Systems Administrator

About the role

PNWU was founded as a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical institution in 2005 aimed at increasing access to health care in medically underserved areas of the Pacific Northwest. The University currently offers the degrees of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Master of Biomedical Sciences, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy enrolling over 550 students annually. Interprofessional education partnerships with other universities adds another 100 students to the population. The campus includes 300 employees with academic programming spread over a five-state region. PNWU is located in Yakima, WA, a city of approximately 95,000 located in the south-central part of the state near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains in a major agricultural and outdoor recreation region. It is approximately 140 miles from Seattle, 170 miles from Portland, and 200 miles from Spokane. The Yakima Valley is a wonderful place to live, work and play.

Responsibilities

• Manages and maintains Hyper-V environment, Active Directory domains, DNS, DHCP, file, print, database, and application servers.
• Monitors and performs system backups and recovery including regular testing of disaster recovery procedures.
• Reviews, validates, and deploys software updates during application rollout to production environments.
• Performs cybersecurity operations and monitoring of security events and resolves as necessary.
• Responds to all security incidents in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Performs administrative tasks in Entra ID, Intune, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Maintains and monitors client workstations and performs operating system updates and software updates.
• Manages Windows provisioning tools and provides Tier 2 support for Help Desk employees.
• Manages all WAN, LAN, and wireless connectivity; monitors network performance and tunes systems as necessary.
• Configures and provisions network devices, firewalls, switches, access points, etc.
• Maintains network security controls and remote services of the organization.
• Perform other related duties as assigned and based on departmental need.

Requirements

Education: Required: Associate's Degree

Experience: Required: 1-3 years

Desired Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Skill in effective communication (both written and oral)
• Skill in independent decision making
• Skill in installation, repair, and maintenance of network and/or computer hardware, software, and peripherals
• Skill in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature
• Skill in current and applicable computer programming languages relative