The Lansing Board of Water & Light has an opening for a Systems Administrator III - V with our Information Technology Department in Lansing, MI.

Job Type: Full-Time Starting Salary Range: SA III Salary Range: $89,500 - $109,200 / SA IV Salary Range: $99,400 - $122,300 / SA V Salary Range: $110,500 - $137,000

Position Summary:

The IT Systems Administrator will be responsible for installing, operating and maintaining a heterogeneous environment consisting of: servers running Windows, VMware ESXi, and Linux; network attached storage; data center redundant backup systems; web application firewalls; load balancers; and other data center equipment.

Essential Functions:

• Assist PC Technicians/Help Desk staff with all levels to support tickets related to system administration without assistance.
• Independently complete all level 2 tickets related to system administration without assistance.
• Complete level 3 tickets related to system administration only rarely requiring advanced vendor technical support.
• Participate in the on-call rotation only rarely requiring assistance from other system administrators or network administrators.
• Technically competent to be assigned as the primary resource for LBWL in multiple core technologies at LBWL and able to demonstrate technical leadership in planning upgrades and patching.
• Actively monitors the health of system resources including conducting capacity planning for future budget years.
• Self-manage small discrete technical projects including limited requirements to delegate tasks to others or obtain assistance from others without management involvement.
• Independently author standards document for use within the department.
• Ability to create complete drafts of documents requiring minimal revision or editing for submission to Business Relationship Managers for use across the enterprise.
• Complete application and operating system patching as part of an ongoing patching cadence.
• Produce clear, professional written and verbal communication that clearly and concisely communicates technical content in a manner appropriate for the intended audience.
• Self-prioritize most work with limited guidance from IT management.
• Execute a training plan as defined in annual performance evaluation process.
• plan and execute the technical roadmap for technologies where the system administrator is designated as primary technology in the LBWL footprint.
• Research and determine new technologies to be deployed to meet evolving needs at LBWL.
• Demonstrate a clear customer service/IT is a support organization mentality in all interactions.
• Actively engaged in helping both peers and junior personnel raise the bar on their performance.
• Provide mentoring and training to less senior system administrators in both technical and professional areas.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Why Should You Apply?

Competitive salary, employee development, and opportunity for professional growth.

Robust time off benefits including vacation, free choice, sick leave, and paid holidays.

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, and employee assistance program.

Retirement programs including 401a (100% company paid up to 13% of base salary), 457 match up to $2,500 per year, retiree medical.

Voluntary benefits including supplemental and dependent life insurance, vision, flexible spending, AFLAC options, LifeLock anti-theft, long term care, tuition reimbursement, HOPE