IT System Administrator - 29th Judicial District

Position number
: K0070270

Location of Employment: 29th Judicial District, WY County Courthouse, 710 N 7th St. Kansas City, KS 66101

Position Title and Salary
: IT Systems Administrator I, Grade 46, $36.78 Hourly, $37.69 with six months of successful performance, $40.55 with one year of successful performance

Kansas Judicial Branch Benefits State Employment Center - Benefits (ks.gov)

This is professional IT infrastructure work focused on the installation, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of enterprise systems in a primarily Windows Server environment, including systems hosted in VMware. The position helps meet end‑user and business needs by ensuring uptime, performance, availability, and security of servers and core services within established operational guidelines.

(Position may not include all duties listed, and examples do not cover all duties which may be performed.)

Work includes responding to escalated incidents from first‑level support; administering identity, server, messaging, and core network services; monitoring logs and hardware indicators; applying standard changes; and supporting backup and disaster recovery activities. Routine tasks may be automated through scripting to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.

Work is performed under the supervision of the IT Infrastructure Manager and is reviewed through conferences, documentation, and evaluation of results obtained.

Work Schedule & Location
:
This position requires on‑site presence the majority of the workweek, with the potential for hybrid flexibility as approved or required.

• Performs common administration tasks for users, computers, and groups in Active Directory (provisioning, changes, deprovisioning)
• Monitors Active Directory health and assists with remediation of replication, authentication, or policy‑related issues
• Reviews and responds to security events related to identity and access; follows established escalation and documentation practices
• Maintains and supports Group Policy structure to secure servers, desktops, and laptops (baseline settings, hardening, updates)

• Supports the design, operation, and monitoring of DNS, DHCP (and other assigned directory/network services)
• Assists with troubleshooting name resolution, address assignment, and related service interruptions affecting applications and users

• Installs, configures, administers, and monitors Windows Server systems (including patching, service configuration, performance checks)
• Assists with administration and monitoring of the VMware environment (VM provisioning, resource monitoring, snapshot coordination, basic troubleshooting)
• Helps plan for/respond to outages and participates in root‑cause follow‑up (problem management)

• Designing and updating visual dial plans. This includes managing auto‑attendants (IVRs), ring groups, and time‑based routing schedules to ensure calls are handled correctly across various office locations or remote setups
• Managing the full lifecycle of users, assigning softphone licenses and provisioning physical desk phones via MAC addresses

• Assists with administering Microsoft Exchange and/or Microsoft 365 services as assigned
• Monitors messaging service health and responds to incidents, outages, and capacity/performance issues

• Ensures backups are operating as designed; reviews job status and supports remediation of failed jobs
• Assists with disaster recovery planning, documentation, and testing, including restore validation activities
• Assists with administration/monitoring of enterprise storage systems (e.g., SAN) as assigned

• Monitors assigned security alerts/logs and followed procedures for investigation, containment, and escalation
• Supports endpoint/server protection tooling and standard security configuration baselines
• Implements least privilege, separation of duties, and secure administrative practices

• Automates routine tasks using scripting…