City Of New York

Senior Systems Administrator

City Of New York$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Certificate from an accredited technical school focusing on computer operations with two years of experience in a large-scale network or data communications environment.
  • Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with three years of relevant experience as outlined.
  • High school diploma or equivalent with four years of applicable experience.
  • A combination of education and experience equivalent to the above requirements, with at least two years in a relevant position.

Responsibilities

  • Manage Active Directory provisioning and account lifecycle.
  • Perform security administration for all critical agency systems.
  • Administer Microsoft Endpoint Manager and Intune, deploying software updates.
  • Monitor Microsoft 365 licenses, permissions, and security vulnerabilities.
  • Administer physical security systems, including key card access and video surveillance.
  • Provide Tier 2 IT support for complex issues and technology upgrades.
  • Oversee print management and fax solution administration.

Benefits

  • Engagement in a supportive team environment.
  • Exposure to advanced technologies and security measures.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development within city services.
Full Job Description
NOTE: This position is open only to the current City of New York employees serving in a permanent Civil Service title of Computer Associate (Operations). To be considered for this position, PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR CURRENT PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE on your resume and cover letter. Under the direction of the Director of IT Operations & Network Services, the Senior Systems Administrator manages Active Directory provisioning, Office 365 administration, ATP monitoring, security administration and MS security updates. Tasks include, but are not limited to, the following: Microsoft Active Directory Administration -Provide identity management functions for entire account lifecycle, including creation, modifying, and separation accounts from the environment. -Perform and monitor security administration by modifying users, groups and application links, passwords etc. for all agency critical systems. Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Microsoft Intune Administration -Test, deploy, and report on MS security updates and MECM patch management & software deployments to servers and clients; monitor for new updates. -Provide Intune administration for desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. -Provide Tier 2 support with desktops, laptops, and mobile devices in regard to missing patches and/or Intune compliancy. -Develop and maintain agency standard MS Windows image. Microsoft 365 Administration -Maintaining security by monitoring the system for potential vulnerabilities, identifying and mitigating risks. -Perform and monitor Microsoft 365 product licensing, permissions, features, and group access. -Manage Exchange Online, including mailbox permissions, quarantined items. -Troubleshooting technical issues such as email delivery failures or authentication problems -Managing the deployment of new features or functionality after they have been tested in a staging environment. -Analyze and monitor Microsoft Office 365 ATP management alerts and email quarantine for policy violations/escalation. Physical Security System Administration -Administer the current key card access system, assigning/removing appropriate access to users as required. -Monitor video surveillance cameras to ensure all are recording properly. -Laisse with security vendor on scoping, quoting, and installing new card readers or video surveillance cameras. Information Technology Support -Assist in maintaining the agency's network security policies, standards, and procedures. -Provide Tier 2 technology support to team members of the Service Desk as an escalation point for unsolved issues. -Utilize the agency's trouble ticket management software. -Participate in technical working groups strategizing for future requirements and propose architecture enhancements based on business needs. Research and recommend innovative approaches for system administration tasks. -Prepare security related reports using different applications for management. Print Management Administration -Setup, configure, and deploy printers throughout the agency. -Provide Tier 2 support for Print environment, including Secure LDAP sign-in, Secure Print, Scanning from Multi-Function Printers. -Manage the managed service portal for service and consumable's replacement on the printers. Fax Solution Administration -Administer the current fax solution, including adding, changing, removing users/mailboxes that need to receive incoming faxes. -Setup multifunction printers to receive incoming faxes where needed. -Setup inbound fax numbers to route to network fileshares through city ftp server and scheduled scripts to route appropriately. Powershell Scripting & Coding -Ability to maintain, write and modify existing and new scripts integrating with MS365 environment. -Ability to integrate PowerShell scripts with MS SQL Server. NOTE: This position is open only to the current City of New York employees serving in a permanent Civil Service title of Computer Associate (Operations). To be considered for this position, PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR CURRENT PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE on your resume and cover letter. COMPUTER ASSOC (OPERATIONS) - 13621 Qualifications 1. A certificate from an accredited technical school (approximately 675 hours) with a specialization in computer operations, and two years of satisfactory full-time computer operations experience, in a large-scale networked, multi- tiered, or mainframe computer environment, or two years of satisfactory data communications network experience working in a mainframe or multi-tiered computer environment; or 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above; or 3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above; or 4. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2",or "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least two years of full-time experience as described in "1" above Additional Information

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