IT Systems Administrator

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• Associate's degree equivalent to four (4) years of experience
• Bachelor's degree equivalent to eight (8) years of experience

Title: IT Systems Administrator I Dept.: Administrative Services

FLSA: Non-exempt PL 101-630: Yes

Subordinates: No Grant Funded: Indirect

Position Summary:

The Systems Administrator is primarily responsible for the Tribe’s server, storage, backup, and enterprise application environments. This position will also work with Helpdesk for next-tier support, desktop OS & application deployment, and documentation. This position requires attention to detail and a focus on security in all responsibilities.

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees must submit to a background check and abide by all Tribal, federal, and state laws. All employees must comply with Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation drug free workplace policy and will be subject to pre-employment, random, for-cause, and post-accident drug and alcohol testing. Qualified American Indian Preference applies.

• Deploy and update physical and virtual servers including Hyper‑V and VMware hosts.
• Monitor and maintain storage systems including iSCSI SANs.
• Manage and verify backups & maintain disaster recovery readiness.
• Manage Intune for device compliance, app & OS deployment, and endpoint security.
• Administer Active Directory, Group Policy, and related technologies.
• Apply patches and maintain security best practices across all systems.
• Provide next-tier technical support & training for Helpdesk.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, and security.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation, inventory, and SOPs.
• Collaborate with other IT staff and department teams to implement secure and efficient solutions.
• Respond to system outages and critical incidents, including occasional after‑hours support.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees are expected to consistently demonstrate the organization’s values: integrity, cultural sensitivity and respect for traditional values, continual learning and improving, compassion, teamwork and pride. Employees are expected to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, accountability, cooperation with and consideration of others.

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees are expected to have general knowledge of typical office technologies such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, and typical office software.

Job Specific Knowledge:

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees are expected to have a broad range of skills and abilities centered around a strong citizen focus, efficient performance, and teamwork. All employees should have customer service skills, interpersonal skills and good communication skills. All employees should have the ability to manage their time and organize their work to ensure efficient performance. In addition, all employees should have the ability to follow policy, procedure and instructions, actively communicate with their supervisors to ensure understanding and manage their work accordingly.

Finally, all employees should have the ability to understand and manage citizen confidentiality.

Job Specific

Skills and Abilities:

• Problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Interpersonal skills and teamwork.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and follow policies and procedures.

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)…