System Administrator III, Virtualization
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
Full-time
Information Services / Technology (IT)
Posted on April 8, 2024
Commitment to Mission
This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.
Cultural Beliefs
Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories.
Campus Marketing Statement
Lone Star College-System Office, University Park
Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.
Lone Star College-System Office employees are based at one of two System Office locations; The Woodlands and University Park. Both are the site for multiple administrative departments and system-wide training programs.
Location address is 20515 SH 249 (SH 249 and Louetta Road) Houston, Texas 77070-2607.
Job Description
PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
The System Administrator III, Virtualization maintains the integrity of the virtualization environment. Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining virtualized workstations and servers in support of complex processing requirements. Provides extensive operational support, file restorations, backups, disk space management and problem resolution for application platforms. Researches, evaluates, and recommends software and hardware products. Maintains a secure systems environment for the enterprise.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Designs, deploys and maintains the server, desktop and network virtualization layers of a highly-virtualized enterprise environment
2. Develops and implements business continuity practices for virtualization management, including RTO/RPOs and defining recovery plans
3. Researches, recommends, installs, and configures, tests and implements infrastructure software and hardware
4. Troubleshoots virtualization related issues and takes appropriate actions
5. Monitors use and availability of resources, generating reports and analysis as requested
6. Ensures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of backups and database archival operations
7. Maintains and modifies backup and recovery procedures to meet high availability and mission critical business needs
8. Maintains storage configurations to provide capacity planning and performance monitoring/tuning of systems
9. Benchmarks, evaluates, and makes recommendations for the selection of storage management software and hardware products
10. Analyzes system requirements and performance of hardware/software systems, and develops specific measures to increase the overall efficiency of these systems
11. Ensures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions
12. Maintains tasks, projects, and activities in the IT system of record (Service-NOW)
13. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties assigned
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
· Requires full working knowledge of job responsibilities, procedures, practices; advanced training, or basic knowledge in a professional field, requires general understanding of purpose and operations outside own work unit
· Ability to help others in clarifying somewhat complex problems; adapts or modifies established approaches, identifies, and selects appropriate tools, data, and analysis techniques to diagnose problems and develop solutions, balances competing short- and long-term goals within one's area in alignment with the larger area's direction and objectives
· Ability to lead groups through process of problem solving, soliciting ideas and opinions to form recommendations or action plans
· Ability to write and present reports, contracts and/or proposals for internal and/or external audiences, interprets other viewpoints and assimilates them into work processes, formally transfers technical or administrative knowledge to others
· Ability to convey technical or complex information to others in non- technical terms
· Ability to document enterprise systems and procedures
· Demonstrated decision making guided by general instructions and practices requiring interpretation
· Ability to assist in formulating recommendations on difficult problems
· Ability to serve as a mentor, developmental advisor or training resource to junior staff
· Ability to seek opportunities and set goals for own development
· Ability to follow IT procedures to complete work, but may recommend changes to departmental processes
· Ability to often prioritizes own work; work is reviewed at key stages by manager/administrative officer or team, anticipates consequences of actions, potential problems, or opportunities for change
· Ability to know and follow standard operating procedures
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:
· Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone, and other general office equipment
· Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
· Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards
· May regularly travel to different LSC locations
· May be fully reassigned to other LSC locations if necessary
· May need to work weekends and outside of core business hours if necessary
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
· Intermediate certification in area of responsibility (e.g. VMWare Certified Professional - Datacenter Virtualization or equivalent)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Advanced certification(s) in areas of responsibility (e.g. VMWare Certified Advanced Professional - Datacenter Virtualization)
· Experience in any of the following systems:
o VMWare NSX-T
o Cloud Infrastructure (Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
o Hyperconverged Infrastructure
o VMWare Horizon View or other similar desktop virtualization platform
o HPE Synergy or HPE OneView
o Cisco UCS
o CIFS and NFS filesystems
o Backup systems
o Physical datacenter management, including power, UPS and cooling systems
Salary
Hiring salary range is $74,911 - $86,148.
Lone Star College provides a hiring salary range for all posted full-time non-faculty positions. Where your salary offer would fall in that range is determined by your related experience and education. Should you receive an offer of employment from Lone Star College, the resume submitted in the application process will be utilized to calculate your salary offer. The information outlined below will provide the Office of Human Resources everything needed to determine an accurate starting salary.
Your resume should provide a complete picture of your work experience. The resume should include the following information for each position listed:
Benefits Marketing Statement
By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment and excellent work/life balance. This includes a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package, a generous number of paid holidays and vacation days, wellness programs, tuition waiver, professional development opportunities and more.
Special Instructions
Go to the Job Search page, click on ‘My Activities' at the top of the page. Under My Cover Letters and Attachments you will click on ‘Add Attachment.' Please be sure to put the Job ID# in the title once you name your file for cover letters only, unless you attached your cover letter with your resume.
If you are applying for an Instructional position (i.e. Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Instructor), please ensure you include the following to be considered: Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Teaching Philosophy, and unofficial transcripts.
You must limit your file name for any attachment to 40 characters or less.
How to Apply
ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ONLINE ONLY
We will not accept application material received via fax, email, mail, or hand delivered.
Postings for part-time and adjunct positions are active for the academic year. By selecting the option to receive notifications on your profile, you will begin receiving electronic communication regarding new opportunities with Lone Star College (LSC).
If selected for an interview, a recruiter will contact you by phone, or email to schedule an interview.
Lone Star College participates in the E-Verify program, under which Lone Star College provides the federal government with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm that the employee is authorized to work in the United States.
More information on the E-Verify program is available at www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.
This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.
Cultural Beliefs
- One LSC
- Student Focused
- Own It
- Foster Belonging
- Cultivate Community
- Choose Learning
Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories.
Campus Marketing Statement
Lone Star College-System Office, University Park
Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.
Lone Star College-System Office employees are based at one of two System Office locations; The Woodlands and University Park. Both are the site for multiple administrative departments and system-wide training programs.
Location address is 20515 SH 249 (SH 249 and Louetta Road) Houston, Texas 77070-2607.
Job Description
PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
The System Administrator III, Virtualization maintains the integrity of the virtualization environment. Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining virtualized workstations and servers in support of complex processing requirements. Provides extensive operational support, file restorations, backups, disk space management and problem resolution for application platforms. Researches, evaluates, and recommends software and hardware products. Maintains a secure systems environment for the enterprise.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Designs, deploys and maintains the server, desktop and network virtualization layers of a highly-virtualized enterprise environment
2. Develops and implements business continuity practices for virtualization management, including RTO/RPOs and defining recovery plans
3. Researches, recommends, installs, and configures, tests and implements infrastructure software and hardware
4. Troubleshoots virtualization related issues and takes appropriate actions
5. Monitors use and availability of resources, generating reports and analysis as requested
6. Ensures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of backups and database archival operations
7. Maintains and modifies backup and recovery procedures to meet high availability and mission critical business needs
8. Maintains storage configurations to provide capacity planning and performance monitoring/tuning of systems
9. Benchmarks, evaluates, and makes recommendations for the selection of storage management software and hardware products
10. Analyzes system requirements and performance of hardware/software systems, and develops specific measures to increase the overall efficiency of these systems
11. Ensures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions
12. Maintains tasks, projects, and activities in the IT system of record (Service-NOW)
13. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties assigned
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
· Requires full working knowledge of job responsibilities, procedures, practices; advanced training, or basic knowledge in a professional field, requires general understanding of purpose and operations outside own work unit
· Ability to help others in clarifying somewhat complex problems; adapts or modifies established approaches, identifies, and selects appropriate tools, data, and analysis techniques to diagnose problems and develop solutions, balances competing short- and long-term goals within one's area in alignment with the larger area's direction and objectives
· Ability to lead groups through process of problem solving, soliciting ideas and opinions to form recommendations or action plans
· Ability to write and present reports, contracts and/or proposals for internal and/or external audiences, interprets other viewpoints and assimilates them into work processes, formally transfers technical or administrative knowledge to others
· Ability to convey technical or complex information to others in non- technical terms
· Ability to document enterprise systems and procedures
· Demonstrated decision making guided by general instructions and practices requiring interpretation
· Ability to assist in formulating recommendations on difficult problems
· Ability to serve as a mentor, developmental advisor or training resource to junior staff
· Ability to seek opportunities and set goals for own development
· Ability to follow IT procedures to complete work, but may recommend changes to departmental processes
· Ability to often prioritizes own work; work is reviewed at key stages by manager/administrative officer or team, anticipates consequences of actions, potential problems, or opportunities for change
· Ability to know and follow standard operating procedures
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:
· Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone, and other general office equipment
· Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
· Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards
· May regularly travel to different LSC locations
· May be fully reassigned to other LSC locations if necessary
· May need to work weekends and outside of core business hours if necessary
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
· Intermediate certification in area of responsibility (e.g. VMWare Certified Professional - Datacenter Virtualization or equivalent)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Advanced certification(s) in areas of responsibility (e.g. VMWare Certified Advanced Professional - Datacenter Virtualization)
· Experience in any of the following systems:
o VMWare NSX-T
o Cloud Infrastructure (Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
o Hyperconverged Infrastructure
o VMWare Horizon View or other similar desktop virtualization platform
o HPE Synergy or HPE OneView
o Cisco UCS
o CIFS and NFS filesystems
o Backup systems
o Physical datacenter management, including power, UPS and cooling systems
Salary
Hiring salary range is $74,911 - $86,148.
Lone Star College provides a hiring salary range for all posted full-time non-faculty positions. Where your salary offer would fall in that range is determined by your related experience and education. Should you receive an offer of employment from Lone Star College, the resume submitted in the application process will be utilized to calculate your salary offer. The information outlined below will provide the Office of Human Resources everything needed to determine an accurate starting salary.
Your resume should provide a complete picture of your work experience. The resume should include the following information for each position listed:
- Length of time (specific months and years) of employment
- If the position was full time or part time
- If the position was paid or unpaid
- Level of degree completed including date earned.
- Unofficial transcript for highest earned degree
Benefits Marketing Statement
By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment and excellent work/life balance. This includes a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package, a generous number of paid holidays and vacation days, wellness programs, tuition waiver, professional development opportunities and more.
Special Instructions
Go to the Job Search page, click on ‘My Activities' at the top of the page. Under My Cover Letters and Attachments you will click on ‘Add Attachment.' Please be sure to put the Job ID# in the title once you name your file for cover letters only, unless you attached your cover letter with your resume.
If you are applying for an Instructional position (i.e. Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Instructor), please ensure you include the following to be considered: Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Teaching Philosophy, and unofficial transcripts.
You must limit your file name for any attachment to 40 characters or less.
How to Apply
ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ONLINE ONLY
We will not accept application material received via fax, email, mail, or hand delivered.
Postings for part-time and adjunct positions are active for the academic year. By selecting the option to receive notifications on your profile, you will begin receiving electronic communication regarding new opportunities with Lone Star College (LSC).
If selected for an interview, a recruiter will contact you by phone, or email to schedule an interview.
Lone Star College participates in the E-Verify program, under which Lone Star College provides the federal government with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm that the employee is authorized to work in the United States.
More information on the E-Verify program is available at www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.
