Systems Administrator Senior

* Job Title: Systems Administrator Senior

* Grade: Exempt 57

* Job Code: 126176

* Complex responsibilities related to primary focus of job area. Uses best practices and in-depth business knowledge to solve complex problems and improve products or services. May adapt procedures, processes and techniques to meet the more complex requirements of position.

* Establish, test, and implement procedures for application or data backup and recovery.

* Maintain application or IT systems including installation of patches, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and tuning.

* Develop, test, implement, and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures.

* Ensure a high degree of accuracy, coordination and administration of respective databases, systems and applications.

* Provide real time support and updates to databases, networks and systems.

* Install and upgrade application systems or IT systems (operating systems, storage systems, Data Center hardware, or databases) independently or as part of a team.

* Assist in coordination, and monitoring of systems, databases and system software for problems or needed modifications.

* Utilize project management skills to carry out responsibilities.

* Support multiple, complex, and/or advanced application or IT systems.

* Perform impact analysis of new or expanding application or IT systems and coordinate with Systems Analysts to determine upgrades necessary to meet service level requirements.

* Provide input to planning groups on the impact of prospective upgrades and work effort required.

* Maintain understanding of future direction of technologies and products for application or IT systems supported.

* All other duties as assigned.

* Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical discipline, And 6 years experience supporting multiple, complex and/or advanced application or IT systems; Or

* High School Diploma/GED And 10 years experience supporting multiple, complex and/or advanced application or IT systems.

* Extensive hours working at a PC.

* May be required to work non-standard work schedules.

* Member will not be required to drive in order to perform their job duties.

* Member is not required to perform any safety sensitive duties.

* Ability to work with minimal supervision; self motivated.

* Ability to communicate effectively in speech and writing with members at all levels throughout the organization and outside professionals.

* Customer Oriented.

* Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts.

* Strong knowledge of most aspects of operating administration.

* Team player.

* Ability to conceive of human interface with technology.

* Ability to solve complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions.

* Ability to make independent decisions.

* Strong interpersonal and communication skills; make presentations to an internal audiences.

* Ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities; project management sklls

* Pre-Employment Drug Screen

$86,341 - $115,128