Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Richland County, SC
Job Type: FTE - Full-Time
Job Number:
Agency: Retirement System Investment Commission
Opening Date: 06/09/2026
Closing Date: 6/24/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Agency Specific Application Procedures:: Please apply online and ATTACH YOUR RESUME. For questions, email [email protected]
Residency Requirement: Yes
Class Code:: UA17
Position Number:: 2026004
Normal Work Schedule:: Monday - Friday (8:30 - 5:00)
Pay Grade: Unclassified
Hiring Range - Min.: $100,000.00
Hiring Range - Max.: $125,000.00
Opening Date: 06/09/2026
Job Responsibilities
As a public institution and fiduciary, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, the SC Retirement System Investment Commission is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Position Overview:
This role ensures infrastructure, identity, and endpoint platforms evolve in alignment with organizational growth while implementing secure, standardized, and well-documented systems that enhance end-user experience and long-term IT effectiveness. Additionally, this role will manage the modernization, resiliency, and scalability of the organization's technological environment by driving initiatives that expand cloud adoption, strengthen disaster recovery capabilities, and improve operational efficiency.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Administer cloud-based productivity and identity platforms to enhance collaboration, service availability, and enterprise security.
2. Manage core server, identity, and virtualization infrastructure to ensure secure, stable, and compliant operations.
3. Improve organizational resiliency by executing backup, recovery, patching, monitoring, and alert-response processes in accordance with established continuity and security standards.
4. Manage and support network infrastructure components to maintain reliable, efficient, and secure connectivity across the organization.
5. Support operational excellence through effective endpoint management, accurate technical documentation, and participation in scheduled on-call or after-hours support activities.

Other Duties

1. Coordinate with external parties as needed to meet technology objectives.
2. Assist Director of IT with IT planning and development of the IT department.
3. Work as a member of business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response teams.
4. Provide and maintain technical expertise, including education, certification, and familiarity with internal and external policies, State and Federal laws, and technical advancements.
5. Provide second-level support to other technical staff.
6. Represents technology and information security interests of RSIC to other state agencies, the public, and third-party groups.

Minimum and Additional Requirements

• Associate degree in information technology, computer science, or related field.
• Three to five years of experience in information technology or related areas.
• Experience maintaining and supporting Windows servers, Active Directory and associated services, VMware and/or Nutanix virtualization, and the Microsoft 365 platform.
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerShell.
• Ability to work under limited supervision, maintain an acceptable quality of work, and prioritize work appropriately.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, customer service, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or related field.
• Applicable certifications from Microsoft, (ISC)2, or SANS.
• Knowledge of project management concepts.
• Knowledge of application development languages, tools, and concepts.

Additional Comments
Physical Demands/Work Environment:

May require on-call and/or after-hours work. Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time while performing tasks.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

1. Expected to work occasional weekends, nights, or holidays for maintenance and system implementations.
2. In a seated position for extended periods of time.
3. Exposed to fluorescent office lighting throughout the work period.
4. Reads information often only available digitally.
5. Required to carry items of various sizes and weights up to approximately 50 lbs.

Benefits for State Employees
The state of South Carolina offers eligible employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies.

Insurance Benefits
Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits. Other available insurance benefits include dental, vision, term life insurance, long term disability and flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses.

Retirement Benefits
State employees are also offered retirement plan options, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Additionally, eligible employees may elect to participate in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options.

Workplace Benefits
State employees may also be eligible for other benefits, including tuition assistance; holiday, annual and sick leave; and discounts on purchases, travel and more.

Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available.
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Are you authorized to work in the US?

• Yes
• No

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Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status?

• Yes
• No

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