Systems Administrator, Nwrdc (Remote)

Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC)

Learn about our departments: Information Technology Services (ITS) Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC).

Responsible for day-to-day administration and oversight of all backup and recovery services hardware and software including creation and maintenance of backup policies and retentions, performance tuning and monitoring, installation of backup client software, and troubleshooting backup and replication failures. Provides advanced troubleshooting and develops solutions for backup, recovery, and data replication issues to complex system problems thereby ensuring system reliability. Administration of Backup/Recovery software such as: Avamar, Networker, CommVault, Tivoli, and/or Backup Exec. Participates in a team on-call rotation in support of a 24x7 data center.

Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot and develop appropriate technical solutions to backup and restore related issues. Serves as recovery expert and recommends system enhancements to staff and customers. Assists storage team with monitoring, analyzing and predicting trends for storage equipment performance, space allocation and data growth to recommend enhancements to the IT storage team. Research and make recommendations on storage products, services and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.

Advises the management team regarding development of project plans, proposals, and recommended policies and procedures to effectively administer these backup and storage systems.

Develops and updates documented procedures and processes to ensure the continued operation of the backup/restoration process and storage systems. Other duties and responsibilities as required by supervisor.

Participates in approved professional development opportunities per NWRDC's policy. Professional development and training is defined as learning undertaken by the employee to maintain and advance their skills, knowledge and competencies, specifically as they relate and add value to the job and workplace. Other duties and responsibilities as required by supervisor.

NWRDC provides support for a wide range of state and local government, as well K- 20 organizations across the State of Florida. These organizations are dependent on NWRDC in order to accomplish their missions. This requires NWRDC to maintain services 24x7, even during times of crisis or emergency. As such, all NWRDC staff are considered essential staff for operations of the State of Florida.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or other appropriate degree and two years of experience; or a high school diploma/equivalent and six years of experience. (Note: post-high school education may substitute for experience at the comparable rate.)

Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Ability to convey technical information to technical and non- technical users.

Ability to develop and implement policies, procedures, goals, and objectives.

Ability to document existing and new processes.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Ability to prioritize, organize, and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously.

Ability to utilize technical and problem solving skills.

Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply related federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.

Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply related University policies, procedures, principles, and practices.

Knowledge of applicable computer software and operating systems.

Knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the backup and recovery field.

This position is designated as primarily remote.

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This is an A&P (Administrative and Professional) position.

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If not otherwise specified, schedule is M-F, 8-5.

This position requires successful completion of a criminal history background check, to include fingerprinting. The background check will be conducted as authorized and in accordance with University Policy 4-OP-C-7-B11.

If qualified and interested in a specific job opening as advertised, apply to Florida State University at https://jobs.fsu.edu. If you are a current FSU employee, apply via myFSU > Self Service.
Applicants are required to complete the online application with all applicable information. Applications must include all work history up to ten years, and education details even if attaching a resume.

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