University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

System Administration Professional (Remote Eligible)

Notre Dame, IN, United States

Work authorization required$60k-$742kDetected 1 day ago
PythonJavaRubyCode ReviewSQLAWSLinuxProject ManagementNegotiationProcess ImprovementFirewallResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationLean Manufacturing

About the role

  • You will utilize your expertise, including with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems, to ensure seamless integration, high availability, and optimal performance of our IT services.
  • You will apply advanced technical knowledge across AWS Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments, working to script and automate complex operational stacks.

Responsibilities

  • Design, Implementation, and Monitoring: Design, install, update, tune, diagnose, monitor, and patch software applications and platforms, ensuring compliance with organizational, architecture, and cybersecurity standards.
  • Service Delivery: Lead project work focused on the design and implementation of new services or major service upgrades across IaaS, or on-premises installations.
  • Essential duties include planned support (regular patches/updates) and unplanned support (troubleshooting and diagnosis of production problems and vulnerability remediation).
  • Maintain expertise in IaaS tools and environments, providing technical leadership or consultation on service implementations.
  • IT Service Management: Understand, support, and contribute to the maturation of IT Service Management at the university, including managing changes, incidents, and problems, and maintaining accurate system documentation.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, application analyst/developers, campus partners, and team members in the deployment of new and upgraded services.
  • May act as a project manager or technical lead as needed.
  • Manage customer and software vendor interactions in cooperation with OIT colleagues.
  • Design, install, update, tune, diagnose, monitor, and patch software applications and platforms, ensuring compliance with organizational, architecture, and cybersecurity standards.
  • Lead project work focused on the design and implementation of new services or major service upgrades across IaaS, or on-premises installations.

Requirements

  • Technical Skills Required:
  • Good working knowledge of scripting languages used to automate tasks, including the creation of the network/machine/platform/application stack.
  • Professional Skills Required:
  • Other: ability to work in the United States, now or in the future, without visa sponsorship
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • ability to work in the United States, now or in the future, without visa sponsorship
  • Working knowledge of adopted continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) and ability to use this methodology to guide internal and external improvements.

Nice to have

  • Technical Depth: Familiarity with databases such as Oracle and SQL Server (RDS a plus).
  • Familiarity with development languages (Java, Ruby, Python).
  • Certifications: Industry recognized certifications in relevant technologies
  • AWS and Linux certifications are a plus.
  • Process Improvement: Working knowledge of adopted continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) and ability to use this methodology to guide internal and external improvements.
  • Application Deadline: Sunday, July 26th, 2026 (subject to change).
  • Finalized candidate selection and interviewing will take place after this job posting closes from the public.
  • Application Instructions: Please include a cover letter with your application for full consideration.

Skills

  • Experience and working knowledge of IaaS tools and services (e.g., AWS and VMware tools).
  • Experience and working knowledge using AI tooling to provide efficiencies and/or automation of work.
  • Demonstrated ability to use discretion and tact effectively with individuals at all levels of the University.
  • Ability to independently and creatively solve advanced problems, conceptualizing various possible solutions within a given framework.

Compensation

  • $60k-$742k

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or age in employment.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Other: ability to work in the United States, now or in the future, without visa sponsorship
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