Administrator Jobs in Las Vegas, NV

The System Administrator provides full-time systems administration services in the school's IT department. The incumbent builds and deploys systems autonomously or with minimal direction from senior staff members. System administration includes tasks such as operating systems and application version upgrades, application of patches, performance tuning, troubleshooting hardware and software, hardware maintenance and growth projections, backup, recovery, security and engineering and administration of enterprise and departmental storage services. This is an on-site, in-person position.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure maximum availability and high performance of hardware and supporting software within the IT department.
• Develop, schedule, coordinate and implement goals and plans for all assigned systems. Builds and deploys systems autonomously or with minimal direction from senior staff members.
• Provides stable, robust and secure systems and applications. Secures servers using best practice methodologies. Ensures modern and secure enterprise systems and applications that meet the growing needs of the organization.
• Perform system administration tasks on any of the servers, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, VMWare and applications such as Viewpoint and Sage, and various storage technologies, the department is responsible for either as a primary responsibility or in a backup capacity.
• Administer maintenance tasks such as operating system and application version upgrades, application of patches to ensure stability of systems, performance tuning, troubleshooting hardware and software, hardware maintenance, system backups and system security monitoring and enforcement.
• Research new systems technologies for implementation into current environments as part of upgrades or enhancement planning. Work with other IT staff to proactively research and evaluate new technology and incorporate applicable new technology into existing topologies to improve server performance and availability, ease system administration and maximize system security.
• Leads and participates in projects. Identifying tasks and creating timetables are required. Plan and meet project goals and while ensuring quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with colleagues and end-users to complete projects in a timely fashion. Plan server and client migration between software releases while planning for growth, perform disaster recovery planning and implementation, and ensure that the servers are tuned for peak performance.
• Maintain accurate, up to date documentation of all systems under your responsibility.
• Plan, manage and supervise systems, requiring high ethical standards.
• Provide excellent service, by listening to customers and understanding their needs; help customers solve problems; demonstrate an eagerness to help; exhibit a professional disposition; be approachable, respectful, and team-oriented; take ownership of inquiries and assignments; provide updates for customers; and be familiar with the basic operations of the university in order to understand customer needs better.
• Functions effectively in a Matrix Management environment.
• Completes any duties and special assignments as requested.

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND CERTIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES QUALIFICATIONS

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

UNLV Health will provide equal opportunity employment to all employees and applicants for employment. No person shall be discriminated against in employment because of race, color, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or intellectual disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law.

If you have any questions about our interview and hiring procedures, please contact Recruitment at [email protected].