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Job Description:

IT Systems Administrator

Purpose:

Under moderate supervision, this position provides daily operations maintenance and support for highly reliable systems, using broad skills and current knowledge of information technology systems.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Monitors, troubleshoots, diagnoses, tests, evaluates, and makes recommendations to resolve system problems as well as define disaster recovery plans and develop network test plans.

• Implements, configures, manages, administers, maintains, and monitors software and hardware to include systems, applications, middleware, servers, and storage.

• Procures new software and hardware for systems, applications, middleware, servers, and storage technologies.

• Evaluates system performance and health checks by implementing tuning improvements and performing system sizing estimates.

• Contributes to the planning, forecasting, budgeting, procuring, and implementing new system hardware and software including the retirement of existing systems and components.

• Assists with development of solution-based cost analysis.

• Coordinates and communicates the installation, configuration, and maintenance of systems and components with customer departments and project teams.

• Monitors services provided by vendors to ensure service levels are met.

• Monitors and assists in management of equipment inventory.

• Implements system security procedures and ensure compliance of all security policies, procedures and standards.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

• None

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure and server technologies.

• Knowledge of application and/or operating systems.

• Knowledge of networking/telephony operating systems and network/telephony monitoring and management applications.

• Knowledge of industry and department best practices, requirements and policies and procedures.

• Knowledge of system capacity planning.

• Skill in documenting and maintaining application and process or configuration information.

• Skill in providing day-to-day system/application administration and/or system/application administration in support in a variety of work environments.

• Skill in installing and maintaining applications or operating systems or equipment.

• Skill in selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new concepts.

• Ability to accurately identify/determine customer needs and take appropriate actions and/or steps to address identified needs.

• Ability to recognize, value, and include different perspectives, experiences, approaches, and cultures in achieving organizational goals.

• Ability to gain and maintain the trust and confidence of others and the organization through consistency and reliability.

• Ability to give, receive, or share thoughts, ideas, perspective, and data to create shared understanding.

• Ability to define, analyze, and find solutions for difficult or complex problems.

• Ability to view the big picture.

• Ability to quickly become familiar with emerging technologies.

• Ability to identify trends as well as isolated events.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of education from an accredited college or university in a field related to the job plus two (2) years of related experience.

• Experience may substitute for education up to two (2) years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience complying with regulatory controls, i.e., North American Electric Reliability (NERC) regulations, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),

• Experience monitoring modern physical and virtual data center infrastructure (systems, applications, middleware, servers, storage, and backup).

• Experience communicating, collaborating, and coordinating server and application infrastructure updates with the affected stakeholders.

• Experience supporting server-related and site maintenance issues, including routine maintenance and patching.

• Experience managing system backups and restore activities.

• Experience managing Certificates within AppviewX.

• Experience working with Power Plant operations and critical applications.

Other:

• Ability to travel to more than one work location.

Notes to Candidate:

Austin Energy Data Center Operations seeks an IT Systems Administrator to support various systems in a modern, complex infrastructure. The administrator's duties include implementing, managing, and maintaining highly complex, secure, and reliable systems infrastructure. Documentation and troubleshooting of system components. This position requires on-call rotation to support 24-hour utility operations and travel between local sites to survey in support of the integrated Data Center Operation solutions.

The primary duties of the position:

• Monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose, test, evaluate, and make recommendations to resolve system problems, define disaster recovery plans, and develop system test plans.

• Implement, configure, manage, administer, maintain, and monitor software and hardware, including systems, applications, middleware, servers, storage, and backup.

• Assist and monitor AppViewX Certificates and communicate changes as needed.

• Evaluate system performance and health checks by implementing tuning improvements and performing system sizing estimates.

• Coordinate and communicate systems and components’ installation, configuration, and maintenance with customer departments and project teams.

• Monitor and assist in the management of equipment inventory with IT Infrastructure Teams.

• Implement system security procedures and ensure compliance with all security policies, procedures, and standards.

• Travel to multiple work locations and participate in on-call rotation within the 24-hour utility operations.

Pay Range: $68,660.00 - $85,830.00 annually

Schedule:

• Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (40-hour work week).

• Additional work hours may be required to support 24-hour Utility operations, including evenings, weekends, holidays, inclement weather, and emergency closures.

• Infrastructure team members are required to be onsite a minimum of twice a week.

Location: 2500 Montopolis Dr., Austin, Texas 78741

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Working with Austin Energy provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities and more. Please click HERE for more information.

Please be aware that the Job Posting Close Date reflects the final day to apply, but the posting will close at 11:59 PM the day before the date listed. All application steps, including attachments and submission, must be fully completed before that time.

We also recommend that you save or print a copy of the job posting for your records. Once a posting has closed, it will no longer be viewable in the system.

DEPARTMENT MAY CLOSE THIS JOB POSTING AT ANY TIME AFTER 7 DAYS.

WHEN COMPLETING THE CITY OF AUSTIN APPLICATION:

• The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered.

• Please be sure that your application is a reflection of your entire work history. A detailed and complete employment application is required to help us better evaluate your qualifications and will be used to determine salary if you are selected for this position.  

• Describe your specific experience for each position. Include all job duties, responsibilities, and employment dates.

• Resumes will not be accepted. Statements such as “see resume” will not be accepted.  You may use “N/A” for fields that are not applicable. 

• Starting salary will be based on overall relevant experience from your employment application.  

• Supplemental information or changes to your application will not be accepted after the job posting closes.

• The responses to the supplemental questions should reference the employment history listed in the employment history section. 

• Once the requisition has closed, the application cannot be changed to update work history, supplemental questions, or any other information.

• We reserve the right to verify high school and college education for the top candidate(s).

If you have any questions regarding your City of Austin employment application, please use the official website of the City of Austin as reference. www.austintexas.gov

Travel:

If you are selected for this position and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Standards, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

WORK HOURS:

This position has been designated as critical for the City of Austin. Critical positions are necessary and vital and support activities that impact City or department operations. Work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees may be reassigned to another area to provide essential services to support any extraordinary situations or emergency conditions.

VETERAN INTERVIEW PREFERENCE:

Military/Veterans must provide a copy of their DD214 verifying honorable discharge, at the time of initial interview to receive military/veteran interview preference.

CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK:

This position requires a criminal background investigation and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) clearance.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT:

This position is classified as EXEMPT and may require working additional hours outside of the normal schedule to include nights, weekends, and /or holidays.

EEO Statement for City of Austin:

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.