Systems and Network Administrator Job Fremont area,California USA,IT/Tech

Systems and Network Administrator

Ohlone College

Salary: $96,492.00 - $ Annually

Job Type: Full-Time

Division:
Administrative Services

Opening Date: 02/26/2026

Location:

Fremont Campus and/or Newark Center

Job Number:

Department:
Administrative Services

Bargaining Unit:
California School Employees Association (CSEA)

Ideal Candidate Statement

The ideal candidate is an initiative-taking, highly skilled, detail-orientated System and Network administrator who excels in supporting complex IT environments. The candidate brings deep technical expertise in system administration combined with evidence-based security best practices and proven network architecture proficiency which support stability, security, and growth of the environment. The candidate has extensive practical experience in administering Windows server environments, including virtualization, management of storage systems, identity management, cloud-based services (M365, Azure AD/Entra) and on-premise and cloud-hosted applications.

The candidate works effectively within a team-based environment supporting knowledge sharing, thorough system documentation, and cross-functional planning and project initiatives. The candidate uses their analytical skills to quickly and effectively resolve complex issues to minimize impact on instruction and campus operations. The candidate will exhibit customer service focused communication skills delivering consistent and exceptional services and technical solutions to faculty, staff, and students in an environment that is committed to diversity, equity, and accessibility.

Position Description

Under the general direction of the Administrator, the Systems and Network Administrator participates as a member of the IT Services team, focusing on setting up, configuring, and deploying networks and operating systems for District-wide use. The system network administrator determines the District's data storage and transmission needs and makes key decisions regarding network setup, security and capacity to provide users with reliable access to key data and software.

The Systems and Network Administrator may also directly install operating systems and programs on user hardware. It is also responsible for designing, configuring, and supporting standardized solutions that are reliable, available, scalable, manageable, secure and accessible.

Duties and Responsibilities

Conduct diagnostic testing on servers and network configurations and administrate infrastructure, including firewalls, databases, malware protection software and other processes, as needed;

Configure and apply system patches to servers and software;

Implements various system software/hardware standards, procedures and maintenance activities to achieve the highest possible reliability, security, and accessibility of network systems and servers;

Configure, operate and maintain a variety of organizational servers, including email, backup, business software, security, DNS, DHCP, SAN's, Virtual machine and Virtual Desktop systems, applications, departmental and other assigned servers;

Supports and maintains Office 365 user/group email account, troubleshoot email problem, migrate local Exchange email account to Office 365;

Maintain Ohlone cloud infrastructure in AWS, troubleshoot and resolve server, DNS and Ohlone website problem;

Evaluate network servers and architecture and suggest possible solutions to mitigate or reduce potential risk to systems and services;

Research, identify and recommend potential technologies, products and/or changes to improve systems and network configurations and determine hardware or software and make recommendations regarding acquisition and requirements related to such changes;

Design coordinate, implement and maintain network security measures in order to protect data, software, and hardware;

Perform or work with team members to support regular backup operations and implement appropriate processes for data protection, disaster recovery, and failover procedures;

Maintains and responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, network servers, and virtualization;

Analyze, evaluate and optimize network system or equipment performance;

Perform and maintain data backups and disaster recovery operations including adding users to a network addressing all security related functions;

Maintain logs related to network functions applications, as well as maintenance and repair records

Communicate in-person or at meetings with personnel inside and outside of the college organization including contractors and construction personnel to coordinate activities, projects exchange information and resolve issues or concerns

Act as a technical resource for questions and advises non-technical staff in the campus community based on user's expertise;

Install and upgrade computer components and software, manage virtual servers, and integrate automation processes;

Assign routing protocols and routing table configuration;

Assist network administrator(s) to…


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