Senior Systems Administrator

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• Department:** Information Technology

**Definition and Examples of Work**

• Collaborate with software developers, system administrators, and

other stakeholders to implement and maintain a scalable, secure, and

reliable infrastructure.

• Design, build and maintain stable and efficient infrastructure as

code solutions to optimize service delivery across production, QA,

and development environments throughout the development lifecycle.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and continuously improve building,

packaging, and deployment processes.

• Implement and maintain automated infrastructure capabilities like

backups, updates, security tools, resource monitoring.

• Implement and manage security best practices, including identity and

access management, network security, and data protection.

• Works with developers and other IT staff to investigate and resolve

technical issues.

• Collaborate with development teams to implement continuous

integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, enabling

faster and more reliable software releases.

• Automate and streamline deployment processes, minimizing manual

intervention and improving system efficiency.

• Conducting system performance analysis and optimization.
• Design and administration of container application platform and

associated hardware and software.

• Answers questions pertaining to IT policies and procedures.
• Additional duties may be assigned as business needs require.

**Latitude and Impact of Position**

This position works daily to obtain information, provide input, and

problem solve independently and as part of a team, while researching and

using extensive technical and industry knowledge. Most work projects are

assigned, then the employee arranges his/her work tasks for completion

within established timeframes. This position may direct the work of

others while providing coaching and training in an informal manner.

Decision making may be done independently related to own work tasks and

when decisions do not impact other departments. All purchase requests

require supervisory approval. Successful completion of job tasks impacts

internal systems, processes and procedures, operating costs, customer

satisfaction, and company liability.

**Work Environment**

The work environment described here is representative of the general

work environment for the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made

To Enable Individuals With Disabilities To Perform The Essential

functions.

• Primarily works in a general office environment using computers,

electronic devices, phones, and related office equipment.

**Physical requirements**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that

must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential

functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable

Individuals With Disabilities To Perform The Essential Functions.

• Ability to sit (or stand) for long periods of time while visualizing

a computer screen (continuous)

• Must be able to speak with and hear others (frequent)
• Uses hands to touch, handle, feel, grip, grasp, pinch, or squeeze

(frequent)

• Must be able to see up close and identify and distinguish colors

and/or shapes (continuous)

• Must be able to adjust focus, use peripheral vision (frequently)
• Occasionally uses depth perception and must see at a distance.
• Must occasionally distinguish between sound tones.
• Must lift up to 25 pounds occasionally.

**Other Requirements**

• Occasional hours beyond normal office hours due to system

maintenance and monitoring activities.

• The Kansas Turnpike Authority is an equal and affirmative action

employer. We provide all mployees and applicants for employment with

equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion,

gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity,

citizenship, immigration status, marital status, military status, any

covered veteran status, disability status, genetic information,

caregiving responsibilities or any other basis prohibited by law.*

• You may also be subject to the following pre-employment requirements:

credit check, background check, educational validation, physical, drug

and nicotine testing, and driver\'s license check.*