Description

Bard College, a liberal arts college on the Hudson River, is a
private institution working in the public interest.

Employer Website: http://apply.interfolio.com/136527

The Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing (SMC division)
seeks a Systems Administrator to provide curricular and research
support for the SMC Division and its Computational Sciences
Program, by identifying and maintaining software and hardware
applicable to courses, faculty and student research projects, and
other initiatives. This position will focus on maintenance,
upgrade, and software configuration on division computers, desktop
computers in teaching labs, as well as desktop computers, laptops,
robots, and other hardware and software in faculty offices and the
division’s research labs.

A successful candidate will be a skilled and flexible professional
who interfaces with faculty and oversees a small staff of student
employees.

Responsibilities

● Install, maintain, and troubleshoot a variety of computer
hardware on PC and Macintosh labs used by the SMC Division.

● Work to automate and scale support for classroom lab
systems.

● Maintain computer operating systems used by the Computational
Sciences Program, Data Analytics Concentration and SMC Division,
including computer teaching labs, research labs, mobile teaching
laptops, and faculty computers.

● Maintain printers in the printing rooms and faculty
offices.

● Identify, install, and maintain specialized software on all
computers within the division, including virtual machines on some
computers.

● Train and manage a small staff of student employees.

● Coordinate with Bard IT to identify shared needs and possible
efficiencies.

● Maintain connection to the networking infrastructure maintained
by Bard IT.

● Maintain system documentation for supported systems.

● Install and maintain security and system back-up and recovery for
faculty computers and research lab computers.

● Provide user support for all faculty.

● Respond to emergencies and outages as needed.

● Meet regularly with the Computational Sciences program
director.

● Work with and advise SMC faculty in the submission of equipment
requests, budgets, and managing computing expenses.

● Train and supervise the CS department classroom monitors.

● Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

● A minimum of three years of experience in systems administration,
preferably for an academic department in a Linux networked
environment.

● Working knowledge of Linux on a broad range of hardware
platforms.

● Familiarity with system installation and maintenance for Linux,
MacOS, and Windows. Superior troubleshooting skills are
required.

● Knowledge of systems administration automation.

● Experience supporting programming languages, IDEs, drop boxes,
version control, SQL databases.

● Must be able to work efficiently and cooperatively with faculty
and students. Strong interpersonal skills are important.

To Apply

To apply please submit a cover letter, resume and the contact
information for three references through the Interfolio
website:

Salary range: $58,000 - $63,000.

This salary range reflects the College's good faith and reasonable
estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the
job posting. Salary decisions are dependent on several factors
including but not limited to market and organizational
considerations, experience, and qualifications of a selected
candidate as well as internal and external equity.

Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome
applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical
disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic
information.

Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and
reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment
practices, services, programs, and activities.

AA/EOE

Responsibilities

• seeks a Systems Administrator to provide curricular and research
• support for the SMC Division and its Computational Sciences
• Program, by identifying and maintaining software and hardware
• applicable to courses, faculty and student research projects, and
• This position will focus on maintenance,
• upgrade, and software configuration on division computers, desktop
• computers in teaching labs, as well as desktop computers, laptops,
• who interfaces with faculty and oversees a small staff of student
• Install, maintain, and troubleshoot a variety of computer
• hardware on PC and Macintosh labs used by the SMC Division
• Work to automate and scale support for classroom lab
• Maintain computer operating systems used by the Computational
• laptops, and faculty computers
• Maintain printers in the printing rooms and faculty
• Identify, install, and maintain specialized software on all
• computers within the division, including virtual machines on some
• Train and manage a small staff of student employees
• Coordinate with Bard IT to identify shared needs and possible
• Maintain connection to the networking infrastructure maintained
• Maintain system documentation for supported systems
• Install and maintain security and system back-up and recovery for
• Provide user support for all faculty
• Respond to emergencies and outages as needed
• Meet regularly with the Computational Sciences program
• Work with and advise SMC faculty in the submission of equipment
• requests, budgets, and managing computing expenses
• Train and supervise the CS department classroom monitors
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A minimum of three years of experience in systems administration,
• preferably for an academic department in a Linux networked
• Familiarity with system installation and maintenance for Linux,
• MacOS, and Windows
• Knowledge of systems administration automation
• Experience supporting programming languages, IDEs, drop boxes,
• version control, SQL databases
• Must be able to work efficiently and cooperatively with faculty
• considerations, experience, and qualifications of a selected

Benefits

• Salary range: $58,000 - $63,000', "This salary range reflects the College's good faith and reasonable", 'estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the