Linux/Unix System Administrator

Posted: 20-Mar-26

Location: Asheville, North Carolina

Categories: Other Staff/Administrative, Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 8651

UNC Overview:

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina, UNC Asheville is the designated public liberal arts campus in the University of North Carolina system. UNC Asheville is nationally known for the quality of our student-centered teaching, mentoring of undergraduates in research, interdisciplinary learning, and striving to be an inclusive campus community.
UNC Asheville is committed to promoting diversity and a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and the ability to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds. The successful candidate is expected to foster an inclusive work culture where uniqueness of beliefs, backgrounds, talents, capabilities and ways of living are respected and welcomed.

Classification Title: IT System Administrator II

Department: Information Technology Services

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

Months per Year: 12 Months

Position Summary:

This position will be responsible for the administration of the UNCA mission critical, enterprise, and some cases educational Linux/Unix systems. This position also acts as the administrator responsible for all backup systems for the core computing environment to include onsite and cloud-based backups. This position will customize, code, test, and debug operating systems, applications, and/or backup strategies. This position shall perform day-to-day administration activities related to user administration, package/patch management, DNS/DHCP administration, and work with departments to support applications running on our Linux/Unix systems.

This position will monitor the performance of the computer and network systems, review the impact of new applications on system performance, and consult with other administrators and analysts to forecast growth within the environment.

Minimum Education/Experience/Skill:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related degree from an appropriately accredited institution and 2-4 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree and 1-2 years of experience.

Preferred Education/Experience/Skill:

Three years of experience in Linux system management, preferably in a mixed platform (e.g. Enterprise Linux, Windows, Mac OS) environment.

Development experience in a Linux/UNIX environment using C, perl, and other shell scripting languages for both system and apache web application programming; understanding of various Internet protocols (especially TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, Kerberos, NTP, SSL/TLS and SMTP); experience managing and working with VMware ESXi and other VMware virtualization products; experience with Veeam and Cirrus and strong plus.

Quick Link for Positing: 8651