System Administrator II, Virtualization

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

Cultural Beliefs

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For® " is designed to recognize colleges that have been successful in creating great workplaces and to further research and understanding of the factors, dynamics and influences that have the most impact on organizational culture at higher education institutions.

Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories.

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-System Office, University Park

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

Lone Star College-System Office employees are based at one of two System Office locations; The Woodlands and University Park. Both are the site for multiple administrative departments and system-wide training programs.

Location address is 20515 SH 249 (SH 249 and Louetta Road) Houston, Texas 77070-2607.

Job Description

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The System Administrator II, Virtualization maintains the integrity of the virtualization environment. Assists in installing, configuring, and maintaining virtualized workstations and servers in support of processing requirements. Provides extensive operations support, file restorations, backups, disk space management, and problem resolution for operating systems platforms. Provides new hardware specifications to customers based on application needs and anticipated growth. Deploys new servers and maintains the server infrastructure. This position is a member of a 24/7/365 global department.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Monitors and maintains the server and desktop compute infrastructures, including blade server environments, hyperconverged environments, storage, and virtualization layers

2. Assists in developing and implementing business continuity practices for virtualization management

3. Installs, configures, tests, and implements infrastructure software and hardware

4. Monitors use and availability of resources, generating reports and analysis as requested

5. Troubleshoots virtualization related issues and takes appropriate actions

6. Assists users in identifying difficult technical problems and devising solutions

7. Analyzes systems requirements and performance of hardware and software systems and helps to optimize the overall use of these systems

8. May commonly be part of a project team and assist on projects

9. May be project leader on small or task specific projects

10. Maintains tasks, projects, and activities in the IT system of Record (S-NOW)

11. Understands and follows LSCS standard operating procedures

12. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

· Requires knowledge of job responsibilities, procedures, practices; training or basic knowledge in a professional field; requires general understanding of purpose and operations outside own work unit

· Must possess a working knowledge of server hardware technologies, including converged, hyperconverged, and composable infrastructure

· Ability to train in certain procedures or equipment may be required

· May require knowledge of the College's policies and procedures

· Ability to manage complex problems that must be broken down into manageable pieces, ability to see relationships between problem components and prioritizes them

· Ability to collaborate with team; shares relevant information with those who may be affected by decisions

· Participates in formal or informal group problem solving for immediate issues

· May develop presentations to educate internal or external audiences

· Ability to translate technical or procedural information into specifications or action plans

· Ability to convey technical or complex information to others in non- technical terms

· Knowledge of duties and activities covered by specific instructions, standard practices and established procedures that require some interpretation

· May ensure that others comply with established standards within one's own work unit. May provide guidance in routine tasks

· Ability to seek opportunities and set some goals for own development and for one's own work

· Seeks out and identifies multi-faceted problems and opportunities, taking immediate action to address them

· Must recognize immediate obstacles to completing work, initiates action to address a need without being directed

· Ability to follow IT procedures to complete work, but may recommend changes to departmental processes

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

· Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone, and other general office equipment

· Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position

· Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards

· May regularly travel to different LSC locations

· May be fully reassigned to other LSC locations if necessary

· May need to work weekends and outside of core business hours if necessary

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Associate degree or higher and at least 4 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

· Experience working with VMware virtualization technologies or another equivalent enterprise virtualization stack

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION:

· Bachelor's degree

· Entry-level certification(s) in areas of responsibility

o VMware Certified Technical Associate

o Dell Certified Associate, Information and Storage Management

o Cohesity Certified Data Protection Associate

o Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

o AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

o any other similar related professional certification

· Intermediate certification(s) in areas of responsibility

o VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization

o VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization

o Cohesity Certified Data Protection Professional

o Pure Storage Certified Professional

o Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

o AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

o any other similar related professional certification

· General IT certification(s) in a related discipline

o CompTIA Server+

o CompTIA Security+

o CompTIA Cloud+

o Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)

o other similar related professional certification subject to approval

· Hands-on experience with converged, hyperconverged, or composable compute hardware infrastructure in an enterprise datacenter environment.

· Hands-on experience with enterprise-grade backup and recovery systems (Veeam, Cohesity, Rubrik, or similar)

· Hands-on experience with administering cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or similar)

· Hands-on experience with managing and maintaining Fibre Channel Storage and/or Network-Attached Storage systems.

· Hands-on experience in physical datacenter management, including power, UPS, and cooling systems.

· Experience or knowledge of network virtualization technologies such as VMware NSX or similar

Salary

Hiring salary range is $64,826 - $74,550.

Lone Star College provides a hiring salary range for all posted full-time non-faculty positions. Where your salary offer would fall in that range is determined by your related experience and education. Should you receive an offer of employment from Lone Star College, the resume submitted in the application process will be utilized to calculate your salary offer. The information outlined below will provide the Office of Human Resources everything needed to determine an accurate starting salary.

Your resume should provide a complete picture of your work experience. The resume should include the following information for each position listed:

Length of time (specific months and years) of employment

If the position was full time or part time

If the position was paid or unpaid

Level of degree completed including date earned.

Unofficial transcript for highest earned degree

Additionally, any certifications listed as required or preferred in the Lone Star College job description should be included in the resume submitted.

Benefits Marketing Statement

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment and excellent work/life balance. This includes a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package, a generous number of paid holidays and vacation days, wellness programs, tuition waiver, professional development opportunities and more.

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How to Apply

ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ONLINE ONLY

We will not accept application material received via fax, email, mail, or hand delivered.

Postings for part-time and adjunct positions are active for the academic year. By selecting the option to receive notifications on your profile, you will begin receiving electronic communication regarding new opportunities with Lone Star College (LSC).

If selected for an interview, a recruiter will contact you by phone, or email to schedule an interview.

Lone Star College participates in the E-Verify program, under which Lone Star College provides the federal government with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm that the employee is authorized to work in the United States.

More information on the E-Verify program is available at www.dhs.gov/E-Verify .

Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.