System Administrator I - CIPM

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ August 25th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

NC State University is hiring a System Administrator I for the Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM). The role involves supporting the secure operation, maintenance, monitoring, and compliance of CIPM's datacenter and federally supported application infrastructure, with responsibilities in systems administration, infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and compliance under a FISMA Moderate authorization boundary.

Highlights

Administer and monitor Linux and Windows server environments hosting CIPM systems and applications.

Coordinate infrastructure updates, system maintenance, troubleshooting, backup, and recovery efforts.

Support security and compliance activities including vulnerability scanning, patch validation, logging, and audit log management.

Maintain security documentation such as System Security Plans and support audit and remediation tracking processes.

Manage identity and access governance including privileged access reviews and multi-factor authentication.

Collaborate with developers and technical staff for secure application deployment and infrastructure improvements.

Required skills include Linux and Windows systems administration, knowledge of infrastructure security, authentication, access management, and continuous monitoring practices.

Preferred experience with compliance frameworks such as FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, RMF, virtualization, containerization, cloud services (AWS), web application hosting, and automation scripting.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related field plus at least two years of relevant professional experience is required.

The department supports Integrated Pest Management programs, managing grants and national priorities with stakeholder engagement and large database applications.