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Massachusetts State Ethics Commission

TEC- Systems Administrator III (25-03)

Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, Austin, Texas, us, 78716

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Massachusetts State Ethics Commission Please paste the following URL into a browser to view the entire job posting in the CAPPS Career Section: https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=00051014

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Job Description

The Texas Ethics Commission is looking to grow our IT team with a highly motivated and experienced system administrator with outstanding leadership skills who can manage multiple projects and deliver exceptional results.

This role performs complex (journey-level) computer systems administration work for the Texas Ethics Commission. Requires a high functional understanding of computer systems, networks, system security, applications, application architectures, and business applications, including use of the AWS cloud-based environments. Works under the minimal direction of the IT Director with moderate to considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. May train others.

Specific Job Functions

Manage the administration and licensing of Microsoft 365 collaborative tools, including Outlook, Office Suite, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Administrative tasks also include running eDiscovery to search the agencys email communications in response to open records requests for historical email records.

Manage and maintain the agencys workstation productivity hardware and software. Provide support for laptops, peripherals, printers, Windows desktop operating systems, MS Office products and Adobe Acrobat. Responsible for provisioning and maintaining agency laptops, troubleshooting issues, researching, and resolving issues with these systems and software packages. Assist in the preparation and development of instructions and manuals to provide guidance to agency end users. Provide equipment requirements and capabilities for proposed hardware and software upgrades.

Serve as the primary escalation point for agency staff end-user technical issues. Assist agency staff with technical issues, ensuring efficient operations and seamless user experience across communication and productivity platforms.

Coordinate the management of IT resources for staff onboarding and offboarding. This includes the provisioning of equipment for new employees, ensuring proper installation of systems, software, and office equipment. For offboarding, facilitate the recovery of staff equipment, collect user information, and properly deactivate accounts upon verification of data collection.

Ensure that all workstations and devices are properly patched and updated using Microsoft Intune and Autopilot, and other technologies. Monitor compliance with security and software updates, addressing any issues that arise. Educate agency staff end users on their responsibilities regarding system updates and security best practices to maintain a secure and reliable computing environment.

Manage and maintain the agencys Unitrends software backup solution. Tasks include ensuring that critical files are continuously backed up, recovering files from the backup system as needed, and restoring the recovered files to the appropriate storage location.

Manage and maintain the agencys Linux servers and operating systems and administration and troubleshoot issues found with these systems, research and resolve the issues. Assist with plans to migrate the Linux servers to the AWS Public Cloud.

Manage and maintain the agencys network environment. This includes managing the agency firewall and VPN.

Serve as the agencys IT security officer, including managing the agencys network security. Tasks include planning for and completing the agencys biennial security plan and preparing and providing documentation for and participating in the agencys biennial security assessment by an outside 3rd party. Plan and administer the agencys cybersecurity training exercises.

Serve as technical lead for the agencys disaster recovery COOP lan, including writing, evaluating and updating the document, and planning and running testing activities.

Analyze proposed computer applications in terms of equipment requirements and capabilities.

Perform related work as assigned.

Related Military Occupational Specialty Codes

Veterans, Reservists, or Guardsmen with a MOS or additional duties that fall in the fields of 43-6014.00 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical and Executive, 92A, PS, 641X, 0111 and 3A1X1 or other related fields pertaining to the minimum experience requirement may meet the minimum qualifications for this position and are encouraged to apply.

Additional Military Crosswalk information can be accessed at http://www.hr.sao.state.tx.us/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_AdministrativeSupport.pdf

E-verify

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employees Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

H-1B VISA SPONSORSHIP

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.

Benefits

The State of Texas offers a variety ofbenefitsfor you and your family that are comprehensive and, on average, make up about one-third of total compensation.Benefits include:

Retirement Plan

Paid Group Health Life Insurance for employees

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation Leave

Paid Sick Leave

Longevity Pay

Dental

Vision

Dependent Optional Life Insurance

Voluntary ADD Insurance

Dependent Health Life Insurance

Health Dependent care flexible spending accounts

Qualifications: MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited four-year college or university, with major coursework in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

Minimum of 3 years experience in Microsoft Windows system administration.

Minimum of 2 years as SharePoint administrator and 365 administrator.

Minimum of 1 year experience working with Cloud services administration.

Experience and education may be substituted on a year for year basis.

Total number of years may run concurrently.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with workstation management using Intune in an enterprise environment.

Microsoft Systems Administrator certification (MCSA or similar).

Amazon Web Services (AWS) certifications.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Experience with workstation management using Intune in an enterprise environment.

Experience with Microsoft 365 administration.

Experience with SharePoint and OneDrive administration.

Experience with Microsoft Windows desktop operating systems.

Experience with Linux operating systems.

Knowledge of basic computer networking.

Knowledge of Intel computer hardware and software running Microsoft Windows Operation Systems

Experience with software backup solutions.

Excellent writing skills.

Skill in problem solving, in critical thinking, and use of comput Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level Employment type

Employment type

Full-time Job function

Job function

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