Information Systems Administrator
Job Title: Information Systems Administrator
Location: Sheridan, WY
Type: Full-time
Job Summary:
The Information Systems Administrator administers the daily functions for assigned area including operational and technical functions within the Division of Information Technology Services. Accountable for the design, development, integration management, maintenance, security and control of the Institutional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and all information systems associated; establish and enforce all information system standards and analyze informational requirements of new or production systems and develop specifications; establish and enforce controls to ensure data integrity, cross-platform integration and data exchange between various systems; guide daily operational functions for assigned area.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership and project direction; act as coach and mentor with regards to projects pertaining to information systems
• Manage complex information systems with campus and state-wide impact; provide quality assurance; manage security operations for several large databases
• Coordinate implementation and maintenance of application software by developing partnerships with customers, vendors, and technical resources.
• Utilize languages in use in the division to develop, implement and maintain custom database, portal and application interfaces and applications.
• Provide ongoing technical training on the various information systems, ERP and databases through presentations, colloquiums, seminars, or one-on-one training; act as coach/mentor for support staff and other staff as assigned.
• Recommend organizational user training requirements to the institutions “User Group.”
• Make recommendations regarding policy and procedures for the institutions “User Group.”
• Analyze Institutional needs and requirements as they affect the ERP, associated information systems, and data security.
• Design, install, maintain, enhance or modify institutional databases and data security environment and related tools and products. Work closely with the institution’s “User Group.”
• Define procedures for testing and implementing new applications and modifications in the database environment
• Assist in the preparation of operating procedures and budget for the division.
• Provide on call assistance for problem resolution to equipment, applications, security or other problems.
• Develop short- and long-range plans for assigned areas.
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNCTIONS:
• Evaluate, assess and recommend resources for the enhancement, maintenance, or improvement of equipment, personnel, systems or services; stay current with changing technology impacts
• Participate in special projects as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Overall computer operations procedures
• Cross platform API, integration, and development expertise
• Programming languages in use in the Division
• Basic, routine, and advanced operating systems and platforms
• Basic, routine, and advanced database management systems, languages, procedures, and controls
• Administrative and technical operations of database management systems
• Optimizing systems resource utilization
• Database security, backup, and recovery
• Database software products
• Cross-systems integration management
• Basic, routine and advanced database and software modifications
• Design, develop, and control several operational aspects of database management system in relation to administrative informational requirements
• Work under pressure of deadlines and to work different work schedules for shutdown recovery, set up or maintenance
• Manage projects to meet multiple and conflicting project timelines
• Identify problems and provide project leadership
• Translate technical information into user-friendly program documentation
• Assume complete responsibility
• Develop long-range plans
• Use a variety of database management tools and processes
• Work logically through problems and develop optimal solutions
• Provide quality customer relations
• Test new data processing equipment and computer system applications and recommend purchases and standards
Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:
• May require being on call 24 hours per day.
• May travel occasionally to conferences, workshops, or outreach areas for professional development.
• Standard Office Setting
• Routinely exposed to video terminal display
• Operates within a high stress environment
Minimum Qualifications including education, experience, required licensures, certifications, and registrations:
• Two years utilizing microcomputer applications in technical support setting
• Three years of maintenance and configuration of underlying database operating systems
• Five years programming with large scale distributed databases systems
For more information or to apply visit https://jobs.sheridan.edu/postings/4012
