At UVA Community Credit Union, we are dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of our members and the communities we serve. Our mission, working together to strengthen the financial wellness of our members and local communities, guides everything we do. We foster an environment where every team member plays a vital role in building the financial wellness of those we serve. Our core values are Integrity, Service Excellence, Collaboration, and Gratitude. These values shape how we support our members, interact with one another, and drive the success of our shared purpose. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and want to be part of a purpose-driven organization, we invite you to explore a career with us.
Systems Administrator – FULL TIME – Charlottesville
SUMMARY:
The Systems Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, modification, improvement, and day-to-day sustainment of credit union servers and applications. The role also encompasses administration of networking infrastructure, including configuring, monitoring, and maintaining systems, managing firewalls to safeguard against threats, and optimizing connectivity to support organizational performance and compliance requirements.
The position is tiered into levels I, II, & III. Placement within the tiers is based on experience within the role, and compensation is discretionary based on prior experience.
The Systems Administrator position is hybrid in nature, with onsite presence required at least 1 day per week and additionally as needed for hardware support and service.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
- Provide outstanding support to the organization, including internal and external customers.
- Implement and administer VMware-based system architecture changes across Windows and Linux server environments to optimize virtualization resources, improve scalability, and strengthen security posture. Manage and maintain daily VMware operations, including virtual machine provisioning, performance monitoring, and resource allocation, while documenting processing requirements, configuration changes, and system functions.
- Proven experience managing hybrid cloud environments, integrating on-premises datacenters with Microsoft Azure; preferred experience in on-prem to cloud migration projects.
- Assist with firewall, end point protection, and other security appliances/software to protect network resources.
- Perform daily administration of Windows Active Directory and Microsoft Entra (Azure AD), including management of domains, sites, group policy objects, organizational units, security and distribution groups, user and computer accounts, role assignments, conditional access policies, identity governance, and directory synchronization to ensure secure, reliable, and compliant identity and access management across the enterprise.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in network engineering and administration, including the design, configuration, and optimization of LAN/WAN environments, routing and switching, and firewall management to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity across the enterprise.
- Assist in administration of SAN storage (e.g., creating new LUNs, changing size allocation, etc.) and maintaining file shares.
- Assist in the creation of Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) in responding to audits and examinations; support data processing applications and services to include servers and applications, and administer VMware virtualization environment
- Monitors server and network environments using various tools and central management consoles.
- Responsible for maintaining hardware, software, and firmware inventory for network and server hardware.
- As required, travel to branch locations to install/maintain equipment or software.
- Administers and supports Microsoft 365 components including Exchange Online, Azure Arc, Entra.
- Administers and supports the Virtual Private Network (VPN) access solution for the credit union.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3-5 years similar or related experience is required
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience strongly preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Proven ability to manage and troubleshoot HP and Dell server hardware and installing and maintaining Microsoft operating systems
- Demonstrated expertise in Cisco and Meraki routing and switching, including configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of enterprise LAN/WAN environments, VLANs, VPNs, and advanced network protocols to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity.
BENEFITS:
We offer an attractive suite of benefits to employees who work an average of 20 hours per week or more, including: Health, Dental, Vision, up to a 7% employer 401(k) contribution after the first year of employment. Employees are eligible for Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, Health & Wellness Spending Account, Tuition Reimbursement, and Employee Loan Discounts. Employees accrue Paid Time Off starting with 18 days accrual at full time annually, and 13 company paid holidays. Employees are also eligible for Family Forming Leave, and Volunteer Time Off.
Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the University of Virginia Community Credit Union, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.