Systems Administrator

Albany County is seeking to hire a Systems Administrator. This is a full-time, benefited position that will provide enterprise-level systems support, administration, programming, management and security for networked county services & solutions. Provide project administration and management with limited supervision. Research and provide recommendations on enhancements to current projects and future directions. The position is open until filled. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Excellent, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills;


• A valid Driver License;


• Two (2) to four (4) years of relevant on-the-job experience.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.


• Strong customer service skills with employees, customers and vendors.


• The ability to work independently.


• Be self-directed, organized and demonstrate the ability to solve problems.

The IT Systems Administrator is responsible for performing the following responsibilities:

Installation and configuration of physical and virtual servers and operating systems. Including new releases, patches, and upgrades. Create and manage security, rights, directories, files and shared applications. Monitor, tune, diagnose and resolve server and application problems. Develop and implement scripts and policies to automate common functions and operations.

Installation, configuration, monitoring and maintenance of physical and software resources to support on-premises virtualized infrastructure. This includes compute hosts, SAN, networking, hypervisors and orchestration tools.

Installation, configuration, monitoring and maintenance of computer networks including firewalls, VPNs, routers, point to point links, and other network hardware.

Update documentation and procedures for systems IT is responsible for.

Organize, prioritize & communicate project strategies to meet multiple, demanding & conflicting project timelines.

Participate in on-call rotations for 24x7 offices and departments and respond to out-of-hours outages promptly.

Ensure monitoring is kept up to date and working properly to alert on system outages and that steps have been taken to minimize system outages through disaster recovery planning and implementation.

Troubleshoot end user applications, printers, and workstations.

Salary Range:  $65,000-$70,000/year