haves

• Support of a networked, multi-user, or single platform mid-range (e.g., UNIX/NT/VMS) system.
• Use of OEM, third party tools, and native scripts/languages to perform upgrades, tuning and security administration.