System Administrator

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $82K - $125K 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ July 11th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a System Administrator for the Office of Institutional Research. The role involves safeguarding the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of faculty-facing applications and institutional data through operational oversight, strategic enhancements, and compliant security controls while providing responsive support to faculty and administrative staff.

Highlights

Manage and monitor Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (OIRDS) applications and servers to ensure optimal system performance.

Implement updates including encryption, authorization protocols, and user group configurations.

Maintain and upgrade software and hardware for server infrastructure.

Develop stored procedures and program code for secure and compatible application performance across various platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux).

Research emerging technology trends and assist in adopting new code libraries, protocols, and platforms.

Design and implement system enhancements, access control mechanisms, checkpoints, logging, and secure communication protocols.

Provide IT support to faculty and staff, resolving incidents within defined targets and informing future system improvements.

Required skills include programming languages (C, C++, JavaScript, Visual.net, Java, Python, R, MATLAB, NodeJS, HTML/CSS, Flask), database tools (SQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Postgres, Snowflake), machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Pytorch), and technologies such as Power BI, Apache Airflow, Jenkins, Docker, REST API, and UI/UX design.

A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related fields plus 2+ years of IT infrastructure management experience is required.