Working/Functional Title

Server/Network Administrator

Position Summary

This team member will provide expertise in a windows server environment and will be responsible for securing the UA’s network and ensure optimal connectivity for our end-users to accomplish their daily activities.  This position will report to Director, Advancement Network/Computing as a member of UA's Network and Computing team.  The administrator will share responsibility for assisting all end-users with their questions or problems about how supported software interacts with UA’s network platform: 40% Server Administration - Installing, patching network and server hardware,  monitor UA systems and maintaining UA's disaster recovery.  15%-Network Administration - Maintaining UA's VLans, Adjusting Firewall and requesting firewall changes from ITServices., 25%-Application Administration - Be the lead administrator for our Microsoft and TeamDynamix environment, create software installation packages, 10%- Provide top tier support for UA's systems., 10% Maintain UA's disaster recovery system, performing backups and restores.

Michigan State University (MSU) is ranked #30 among public universities and #63 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2025. Located in East Lansing, three miles east of the state’s capitol, the MSU community includes more than 12,000 faculty, academic and support staff, as well as over 51,000 students. MSU offers an extensive benefits package to its employees including health care, prescription, and dental coverage, and a base retirement program with a University matching contribution, as well as basic life insurance. In addition, MSU offers educational benefits including a course fee courtesy program and educational assistance. 

MSU Information Technology provides the primary leadership for strategic, financial, and policy initiatives affecting information technology (IT) across MSU. MSU IT offers technology resources that support MSU’s mission of providing education, conducting research, and advancing engagement.

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree; one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in deploying, maintaining and supporting Windows Based Servers and systems; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Thorough working knowledge of the Microsoft platforms including SharePoint, Hyper-V, Active Directory, IIS, Always on VPN, MSSQL and Microsoft System Center.
• Experience with administrating TeamDynamix (TDX)
• Serve as on-going support for server and application as well as functional and technical problem resolution
• Experience with Oracle

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume and Cover Letter

Special Instructions

Three Professional References

Work Hours

STANDARD 8-5

Website

tech.msu.edu

Bidding eligibility ends July 7, 2026 at 11:55 P.M.

About Michigan State University

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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