Title: Windows Server Administrator/Computer Applications Engineer
State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist III
Hiring Range: Based on qualifications & experience
Pay Band: 6
Agency: Virginia Military Institute
Location: Virginia Military Institute
Agency Website: www.vmi.edu
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The Virginia Military Institute is accepting applications for a Windows Server Administrator/Computer Applications Engineer to assist Lead Data Center Engineer and VMI ERP application staff in managing all aspects of configuration, implementation, and maintenance of the Institutes’ Windows server environment. Applicants must possess exceptional technical and troubleshooting abilities and excellent verbal and written communications skills. The successful applicant must excel in a team environment and on an individual basis.
The Windows Server Administrator/Computer Applications Engineer will be responsible for all aspects of the Institutes’ Server environment including comprehensive administration, maintenance, monitoring, and enterprise level technical support. This position will be responsible for implementing and supporting Microsoft Windows infrastructure solutions and integrations with the Institutes ERP system and other various 3rd party systems including analyzing, testing, and providing improvement recommendations for all issues encountered. This position will work with other system administrators to connect different computer systems and applications to ensure seamless communication and data exchange. The position will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining integration solutions that enable Virginia Military Institute to streamline their business processes and improve overall efficiency.
Position Duties
• Tasks include a high level of technical variation and difficulty performed with deadlines and heavy workloads.
• Possesses and applies a significant depth of expertise of principles, practices, and procedures of a particular function.
• May perform work in multiple functional areas.
• May provide consultation and advice on major implementations ensuring that services are not compromised.
• May provide technical leadership on integration of various related systems.
• May participate in strategic planning activities.
• May review and analyze data to predict future needs and recommend enhancements.
• May prepare budgeting and cost analyses.
• May develop technical standards, project documentation, and policies.
• May plan the work of others to meet project deadlines and to set priorities based on user needs.
• May evaluate the effectiveness of services and recommend changes in procedures to meet user needs. • Contacts include interactions with customers on significant topics to identify, plan, and perform actions to meet customer needs. May also train customer to be able to use systems and tools.
• Collaborates effectively with team members to ensure success of projects and systems.
• Ensures that implementation efforts do not compromise systems or services.
• Ensures the successful integration of systems, platforms, and architectures.
• Successfully delivers system services and improvements to customers.
• Consequences of error include the inability of users and citizens to access and use
Commonwealth systems; system failure; insecure systems; and the unreliability of information and data produced by systems.
• Consequences of error may also include delayed projects or failed project implementations.
• Provides technical leadership and training to less experienced staff and may serve in a lead or senior capacity.
• Works independently and refers only the most complex issues to higher levels.
• Decision making requires sound judgment based on expertise and experience.
• Ensures compliance with all necessary rules, regulations, standards and laws.
The successful candidate is required to perform after-hours work when circumstances dictate.
Minimum Qualifications
• Substantial Experience supporting:
o Microsoft Server Operating Systems
o Office 365 Email systems
o Active Directory
o Windows Hyper-V virtual environment
o DNS and DHCP
o Storage, iSCSI, SAN
o Backup and Recovery services
o Azure cloud services
Desired Qualifications
• Substantial Knowledge and Experience supporting:
o Ellucian Colleague database and API
o Entrinsik Informer
o Supporting current automations utilizing PowerShell scripting
o Enhancing campus efficiency using electronic resources and AI
Additional Considerations
Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent applicable work experience.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for 3 professional references.
Contact Information
Name: Darrell Campbell
Phone: 540-464-7508
Email: CampbellDC@vmi.edu
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 800-552-5019.
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.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is located in the South Atlantic region of the United States. It was the 10th state to be admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788. Home to approximately 8 million residents, Virginia is the 12th most populous state in the United States. The capital is Richmond, and its most populous city is Virginia Beach.
The narrative history of the Commonwealth of Virginia often begins with the founding of Jamestown in 1607, near what is now modern day Williamsburg, Virginia. Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in the New World, and the Virginia General Assembly, established on July 30, 1619, is now recognized as the oldest legislative body in the western hemisphere. When Virginia became a royal colony in 1624, the robust tobacco trade that had been developing in Virginia helped establish the American colonies as a powerful economic force. During the American Revolution, Virginia witnessed the final surrender of British forces at Yorktown and later became known as the birthplace of many revolution-era figures and future American presidents, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. To date, 8 United States presidents have been born in Virginia, more than in any other state.
The modern government of Virginia is nearly identical in structure to the federal government, and is divided into 3 branches, these being the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches. The Virginia General Assembly is comprised of the 100-member House of Delegates and the 40-member Senate. A governor and lieutenant governor are elected every 4 years. Governors cannot be elected to or serve consecutive terms. Virginia’s judicial system consists of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia, the Circuit Courts, and the lower General District Courts and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts. Virginia has 13 electoral votes in presidential elections, and possesses 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
