Systems Administrator

Title: Systems Administrator

local to FL only

Location: Tallahassee, FL

Duration: 12 months

USC only

We are seeking a Systems Administrator to support the FDOT Infrastructure. The role involves managing, maintaining, and enhancing FDOT's IT infrastructure, applications, data, and cloud services. This position requires handling tasks of medium to high complexity, delivering daily operations support, and providing technical leadership across multiple technology domains.

This is an onsite requirement

Key Responsibilities:

Support and expand FDOT's IT infrastructure.

Configure, monitor, and administer servers (Windows and Linux).

Ensure security, availability, and performance of systems and applications.

Implement network policies, firewalls, and security hardening.

Administer Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and Power Platform services.

Manage Azure DevOps projects, git repositories, and pipelines.

Provide technical recommendations for upgrades and improvements.

Troubleshoot and resolve system/application issues; escalate to vendors when needed.

Assist and support developers and IT staff.

Participate in on-call rotations, after-hours, and weekend support.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Mandatory Requirements:

• Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field — OR equivalent work experience.

• Experience:

• Candidates must demonstrate the following:

• 5–8 years in information systems engineering or related field.

• 3–5 years in IT infrastructure/network environments (operations, support, administration).

• 2–3 years with Windows Server (2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022).

• 2–3 years IIS Administration.

• 2–3 years with TCP/IP, DNS, file sharing, and permissions.

• 2–3 years of professional experience with Microsoft Azure (highly desired).

• Experience with AWS or GCP (highly desired).

• Experience with middleware (API Management, IT Service Automation, batch job services) (desired).

• Strong Microsoft software administration background (desired).

• Experience in Linux (Redhat, Ubuntu) administration and patching.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge and administration of Microsoft Azure, Windows Server, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Power Platform

• Proficiency in Linux administration (Red Hat, Ubuntu), including patching

• Strong networking principles and cloud-based network architectures

• Experience with DevOps, git repositories, and automation tools