Systems Administrator Sr

Systems Administrator Sr

Open Date  | 05/15/2025
Requisition Number  | PRN41924B
Job Title  | Systems Administrator Sr
Working Title  | Middleware Systems Administrator Sr
Job Grade  | G
FLSA Code  | Computer Employee
Patient Sensitive Job Code?  | No
Standard Hours per Week  | 40
Full Time or Part Time?  | Full Time
Shift  | Day
Work Schedule Summary  | This position is an Exempt position with required daytime hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm.   This position is an on-call position.  In person work is required.
VP Area  | President
Department  | 01555 - UIT INFRASTRUCTURE & OPS
Location  | Campus
City  | Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment  | External Posting
Pay Rate Range  | $100,000.00 - $131.300.00
Close Date  | 08/15/2025
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)  | 06/15/2025

Job Summary 
University Information Technology (UIT) has an opening for a Middleware Systems Administrator Sr. (DevOps) position within the Software Platform Services team. This position is responsible for designing and implementing secure, highly available and scalable middle tier and web hosting infrastructure solutions. The position will interface directly with development, production support, and QA teams and maintain a high level of visibility with entire team. This role will support and maintain the production environment along with the build and release processes which includes the supporting tools.About UIT: University Information Technology (UIT), the central IT service provider for campus, reports to the Chief Information Officer and is responsible for many of the University of Utah’s most critical common IT resources including the campus network; the Campus Information Services (CIS) portal; UMail, telephone, and online collaboration services; high performance and research computing; information security; teaching and learning technologies; software licensing; and a host of other systems and services. For more information about UIT visit http://www.it.utah.edu.About the University: Located in Salt Lake City, in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, the University of Utah is the flagship institution of the State of Utah’s system of higher education and a member of the PAC-12 Conference. Salt Lake City combines the amenities of a major metropolitan area of more than one million people with the friendliness and ease of living of a small, Western city. Seven major ski resorts are within an hour’s drive from campus, and opportunities to pursue activities from biking to hiking to fishing abound. Salt Lake is also home to the Utah Symphony and Opera, the Utah Ballet, several professional sports teams, and a wide range of other cultural and recreational activities. http://www.employment.utah.edu/staff/work.php

Responsibilities  | - Designs, installs, administers, and maintains highly available and scalable middle tier and web hosting infrastructure solutions running Linux OS.
- Builds, releases and configures management of production systems using automated configuration mgmt. tools (e.g. Puppet*, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack).
- Implements and/or improves continuous delivery of software.
- Provides operational and engineering support for continuous integration, rapid deployment, and testing of software for both infrastructure and product use.
- Installs new software releases and system upgrades, evaluates and installs patches, and resolves software related problems.
- Designs/develops, tests, and implements automated administrative tasks related to the middle-tier and web hosting infrastructure.
- Monitors capacity and analyzes information concerning processing time, response times, application/software, CPU loads, etc. for future growth and proactively informs management of potential areas of concerns, makes recommendations, and provides capacity planning/metric reports.
- Collaborates with service owners to configure applications that meet the business needs.
- Conduct technical evaluations on new products and features and provides recommendations and directions for implementation.
- Creates and maintains technical documentation on critical processes and standards.

This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Work Environment and Level of Frequency typically required
Nearly Continuously: Office environment.
Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.
Minimum Qualifications  | Require a bachelor’s degree in a related area, or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience), and 3-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences 
• System administration (RHEL*, Ubuntu*)
• Automated configuration management tools (e.g. Puppet*, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack).
• Application servers (WebLogic, Apache Tomcat*, Tuxedo, Glassfish*, JBoss, IIS)
• Knowledge and understanding of Jenkins, Atlassian products (Bitbucket/Stash, Wiki), GIT, Crontab
• Shell scripting and/or a programming language.
• Web Servers (Apache* with PHP, Nginx)
• AWS, Azure or GCP
• Load balancing (F5*, Netscaler)
• Experience with Docker and related tools a plus (Kubernetes*, Mesos, Swarm)
• Knowledge and understanding of APIs, Microservices, and API authentication (Oauth, JWT…)
• API Gateways (WSO2*, Kong, Zuul, Tyk)

Type  | Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary   
Additional Information  | About UIT: University Information Technology (UIT), the central IT service provider for the University of Utah, reports to the U’s Chief Information Officer and is responsible for many of the U’s shared IT services including the wired and wireless network; Campus Information Services (CIS) portal; UMail, telephone, and online collaboration; digital learning technologies; information security; software licensing; and a host of other IT systems and services.

About the University of Utah: Located in Salt Lake City, the U is the flagship institution of the State of Utah’s system of higher education, home to arts and museum venues and a member of the BIG-12 Conference. Skiing and snowboarding opportunities are a short distance from campus, and opportunities to pursue activities from biking to hiking to fishing abound. Salt Lake City is home to the Utah Symphony and Opera, Ballet West, professional sports teams, and a wide range of other cultural and recreational activities.

University of Utah Benefits·        Health, dental, and wellness coverage ·        Automatic and immediately vested 14.2% employer contribution to personal retirement account (401a)·        Free public transportation pass (Utah Transit Authority)·        Paid leave time ·        Reduced tuition benefits for employee and family members·        More information: https://www.hr.utah.edu/benefits/

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.
This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.

To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (OEO/AA). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at: https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/
Online reports may be submitted at oeo.utah.edu

https://safety.utah.edu/safetyreport This report includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action, and Violence Against Women Act offenses. They also provide information about safety and security-related services offered by the University of Utah. A paper copy can be obtained by request at the Department of Public Safety located at 1658 East 500 South.

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 250 East 200 South, Suite 125 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
 Contact us: (801) 581-2169 By Email: employment@utah.edu 

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