Systems Administrator, Senior

Job Description

Job Description

About Us:

Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS’) is among the largest 100 pension systems in the United States. INPRS serves the needs of approximately 563,000 members and retirees representing approximately 1,300 employers, including public universities, school corporations, public safety, municipalities and state agencies. The Indiana Public Retirement System is a public pension fund who manages approximately over $60 billion in assets, making it one of the largest in the United States. We are located in the heart of the city, in downtown Indianapolis, near the circle & across the street from our monumental state house.  This position will require you to live in Indiana.  This position is not eligible for H-1B or any other kind of temporary or permanent sponsorship for work authorization by the Indiana Public Retirement System. 

Why Join:

INPRS’ believes that people are the foundation of our success. It takes people with different backgrounds, ideas, and strengths to be successful. Balance in life is important. We strive to have a flexible and supportive environment while not sacrificing service to our members. We pride ourselves by modeling a collaborative, diverse and inclusive environment for our employees. Our mission. “ As fiduciaries, educate stakeholders, collect necessary contributions, and prudently manage member assets to deliver promised defined benefit and defined contribution benefits and services”. 

Your Impact:

The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for the ongoing operations and maintenance of an IaaS hosted environment leveraging both enterprise-level Linux and Microsoft Windows Server operating systems ensuring server and application availability. This role requires critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills with the ability to develop and document processes based on best practices for operating system security, configuration management, and disaster recovery. Candidate must demonstrate INPRS culture and values: Model of Integrity, Team Player, Candid, Continuous Learner, Diligent, Trust, Constructive Conflict, Commitment, and Accountability.

Essential Duties:

• Responsible for the administration and support of the computing and VMware environment specifically troubleshooting virtual machines, Oracle Linux, and Windows Server operating systems.
• Will often work under demanding deadlines, operating independently to resolve complex problems.
• Install, maintain, and administer the Windows Server Active Directory Services infrastructure.
• Perform platform support which includes monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and maintaining overall service and platform health to maximize system uptime.
• Maintain and administer DHCP, DNS, IIS, sFTP, and other network services.
• Act as a member of an integrated operations team through the management and support of an infrastructure cloud environment.
• Act as liaison between infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-based architectures
• Administer server hardware and software inventories and documentation.
• Participate in database designs and implementation.
• Ensure security procedures are implemented and enforced.
• Manage Microsoft server security configuration and patching.
• Assist in provisioning and administering user access credentials and folder permissions.
• Support web portals, middleware, infrastructure applications, APIs, network, and monitoring needs.
• Facilitate deployment of application code enhancements to environments.
• Present ongoing recommendations for operational improvements of applications.
• Provide support for the restoration of services that includes investigation of outage cause and business impact.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve daily system backup process failures.
• Respond to server resource monitoring alerts.
• Monitor and work on customer support tickets and requests.
• Serve as an on-call support person as part of a rotation within an application support team. On-call response duties will cover regular business hours, nights, and weekends on a scheduled basis.

Job Requirements:

• Production experience with Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
• Working knowledge of SQL scripting.
• Experience within Microsoft Active Directory Services.
• Production experience with VMware-focused server virtualization.
• Knowledge and understanding of NAS and SAN concepts and connectivity.
• Knowledge of domain/forest management structure and basic switching/routing concepts.
• Applied experience handling performance monitoring and tuning.
• Basic to intermediate shell scripting knowledge and skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to:
  1. Comprehend and plan systems architecture and design.
  2. Gather, interpret, document, and evaluate server requirements.
  3. Conduct incident triage research into server and application issues, as required.
  4. Read, analyze, and interpret technical documentation.
  5. Present technical ideas, problems, and solutions to non-technical business partners.
  6. Prioritize, plan, organize and manage multiple tasks efficiently
  7. Follow instructions, work independently, or function in a team as needed
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and problem-solving, and customer service skills.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and persuade at all management levels, and thrive in a cross-functional, evolving business and technical environment.
• Highly self-motivated, with keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrate INPRS culture and values.

Experience and Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in computer science, engineering, equivalent experience, or relevant certifications. 
• 5-10 years of server configuration management, administration, and production support experience. 
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Architecture and hands-on technical experience with VMware’s vSphere Platform, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vCloud Director, VMware Migration tools/techniques
• Detailed knowledge of Oracle Linux and Windows Server operating systems 
• Basic understanding of migrating existing applications and services to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, OCI, Google Cloud). 
• Install, configure, and maintain CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitLab to automate deployment processes.
• Knowledge of managing containerization using Docker, including image creation, orchestration, and deployment. 
• Knowledge of implementation and managing analytics tools like Looker to support data visualization and reporting needs.
• Intermediate proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and integration tasks as well as woking knowledge of SQL scripting
• Experience with networking and security principles
• Experience working and managing relationships with cloud/service providers
• Experience working within an ITIL framework 
• Experience within Microsoft Active Directory Services
• Relevant Linux certifications are a plus

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Competitive compensation 
• Healthcare coverage (medical / dental / vision)
• Health savings account with employer contribution
• Prescription coverage
• Employer funded retirement plan (pension plan)
• Deferred compensation plan (employer and/or employee contribution plan)
• Flexible spending account
• Work/life balance (37.5 hours weekly)
• 12 paid holidays; 14 during election year
• Paid leave (personal, sick, vacation)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional credential reimbursement 
• Group life insurance
• Employer-paid downtown parking

If you are interested in this position, please submit your application and resume for review. For more information about our organization, please visit our INPRS Careers Page:

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruit, select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws. 

Indiana Public Retirement System has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.