Enterprise Systems Administrator

Enterprise Systems Administrator

Status:Full Time

Hours:Monday – Friday, 35 hours/week

Home Campus:Fennell (hybrid work arrangements available)

Rate of Pay:Payband J (Start Rate: $43.61 per hour)

Vacancy Status:1 vacancy available

Posting Date:August 21st, 2026

Closing Date:September 3rd, 2026 at 7:00pm EST

Preference will be given to qualified employees within the Full Time Support Staff bargaining unit, Appendix D (6consecutive months in Appendix D status) and RPT employees who have passed probation at Mohawk College.

We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce. As educators, we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles ofreconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our community.

The Enterprise Systems Administrator is responsible for the advanced operational administration, maintenance, support,troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of the College’s enterprise infrastructure systems across on-premises andcloud-hosted environments, with a strong emphasis on Linux server administration and enterprise systems operations.

The position provides senior-level technical expertise in the administration of Linux and Windows operating systems,virtualization platforms, Microsoft 365 services, cloud technologies, enterprise storage, monitoring systems, backupand disaster recovery solutions, database platforms, and automation technologies supporting critical academic and administrative services.

The incumbent leads operational infrastructure activities including server provisioning, implementation of new systems, operating systems and application upgrades, patch management, security remediation, backup and recoveryoperations, and infrastructure maintenance while ensuring the availability, reliability, security, and performance of enterprise systems and services.

Working with a high degree of independence and technical judgement, the incumbent diagnoses and resolves complex infrastructure, operating system, application, database, and cloud-related issues through advanced troubleshooting,root cause analysis, monitoring, scripting, and automation.

The role develops and maintains operational procedures, automation scripts, and technical documentation to improve operational efficiency, consistency, scalability, and service delivery.

The Enterprise Systems Administrator also acts as a senior technical escalation resource and mentor for Help Desk andjunior technical staff, while coordinating with infrastructure teams, application owners, database administrators,departmental stakeholders, and third-party vendors to support enterprise technologies, planned maintenance activities,and operational service continuity across the organization.

Participate in after-hours maintenance activities, on-call support rotations, emergency response, and planned service interruptions as required to maintain critical IT services and infrastructure availability.

To be compliant with the Acceptance of Payment Card Policy and PCI Requirements, this position is required toprovide a Police Check prior to the commencement of employment.

• Perform advanced Linux systems administration activities including user and group administration, storagemanagement, service configuration, kernel updates, log analysis, shell scripting, and troubleshooting of enterprise applications and services.
• Support and maintain Linux and Windows based infrastructure services and platforms, including web services,application servers, container hosts, scheduled job automation, secure remote access, and system monitoringintegrations.

• Diagnose and resolve complex Linux and Windows operating systems, performance, networking, and service-related issues through root cause analysis, system diagnostics, log review, and coordination with application owners, DBA’sand infrastructure teams.

• Provide senior level operational administration, maintenance, support and troubleshooting of enterprise infrastructure systems spanning on-premises datacenters and cloud-hosted environments,…