Systems Administrator

Adtalem

At Adtalem Global Education, we seek to empower students and members to achieve their goals, find success and make inspiring contributions to our global community. Adtalem is a leading healthcare educator that partners with organizations to proactively address future workforce needs and empowers career development with access to world-class academic curriculums, certifications and training programs across the medical and healthcare industries.

Adtalem institutions and companies include: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) For more information, please visit adtalem.com.

Opportunity at a Glance:

In your role as the System Administrator, you will support the daily batch application and contribute to projects, ensuring the proper execution of applications in Adtalem’s production and test environments.  You develop and maintain a working relationship with engineering and service management colleagues to ensure service levels are met. 

You also diagnose issues related to applications, operating systems, and hardware.  You are responsible for understanding scripts and how they relate to batch processing in the production environment. You build, test and analyze the scripts provided by support groups prior to implementation.

Through the testing process, you analyze the results and ensure they meet expectations and provide accurate results.  You work with the users and support personnel to ensure appropriate functionality, scheduling and accuracy are maintained.

Responsibilities:

• Look for improvement opportunities and areas for automation, including writing scripts to facilitate consistent and repeatable execution of recurring batch processes. 
• Identify opportunities for training to assist in developing Operations Center colleagues in their nightly batch monitoring and overall knowledge.
• Create, update and maintain batch schedule documentation to support efficient operational and audit requirements. 
• Provide Level 2 troubleshooting of business applications and software - including problem analysis, as well as support for complex production systems and applications, ensuring availability for all users. 
• Provide expert knowledge of the applications used by the Operations Center to facilitate performance improvements.
• Prepare and complete audit requests for batch applications and schedules to demonstrate compliance.
• Mentor and assist in training Computer Operators on established procedures where needed.
• On call rotation 3-4 weeks 
• Complete other projects and duties as assigned.

• Associate’s Degree in a computer related field or other appropriate technical training.  A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Experience with enterprise job scheduling solutions (preferably Automic formerly called AppWorx)
• At least 2 year of experience managing batch applications in a production environment – including UNIX / LINUX and Microsoft technologies.
• Experience with operational tools pertaining to monitoring, backing up and scheduling batch jobs. 
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve simple problems associated with batch applications and hardware, as well as batch job schedules.  
• Good communication skills with the ability to relate technical as well as non-technical issues accurately and effectively.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and complete assigned tasks on time.
• Highly motivated self-starter who takes initiative with minimal supervision
• Enthusiastic learner, ready to meet challenges and quickly assimilate new concepts.
• Experience with Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of software automation programmatic interface technologies such as RESTful web services and JSON

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $37761.23 and $68341.37. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/us/en/benefits.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.