System Support Administrator

$51,875 - $81,744/Yr

University of Missouri - Columbia, MO

Full-time - Entry Level

Columbia, MO

Educational Services

About the position

The System Support Administrator at the University of Missouri is responsible for overseeing the MUIDSI/DSA research and computing systems, ensuring the installation, configuration, and maintenance of various network and server infrastructures. This role involves system administration, security, hardware sourcing, and capacity planning, with a focus on managing advanced learning technology infrastructure within the DSA program and the larger MU Informatics Institute.

Responsibilities

• Provide general oversight of MUIDSI/DSA research and computing systems.
• Install, configure, and maintain local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and data communications network.
• Administer physical and virtual servers, including Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Oversee Jupyter learning infrastructure and container cluster for course delivery.
• Maintain discussion boards on MS Teams and version control via GitLab.
• Coordinate with MU DoIT-RCSS for virtual machine infrastructure management.
• Perform system monitoring and verify integrity and availability of hardware and network resources.
• Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs.
• Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access.
• Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses.
• Perform database administration and support tasks for PostgreSQL and other DBMS platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in Linux System Administration.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Kubernetes.
• 5 years' experience administering Linux or other enterprise computing systems.
• Experience with virtual machines and virtual cyberinfrastructure.
• Experience with Jupyter and Git.
• Experience with database administration.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Retirement plans.
• Paid time off.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid caregiver leave.
• Educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses.