Assistant System Administrator

🇺🇸 Starkville, MS

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ August 6th, 2025

Python TCP/IP Unix

Edtech.com's Summary

Mississippi State University is hiring an Assistant System Administrator for the Computer Science and Engineering department. The role involves administering, installing, maintaining, and supporting software, hardware, and networking infrastructure, as well as providing user training and monitoring performance to serve faculty, staff, and students effectively.

Highlights

Administer, install, maintain, and support software systems, hardware systems, and networking infrastructure.
Develop operational procedures and participate in planning for system and network upgrades.
Monitor server and network performance to ensure quick response times and minimize downtime.
Configure and maintain instructional servers, cloud computing, virtual clusters, and networking hardware.
Diagnose and repair hardware, software, and network problems in client and server environments.
Administer backup systems for disaster recovery operations.
Oversee or guide student employees as needed.
Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and two years of computer hardware/software experience.
Preferred qualifications include experience with Unix/Linux administration, Windows Active Directory, distributed computing systems, cloud solutions, and programming skills in Python, bash, and Java.
Familiarity with TCP/IP networks, firewalls, wireless, Ethernet, and knowledge of security protocols expected.