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The Department of Computer Science is an academic department that has a rich history of advancing and defining new fields of discovery in the physical sciences and computer science, and this tradition continues today. Our inquiry and impact spans from the edge of theory to human-computer interaction to Data Science. We are part of the Physical Sciences Division which includes departments and a number of interdisciplinary research institutes and centers. Job Summary\nThe Computer Science Techstaff is responsible for the design, operation, and security of all computing infrastructure within the Computer Science department, including research computing systems, workstations, servers, storage, networking, and audiovisual environments. The Systems Administrator 3 is a mid-level IT professional who operates with minimal supervision and serves as a core technical contributor to the department’s. This role is responsible for independently administering, maintaining, and improving the CS department’s IT environment, with a strong focus on networking and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. The Systems Administrator 3 collaborates closely with senior technical staff, faculty, researchers, and external partners, and is expected to take ownership of complex systems, lead projects, and contribute to architectural decisions. The Systems Administrator 3 plays a key role in ensuring system reliability, performance, security, and scalability across the department’s computing resources.Responsibilities\nReporting to the director of techstaff, acts as a senior technical leader, performs system and network administration functions independently, with an understanding of the interactions between hardware, operating system software, and network operations and the design and administrative requirements to ensure an efficient, reliable, secure infrastructure.\nConfigures, installs, upgrades, and maintains server applications and hardware. Works to safeguard the integrity of computer software. Implements operating system enhancements that will improve the reliability and performance of the system.\nAdministers operating systems, maintains security, and implements backup procedures for the organization's information systems and peripheral equipment, such as servers, desktops, printers, and storage devices.\nPlans for, and installs, necessary patches, upgrades, and vendor recommended maintenance for servers and their associated storage, network, communications, and peripheral sub-systems.\nInstalls and maintains an appropriate level of intrusion detection, monitoring, and auditing software as required, adhering to both security and operational policies.\nLead, Plan and execute system upgrades, migrations, and large-scale infrastructure projects with minimal guidance. \nCollaborate with faculty, researchers, students, and staff to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions that support instructional and research workflows.\nSupport faculty and staff with purchasing support and provide recommendations on purchases for research and instructional needs\nPerforms recovery procedures, scheduling, and backups, and monitors batch processes.\nMonitor system health, performance, and capacity; analyze logs and metrics to proactively identify and remediate issues. \nConfigures systems and their components to maximize performance and compatibility while minimizing costs, contention, or inference with other systems.\nRecommends, installs, and maintains appropriate levels of hardware and software firewalls associated with specific server implementations. Assists in the development, implementation, compliance tracking, and maintenance of documentation such as; hardware, software and service inventories and management reports. \nManage core infrastructure services including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP networking, authentication, and access control. \nParticipate in incident response, disaster recovery planning, backups, and security remediation activities. \nDocument work clearly, contribute to team best practices, and help others adopt design patterns by sharing knowledge in Slack, Internal Wikis, and GitLab.\nActs as a technical consultant and resource for faculty research, teaching, and/or administrative projects.\nSupports department computing needs, such as AV and endpoint support, department datacenter operations as needed.\nPerforms other related work as needed.\nParticipates on on-call rotations as required.\nAdministers operating systems, maintains security, and implements backup procedures for the organization's information systems and peripheral equipment, such as servers, desktops, printers, and storage devices.\nPlans and installs necessary patches and upgrades for servers and their associated storage, network, communications, and peripheral sub-systems. Installs and maintains an appropriate level of intrusion detection, monitoring, and auditing software as required.\nPerforms other related work as needed.\nMinimum Qualifications\nEducation:\nMinimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.Work Experience:\nMinimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.Certifications:\n---\nPreferred Qualifications\nEducation:\nBachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.\nTechnical Knowledge or Skills:\nExperience managing networked servers and workstations with knowledge of TCP/IP network services, system utilities, hardware installation, and OS installation.\nExperience in a multi-platform network environment including mail service and client support, backup and restore technologies.\nExtensive hands-on experience administering Linux systems in production environments.\nExperience managing systems in a multi-tier or a cluster architecture.\nExperience managing and supporting web servers, such as Apache and Nginx.\nKnowledge of backup technology and other monitoring and automated systems management technologies.\nStrong experience with configuration management tools, such as Puppet or Ansible.\nUnderstanding of TCP/IP, including subnetting, VLANs, IP addressing.\nFamiliarity with containerization tools such as Nomad, Docker and Kubernetes.\nProficiency with standard scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, and Bash shell scripting.\nWorking knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, switching, and troubleshooting. \nExperience managing and configuring network equipment, such as switches and network firewalls.\nPreferred Competencies\nAbility to operate independently and take ownership of complex technical systems. \nStrong troubleshooting and investigative skills in large, heterogeneous environments. \nAbility to plan, execute, and deliver large technical projects. \nStrong communication and organizational skills and an ability to work with both technical and non-technical staff. \nStrong attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence. \nIntegrity and discretion when working with sensitive systems and data. \nAbility to mentor others and contribute positively to a collaborative team environment. \nUnderstanding of intruder techniques and software exploitation methods.\nAbility to apply in-depth knowledge and experience of internal or external business issues to improve products or services.\nAbility to take a new perspective using existing solutions.\nAbility to learn new procedures, techniques, and approaches quickly.\nExperience with research technologies including SLURM.\nApplication Documents\nResume (required)\nCover Letter (required)\nReferences (preferred)\nThe University of Chicago uses AI-assisted tools to streamline and augment some recruitment processes; however, AI is not used to make hiring decisions.\nWhen applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.\nJob Family\nInformation TechnologyRole Impact\nIndividual ContributorScheduled Weekly Hours\n37.5Drug Test Required\nNoHealth Screen Required\nNoMotor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required\nNoPay Rate Type\nSalaryFLSA Status\nExemptPay Range\n$100,000.00 - $110,000.00The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.\nBenefits Eligible\nYesThe University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in theBenefits Guidebook.\nPosting Statement\nThe University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.\nJob seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.\nAll offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history.A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment.Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.\nThe University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu. Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.","description_format":"text","description_chars":10221,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-11T00:00:00Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-08-19T19:46:30Z"},{"event":"restore","at":"2026-09-15T03:21:13Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.476,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":67,"expected_fill_days":36,"reasons":["conf:30","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":110000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/uchicago-systems-administrator-3","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/uchicago-systems-administrator-3.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T19:12:36Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2427,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4370},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4370"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fuchicago-systems-administrator-3"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fuchicago-systems-administrator-3"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fuchicago-systems-administrator-3"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/uchicago-systems-administrator-3\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fuchicago-systems-administrator-3"}]}