DevOps System Administrator

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $90K - $100K 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ October 30th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a DevOps System Administrator. The role serves as lead systems administrator for the School of Data and Information Sciences, running the Linux and Windows servers, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications that support its teaching, learning, and research. It reports to the school's Senior Director of Information Technology and works with faculty, staff, researchers, and central campus IT.

Highlights

Design, implement, secure, and maintain the school's server and cloud infrastructure, including Linux and Windows servers, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications.
Use automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code to improve the reliability, scalability, and security of core IT systems.
Lead cybersecurity, vulnerability management, system monitoring, and disaster recovery work for the school's infrastructure.
Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for complex system and infrastructure issues, take part in an on-call rotation for critical services, and back up the school's Systems Administrator.
Hiring range of $90,000 to $100,000 for a full-time, permanent position.
Master's degree, or a bachelor's degree with 0-2 years of experience (related experience may substitute), with hands-on Linux and Windows administration, automation, scripting, cloud infrastructure, and IT security experience.
Preferred experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible, cloud and container platforms such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes, and infrastructure audits.
Experience supporting technology services in a higher education, research, or academic environment is a plus.