System Administrator

Title: System Administrator

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Attorney General & Dept of Law

Location:Office of the Attorney General

Agency Website:

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

• Manage all operating systems.
• Manage communications (email, IM, etc ) and connection solutions, including workstation connectivity, local area networks, agency Web site, intranet, and Internet applications.
• Ensure the integrity and security of agency data on host computers, multiple databases, and during data transfer in accordance with agency needs and industry best practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage input/output fleet, including printers and scanners.
• Participate in and support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems, software, and enterprise solutions in conjunction with end-users and department managers.
• Develop strategies for client/server implementations; architect the infrastructure required to support those strategies.
• Act as project lead in the design and review of new server systems, applications, and hardware; conduct capacity planning as needed.
• Perform all tasks necessary to fulfill service level agreements regarding messaging and collaboration availability and security, including those involving user accounts, shared folders/calendars, and mailing lists.
• Implement policies, procedures, and technologies to ensure security through secure access, monitoring, control, and routine security evaluations.
• Messaging filtering and error log tracking.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform software patches, upgrades, and/or purchases.
• Ensure that messaging implementations comply with policies, standards, licensing agreements, and configuration guidelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Working technical knowledge of network, PC, and various server platform operating systems, roles, and services.
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards, including firewalls.
• Strong knowledge of patch management, change control practices and local area network administration.
• Hands-on software and hardware troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with data management.
• Experience documenting and maintaining configuration and process information.
• Good understanding of the organization's goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Proven experience with email messaging administration.
• Working technical knowledge of current messaging and collaboration systems software, protocols, and standards.
• Knowledge of industry best practices for e-mail privacy and regulatory compliance, routing, filtering, monitoring, tiered storage, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Extensive support experience with various application architectures.
• Experience with high-availability design (failover systems and data replication).
• Previous exposure to server virtualization technologies.

Additional Considerations

College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science, business information technology, computer information systems, computer security and networking and/or 2 years equivalent work experience.

Special Instructions

Kindly utilize the Virginia Jobs website () to submit your application. Applications sent to the Recruitment email address will not be reviewed for the hiring process. We do not entertain phone calls or emails inquiring about application status; instead, please login to the PageUp/RMS system for updates on your application's status.

Contact Information

Name: OAG Recruitment

Phone:

Email:

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.