• Based in the Information Strategy and Technology Services Unit at the Mawson Lakes campus
• Full-time, fixed term contract 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
• Commencement Salary: $100,080 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role

The Senior Server Administrator: Systems Infrastructure leads the development, support and maintenance of physical and virtual servers, data management systems, data protection, Email and identity management and security to support the University’s IT environment.

Using their substantial expertise and knowledge the incumbent provides technical direction for complex IT problems; architectural leadership and is responsible for particular groupings of technologies in the systems infrastructure environment. This role also guides less experienced staff in the implementation and operationalisation of innovative projects and new technical solutions.

About Uni SA

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Information Strategy and Technology Services (ISTS), which has the primary strategic and operational responsibility for the provision of the Uni SA’s considerable IT infrastructure and services has approximately 180 staff in 9 key areas.

• ISTS contributes to the University’s strategic goals and objectives by providing:
• University wide IT support for staff and students
• technical support, development and management of
  • communication services such as fixed and wireless data networks, telephone systems, voicemail, and high speed access to the internet
  • collaboration facilities such as email, calendaring, video and audio conferencing, instant messaging and document sharing
  • over 2,700 on campus computers for students
  • teaching technology in general purpose teaching spaces and
  • central infrastructure (servers, data storage and data centres)
• technical support, development and management of information systems which support online teaching and learning, research management and research education, student experience, administration, data integration and business intelligence, the staff and student portals, and the corporate web
• identification and management of ICT based risks and disaster recovery planning
• technical project management services for major, University wide ITC projects
• management of University wide hardware and software purchasing arrangements and
• development, maintenance and communication of policies, procedures and guidelines for the use of information technology within the university

Essential Skills and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification (normally a degree) or demonstrated equivalent knowledge, experience and skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development
• Extensive technical leadership and experience in design, documentation and provision of technical leadership for the architecture of specific technologies associated with Servers (Windows and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Storage including automated system builds, virtual machines, capacity planning, storage area networks, backup and recovery technologies and disaster recovery
• Extensive experience using the architecture of applications that are layered on top of the systems infrastructure environment including Active Directory, ADFS/Azure AD, Microsoft Exchange, Database and Web servers
• Significant relevant professional information technology experience in a complex networked computing environment comparable with that of the University and the interaction of protocols and services including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and server network configurations
• Significant experience in architectural design, development, maintenance, support and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OR MS Windows based servers with experience in both preferred

Benefits

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. Uni SA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:

• Access to great personal development opportunities
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17%
• Flexible working conditions
• A range of salary packaging options, including vehicle leasing, laptops and car parking fees

Culture

At the University of South Australia, we value workplace diversity and are committed to providing a supportive, inclusive, and respectful work environment for all people. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, women, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability.

We are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment process and encourage you to share any support, adjustments and/or access requirements you have by contacting our Recruitment Central team on recruitment@unisa.edu.au. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Start Your Unstoppable Career

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at Uni SA. The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.

Please address your cover letter to Emma Kelvin, Senior Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact Uni SA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at recruitment@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 6631.

Applications close: 11.30pm Wednesday 6 November 2024

Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment.

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