Data Center and Active Directory Manager - Brookline, United States - Town of Brookline

Town of Brookline

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Brookline, United States

1 week ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

The Town of Brookline Information Technology Department is seeking a hands-on Data Center and Active Directory Manager to perform professional technical work in connection with all areas of data center, servers, operating systems, storage and active directory administration, including the installation and maintenance of all Town wide and School IT systems, Storage Area Network (SAN), security, and network configurations.

The Data Center and Active Directory Manager will manage comprehensive data center infrastructure and oversee both physical and virtual servers across VMware, Windows, and Linux operating systems in conjunction with team members.

Manage directory services, including Active Directory, SAML 2.0, and Federation services on hyper cloud environment; set standards and manage end-user accounts, permissions, access rights, access controls and storage allocations in accordance with best practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.

All other related work as required.

Please review the complete job description below for essential functions and qualifications.

Salary and Application Info:

Data Center and Active Directory Manager Job Description

Position Purpose

Performs professional technical work in connection with all areas of data center, servers, operating systems, storage and active directory administration, including the installation and maintenance of all Town wide IT systems, Storage Area Network (SAN), security, and network configurations.

All other related work as required.

Supervision

Supervision Scope:

Performs technical and responsible duties requiring initiative, creativity, and independent judgment in planning for, management and support of the Town's network and enterprise infrastructure.

Supervision Received:
Works under the general supervision of the Network and Infrastructure Manager. Once priorities are set, works with considerable latitude for independent judgment and action.

Supervision Given:
Vendors, consultants, and virtual project team.

Job Environment

Work may be performed under a variety of conditions and locations which may include time sensitive objectives and stressful situations.

Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Occasionally attends technical conferences. Regularly attends meetings at various locations within the Town.

May be required to work after normal business hours or contacted at home at any time to respond to important situations, emergencies, and items requiring immediate attention.

Operates computers, printers and other peripherals, telephone, and other standard office equipment.

Has regular contact with various Town/School Departments, the general public, computer hardware and software vendors, and software technical support personnel.

Interdepartmental contacts involve gathering information regarding their computing needs, answering questions, solving problems, and providing training and support.

Errors could result in substantial confusion and delay, loss or mismanagement of critical information, loss of time to correct errors, critical computing infrastructure not being available, potential financial exposure to the town, and legal ramifications to the Department and Town.

Essential Functions:

- (The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.) _

Data Center Infrastructure

Manage comprehensive data center infrastructure and oversee both physical and virtual servers across VMware, Windows, and Linux operating systems in conjunction with team members.
Install, modify and repair computer hardware and software; including new/rebuilt existing servers. Configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc., in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
Perform patch management of all servers, Town, School, Public Safety and Library utilizing enterprise patch management system.
Responsible for certificate services, server security through patch management, and handling server backups, restoration, and disaster recovery preparation.
Update antivirus controls on all servers, monitors server performance, and resolves technical issues across networks and systems.
Oversee and track information on data center equipment maintenance, hardware and VMWare maintenance.
Develop long term infrastructure plans; assists the Network & Infrastructure Manager and the CIO with budgeting; implement new IT software or hardware as required.
Responsible for enterprise server/data center inventory to include servers, storage, backup appliances and others.

Active Directory Management