Systems and Infrastructure Engineer

Posting Details

Posting Number: S15132P

Working Title: Systems and Infrastructure Engineer

Department: Libraries-Galileo

Posting Type: External

Employment Type: Employee Benefits Eligibility

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Work Schedule: M-F; 8 hrs/day; some evening and weekend work and/or on-call duty may be required. This position is based on site at UGA, with a hybrid work schedule available based on operational needs and supervisor approval.

Advertised Salary: $68k-$80k, commensurate with experience

Posting Date: 05/12/2026

Location of Vacancy: Athens Area

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status or other protected status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb).

The Systems and Infrastructure Engineer supports Linux-based systems and related infrastructure that underpin GALILEO, GIL, and related statewide library services. This position supports production and non-production environments across on-premises, vendor-hosted, and cloud-connected systems. Working as part of a collaborative team, the Systems and Infrastructure Engineer contributes to the administration, monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, and automation of a wide range of systems and services, including Linux servers, virtualization platforms, authentication and access services, proxy services, application environments, and related infrastructure.

The role works closely with the Systems Architect, developers, and other team members to support existing services, implement improvements, and build operational knowledge over time. This position also supports systems and services that interface with the Library Services Platform and related service platforms, with an emphasis on service continuity, access, integrations, and operational consistency.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 2 years of professional experience.

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Science, or related discipline.
• Four years of experience administering Linux servers in a production, academic, or comparable environment.
• Two years of experience with Linux-based hypervisors and command-line tools for monitoring and troubleshooting virtualized environments.

• Working knowledge of Linux systems administration and infrastructure support concepts.
• Familiarity with networking, virtualization, cloud-connected environments, and containerized application deployment concepts.
• Ability to read, write, and maintain administrative scripts and work with Git-based workflows for infrastructure and automation (Infrastructure as Code).
• Effective communication, documentation, and collaboration skills in a team with varying levels of technical expertise.
• Comfort learning and using AI‑assisted tools appropriately to support operational and technical work.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and related automation workflows.
• Experience supporting web applications, certificates, and access management in a higher education, public sector, or similarly complex environment.

• Provides day‑to‑day support of server systems and related infrastructure, including monitoring systems and services, reviewing logs and alerts, and responding to outages or urgent operational issues as needed.
• Administers user accounts, permissions, storage access, and other system resources while helping maintain documentation, inventories, and operational procedures.
• Maintains the security, stability, and reliability of Linux‑based infrastructure by applying patches, updates, and configuration changes and by supporting networking, storage, virtualization, container platforms, and cloud-connected systems.

• Implement, automate, and support infrastructure,…