System Administrator
Virginia Tech is a comprehensive land-grant institution dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. They are seeking a motivated System Administrator to support secure and compliant technology systems across the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, focusing on system deployments, security updates, and server maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Administers and maintains the College’s endpoint management platforms—Jamf, Intune, and BigFix
- Administers and maintains Active Directory, identity-protection tools, and College servers
- Plays a key role in system deployments, security updates, OS and application patching, server configuration and maintenance
- Ensures devices meet Virginia Tech’s Minimum Security Standards
- Collaborates closely with the CLAHS CTO and IT management and staff to test, deploy, and maintain updates, policies, and services that support a stable technology environment
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent education and/or experience
- Foundational knowledge or coursework related to system administration, server technologies, and endpoint management preferably in an academic or research environment
- Experience with Jamf, Microsoft Intune, BigFix, Active Directory / Azure AD, SQL Server administration and troubleshooting
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Working knowledge of Titanium Schedule or similar SQL-based applications, server setup, configuration, backups, and maintenance (Windows or Linux)
- Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 administration
- Experience with Spirion or other identity-protection tools, understanding of enterprise system administration best practices for patching, configuration, and security
- Experience with automation or reporting tools such as Power Automate, Power BI, or relevant tooling
- Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
- Experience with enterprise endpoint backup systems
- Relevant certifications, including but not limited to Jamf 100, Jamf 200, MD-102: Microsoft Endpoint Administrator Associate, MTA Windows Server Administration Fundamentals, MTA Security Fundamentals
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