Senior System Administrator

Position Title: Senior System Administrator

Position Status : Exempt

Work Hours: Mon–Fri. Ability to work some evenings and Saturdays; secondary holidays may be a scheduled workday.

Reports To : Director of IT Enterprise Infrastructure

Location : Orchard Park, NY

Position Summary :

The Senior System Administrator is a senior-level technical contributor within the Infrastructure Team, responsible for the configuration, operation, and lifecycle management of enterprise systems that support academic delivery and college operations across multiple campuses. This role owns critical infrastructure platforms, including enterprise servers, virtualization environments, identity services, storage systems, and Microsoft 365 services, ensuring they are stable, secure, and highly available.

The position provides advanced technical support and serves as a primary escalation point for complex issues, guiding Campus Technical Coordinators and other IT staff in the resolution of problems involving server technologies (physical and virtual), Active Directory and Entra ID, group policy, Microsoft 365, and enterprise storage platforms. This role is expected to independently lead the execution of infrastructure initiatives, including system upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle replacements.

The Senior System Administrator I ensures all supported systems are securely configured, regularly maintained, and compliant with institutional standards in coordination with the Information Security team. The role contributes to the development and refinement of technical standards, while supporting broader modernization efforts aligned with the College’s technology roadmap.

Evening and weekend work may be required to support maintenance windows, system upgrades, and continuity operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

1. Virtual Environment Responsibilities : Configure, administer, and maintain virtualization environments, including Hyper-V and S2D clusters, ensuring performance, capacity, and stability.
2. Advanced Systems Administration : Manage enterprise identity, server, storage, backup, and Microsoft 365 systems, ensuring they are secure, available, and properly maintained.
3. Systems Support and Escalation : Serve as a Tier 3 escalation point, providing advanced troubleshooting and resolution for complex system and infrastructure issues.
4. Project Leadership : Independently lead infrastructure projects, including system upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle initiatives, ensuring successful delivery.
5. Operational Improvement and Documentation : Develop and maintain documentation, support process improvements, and contribute to the refinement of technical standards.

Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field required
• 6+ years’ relevant experience in one or more of the following:

• Strong knowledge of Windows Server OS, PowerShell, Information Security principles, SQL databases, and general networking
• Server and virtualization administration (Hyper-V and/or VMware)
• Experience with Microsoft 365 administration (Exchange, Entra ID, SharePoint Online, Teams)
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, and hybrid identity (AD Connect)
• Experience with backup, recovery, and enterprise storage platforms
• Experience with SharePoint administration and support (development experience preferred but not required)

Starting Salary Range: $90,000 - 105,000 per year

Please note that the compensation information is a good faith estimate of the base pay for this position. The selected candidate’s actual base pay for this role will take into account a wide range of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate may not have been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Bryant & Stratton College, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Information about the total compensation package for this position will be provided during the interview process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Bryant & Stratton College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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