Senior System Administrator Manager

About the role

Position Overview: This position serves as the senior technical lead for Windows Endpoint engineering, automation, security, and lifecycle management within Academic Technologies. The role is responsible for the architecture, deployment, administration, monitoring, maintenance, and support of Windows endpoint systems serving faculty, staff, student, classroom, laboratory, and research computing environments. The position currently supports approximately 3,300 managed Windows endpoints and is responsible for expanding management and security oversight into currently unmanaged systems. As a secondary responsibility, the position provides administration, support, and lifecycle management of Unix/Linux endpoint systems used for research, scientific instrumentation, specialized academic computing, and laboratory operations. This position functions as a subject matter expert for endpoint technologies and is responsible for solving complex procedural, operational, and technical challenges. The position collaborates with university and system IT staff, researchers, faculty, departmental staff, and vendors to ensure endpoint services are secure, reliable, compliant, and aligned with university objectives. This individual develops and implements endpoint management strategies, automation solutions, and operational standards that improve service quality, reduce operational overhead, enhance security, and support the university's teaching, research, and administrative missions.

Department Summary: CAS IT champions, builds, and applies technology to help UNT advance education, creativity, and research.

Employee Classification: Sr System Administrator Mngr; Campus: University of North Texas; Division: UNT-Information Technology; SubDivision-Department: UNT-University Technologies Department: UNT-Academic Technologies-120300; Job Location: Denton; FTE: 1.000000; Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Academic Technologies Windows endpoints and provide secondary administration and support for Unix/Linux endpoint systems.
• Manage endpoint lifecycle services, including deployment, configuration, application management, operating system management, patching, security, and compliance.
• Administer endpoint management technologies including Intune, MECM/SCCM, Windows Autopilot, Active Directory, and Microsoft Entra ID.