Systems Administrator

Department

Arts and Sci Information Svcs-301000

Information Technology

01/14/2026

01/27/2026

No

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Systems Administrator

EHRA Non-Faculty

NF0009455

Full-Time Permanent

1

40

North Carolina, US

Dependent on Experience and/or Qualifications

02/02/2026

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world‑class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC‑Chapel Hill offers full‑time employees a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

In partnership with faculty, staff and graduate students, OASIS provides thoughtful, innovative, and sustainable technical solutions to advance the College’s mission to ‘prepare people to solve the world’s most challenging problems.’ Information Services provides information technology services in support of the College of Arts and Science’s mission; specifically, it puts a personal face on technology services, delivering ‘hands‑on’ personal, network, and instructional technology support to the College community.

The Office: (1) coordinates all information technology services at the College level; (2) establishes and implements College level computing policy and procedures; (3) represents and advocates information technology interests of the College to the broader community; and (4) acts as the primary liaison between the College and University Information Technology Services. The Office reports directly to the Dean’s office, College of Arts and Sciences.

This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.

The primary purpose of the Systems Specialist is to develop and support information technology systems that support the business, research and instructional functions of the College community. This is specialized work involving complex systems, many of which have high information security and uptime standards. This will require providing direct support to users of those systems, generating and maintaining documentation in regard to those systems, researching specialized hardware and software for same for both the research and instructional mission of the College, and manage and install operating systems and software on both real hardware and virtual machines.

The work involves the advanced use of software and/or hardware tools to maintain existing and provision new services that are critical to the daily work of the College community. The work requires expertise with core infrastructure elements and how they interrelate to provide a cohesive and stable computing environment. Examples of the specific technologies this position supports include Proxmox, Hyper‑V, and vCenter Virtualization Environments;
Ansible, Cfengine, or similar configuration management software;
Zabbix, or similar monitoring applications;
Warewulf or other HPC cluster management, networking and…