Job Description Summary
As part of the Infrastructure Systems Team within the Information Services Division (ISD), maintain Windows/Linux systems reliability, availability, and data integrity and recovery. Ensure high availability resources and solutions maintained to minimize downtime and to facilitate 24/7 and 365 Sheriff’s Office operations.
Job Description
Duties & Responsibilities
Note: Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform some or all of the activities described below
- Administer Active Directory (AD).
- Administer Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
- Maintain and support Microsoft 365 (M365).
- Provide technical and operational support and administration of Microsoft Azure Cloud Services infrastructure and Microsoft Entra ID services.
- Configure, manage, and support Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other cloud computing environments as decided by the Sheriff’s Office.
- Administer and manage the Security, Information, and Event Management (SIEM) solution.
- Administer the Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution.
- Administer the virtual environment.
- Administer enterprise email and email gateway solutions.
- Administer anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.
- Perform system installation, configuration, troubleshooting, performance analysis, tuning, upgrading, patch maintenance, license management, system backup administration, user account/environment administration, implementation and maintenance of system security stances, and hardware/software installation.
- Produce/maintain accurate and detailed hardware and software inventories of both physical and virtual machines/environments.
- Install critical patches and updates for systems and related components on a scheduled basis.
- Proactively monitor systems utilizing an enterprise monitoring solution.
- Perform routine security auditing and run compliance/vulnerability scans of systems as required.
- Participate in projects across ISD areas and meet deadlines.
- Provide the root cause analysis of major incidents/problems.
- Write custom scripts and create Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
- Evaluate vendor products and services.
- Build and deploy software packages utilizing software distribution solution.
- Learn the key performance aspects of the Systems Administrator: Infrastructure role and support Senior Systems Administrator: Infrastructure.
- Communicate effectively at all levels of the Sheriff’s Office and with external customers and vendors.
- Develop and document technical processes and procedures as needed.
- Maintain system configuration documentation and facilitate changes in documentation and system monitoring as devices are added and retired from the environment.
- Audit and document the relevant systems to ensure adherence to Sheriff’s Office/Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) standards.
- Work a ticket queue to ensure reported issues and requests are being resolved in a timely fashion.
- Participate in a rotating on-call schedule.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Working knowledge of virtualization technologies and hypervisors.
- Working knowledge of enterprise monitoring solution to monitor system uptime and resource utilization.
- Working knowledge of basic network configuration and troubleshooting.
- Working knowledge of Linux operating systems, specifically Red Hat, and Windows Server 2019+.
- Knowledge of backup and disaster recovery technologies.
- Working knowledge of Azure AD/Microsoft Entra ID.
- Knowledge of virtualization technologies and hypervisors.
- Knowledge of AD environments including designating organization units (OUs), auditing, backup and recovery, and delegating authority in an AD environment.
- Knowledge of current storage management technologies like Enterprise Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network File System (NFS), and fibre channel technologies.
- Systems integration, security compliance, systems maintenance, break/fix, and performance troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to manage a Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS X) in a Windows environment.
- Ability to learn and understand new technology quickly and independently.
- Ability to work independently and under minimal direction.
- Ability to take ownership of an aspect or task on a project with little to no assistance.
- Ability to write custom scripts.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to think creatively and abstractly.