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Lake Tahoe Community College

Location: South Lake Tahoe, California
Category: Admin-Other Administrative Positions
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Job Description

Position

Systems Administrator II

Department

Information Technology

Starting Salary

$72,399 to $79,916 annually, dependent on education and experience

Initial Screening Date

02/24/2025

Preferred Start Date

04/01/2025

Details

Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) District announces the opportunity to work in information technology as the System Administrator II. Information technology plays an important role supporting educational services and providing access to the students of LTCC. It is committed to providing a secure learning and work environment for the district.

The System Administrator II serves as the lead programmer and database administrator for the District’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system and its interfaces.

The Information Technology Department is part of Administrative Services, which provides the campus with essential services to ensure the ongoing operations of the college. Each of the departments within Administrative Services provides critical support to ensure continued safe and sound operations of the college. The Information Technology department supports virtually all areas of the College.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
After review, suitable applicants will be invited by phone or email on or around Wednesday, February 26, 2025 to participate in a skills assessment. Successful candidates will then be interviewed by a committee of approximately 3-5 individuals; these interviews are tentatively scheduled for March 12, 2025. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee an interview. LTCC reserves the right to return to the applicant pool at any point during the recruitment process.

Salary Range: LTCC offers a competitive compensation package that includes a starting placement salary of $72,399 to $79,916 annually, dependent on education and experience. There is potential to reach $92,513 annually, through step advancement plus longevity when appropriate. In addition to base salary, this position qualifies for extra bilingual (Spanish), masters or doctorate pay.

Benefits: Health and Welfare benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long term disability. Several plan options maintain a zero monthly premium cost from the employee and include full coverage of a gold-level medical plan that, on average, covers 80% of healthcare expenses for a standard population. LTCC also matches 27% of an eligible employee’s salary and contributes it into a CalPERS pension account for qualifying employees.

Work-Life Balance: This position is 40 hours per week and 12 months per year, including summer and winter hours. Hours are expected to be Monday-Friday, shifts will be within center hours of 8 am to 5 pm, hours may vary according to the needs of the program. This position is eligible for overtime compensation (non-exempt). This position may qualify for LTCC’s telecommute program, which allows employees the opportunity to telecommute for up to 20% of the work week after completion of a three-month qualifying period.

LTCC provides a generous leave package including 17 paid holidays per year plus 12 days vacation (with the potential to reach 24 days through years of service) and 12 days sick leave per year. Furthermore, LTCC has made a commitment to full closures during holiday breaks and several weekends adjoining holidays to provide employees the ability to take advantage of holiday and vacation usage.

LTCC’s Commitment to Diversity

Our ideal candidate will share and participate in LTCC’s commitment to the values of diversity and equity while serving its ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student population. Lake Tahoe Community College is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution, reflecting the surrounding California and Nevada area.

Description

Definition:
Under the direction of the Director of Information Technology Services, provides system administration of enterprise applications, including database management, security, performance tuning, system integration, data migration, programming, and related duties. Promotes implementing, utilizing, and developing the District’s administrative information systems. Coordinates with college leadership and functional areas to support institutional priorities.

Distinguishing Characteristics:
The System Administrator II serves as the lead programmer and database administrator for the District’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system and its interfaces. It is distinguished from the Systems Administrator I by the direct responsibility for the technical design, implementation, operation, and performance of enterprise systems as well as integrity of institutional data and application security.

Representative Duties:
Serves as the technical expert in the area of system administration for complex integrated applications

Provides support and maintenance of existing infrastructure, applications, and the development of new technical solutions

Integrates appropriate technology with central enterprise systems through the design, development and support of enterprise-level services and the appropriate integration functions

Ensures high availability and acceptable levels of performance of critical enterprise applications

Designs and develop processes to provide data and process integration across multiple systems

Develops new system and application implementation plans, custom scripts, and testing procedures to ensure operational reliability

Performs system troubleshooting and acts as the lead on problem-solving efforts including interacting with external vendors, consultants, and support personnel.

Establishes, maintains and manages user accounts

Plans, coordinates, implements, and documents security measures to safeguard institutional data and protect systems from unauthorized use

Monitors processes to ensure backup and recovery of critical data

Coordinates and schedules routine maintenance in a manner which maximizes benefits and minimizes impacts on the institution and student service operations

Clones environments, coordinates testing with functional users, and installs necessary updates

Manages the operational data store (ODS) and other data repositories

Translates functional specifications into system design, determines technical specifications, develops solutions, executes test plans, and ensures standards-based quality prior to deployment

Utilizes existing or develops custom processes to move data between systems; provides data migration support for integration projects

Maps data elements, translate data between disparate systems, and guide end users in the appropriate maintenance of data to ensure data integrity

Designs, develops, and writes subroutines, computed columns, and scripts to meet college needs and user specifications

Suggests, implements, and analyzes requests for enhancements to improve usability and performance

Maintains awareness of technological developments in system administration of enterprise applications and makes recommendations based on this knowledge

Provides procedures and conducts training sessions for technical and non-technical staff recognizing the importance of diverse perspectives

Investigates and analyzes feasibility of system requirements and develops system specifications

Acts as a backup programmer for MIS reporting, data submission/extraction, and projects

Researches new technologies in the provision of solutions and consider how it respects diversity, meets social needs, and may be used in socially responsible ways

Provides presentations to communicate technology initiatives to staff, faculty, and administration

Works collaboratively with other technology staff to plan network infrastructure, security, load balancing, and other technical aspects to ensure sufficient resources for ERP applications

Participates in technology committees, meetings, and other institutional activities

Interacts with resources such as system user groups and technology organizations

Maintain current knowledge of program and organizational laws, rules, regulations and policies.

Serve on a variety of District committees as requested. Participate in district all staff events including but not limited to all campus team building day, convocation, state of the college address, senior day, and graduation.

Other Duties:

Perform related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience:

Any combination equivalent to: bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, computer science, or related field and four (4) years of progressively responsible information technology experience with working knowledge of programming languages, application design and implementation techniques, system maintenance, interactive system operation requirements, relational databases and database management principles.

Extensive knowledge and/or experience in the above areas are considered equivalent to a bachelor’s degree as it pertains to this classification.

Proficiency with higher education enterprise applications, learning management systems, and data warehouses is strongly preferred.

Experience with Colleague Studio, Envision, Unidata, Elucian Self-Service, Microsoft O365, Entra, Azure, Defender, Business Objects, SQL and SQL management studio is strongly preferred.

Knowledge of:

Principles and practices of system administration and security
Modern computer technology, hardware, software, maintenance, and documentation
Programming languages including, but not limited to, SQL and Envision
ERP systems and business intelligence reporting software
Relational databases and advanced database design
Backup systems and disaster recovery methods
Database management principles and practices
Project management techniques
Communication and training methods
Diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of students.

Ability to:

Analyze, design, implement, and maintain integrated enterprise systems
Develop and apply application security protocols
Understand and support organizational technology objectives
Write and interpret documentation, maintenance manuals and systems procedures
Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
Prioritize work and meet deadlines
Modify processes and procedures to solve complex computer problems
Demonstrate proficiency in designated computer programming languages
Provide guidance and training to technical and non-technical staff in the use of enterprise systems
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Utilize current information technology knowledge to provide effective client service
Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with vendors, consultants, and employees
Understand and support organizational technology objectives
Demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic, ethnic backgrounds, and disabilities of community college students and staff.