Server Administrator II

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Athens, OH

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $59K - $98K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ September 11th, 2025

Ansible

Edtech.com's Summary

Ohio University is hiring a Server Administrator II. The role involves designing, building, managing, and supporting on-premise and cloud physical and virtual servers, backup, storage, and operating systems while troubleshooting and improving infrastructure systems that deliver core university services.

Highlights

Install, test, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot server operating systems and supporting compute, storage, and networking platforms.
Design and implement disaster recovery solutions, capacity planning, provisioning, tuning, and security of servers.
Collaborate across IT, academic, and administrative units to deliver reliable and secure technology services.
Use configuration management tools such as Ansible and AWX for automation and process integration.
Work with both Linux and Windows server environments.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3-5 years of related professional experience or equivalent.
Preferred experience includes working in large or federated environments, mentoring others, and familiarity with IT risk, accessibility, and security practices.
Compensation ranges from $58,972 to $98,125 annually, full-time with benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.
Work schedule includes full-time core hours with occasional evenings, weekends, and rotating on-call duties.
Position is open only to current Ohio University employees and emphasizes collaboration, communication, and technical problem solving.