Job Title

Cloud Systems Administrator III

Classification

Systems Administrator III

Auto Req. ID

560812

Salary Range

Classification Range $7,284 - $10,611 per month

(Hiring range depending on qualifications, not anticipated to exceed $7,284 - $9,611 per month)

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; occasional early morning, evening and/or weekend hours.                                          

Why CSUF

California State University, Fullerton (Cal State Fullerton) is a leading public university committed to student success, academic excellence, and inclusive excellence. The university fosters a collaborative environment that supports teaching, research, and service while promoting innovation and professional growth. Cal State Fullerton is both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, and a recipient of the Seal of Excelencia (2021 and 2024) from Excelencia in Education. Joining Cal State Fullerton means becoming part of a community dedicated to advancing student achievement, career success, and economic mobility.

Department

The Division of Information Technology (IT) strives to be a strategic, innovative, and best‐in‐class IT organization that provides a leading‐edge technology environment for students, faculty, and staff to advance the University’s mission, vision, and goals. We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our IT Infrastructure Services department as the Cloud Systems Administrator III. The ideal candidate in this role should have a positive attitude and an active, energetic mind characterized by highly ethical practices and a commitment to inclusivity, openness, flexibility, integrity, and kindness.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Cloud Systems Administrator III is responsible for administering, operating, monitoring, securing, automating, documenting, and improving cloud and hybrid systems that support university operations, academic technology, research computing, innovation initiatives, and Division of IT services. Working independently under general supervision, the Cloud Systems Administrator III provides hands-on systems administration support for production cloud environments and cloud-hosted platforms, including application streaming, sandbox environments, analytics/reporting platforms, cloud-hosted applications, compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, monitoring, logging, backup, and related services. While the role is cloud-platform general, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience is preferred and will be emphasized in evaluating candidates.

The position supports cloud operations in alignment with the Division of IT standards and coordinates with Infrastructure Services, Network Services, Information Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Enterprise Applications, Academic Technology, Research Computing, Procurement, vendors, CSU systemwide partners, colleges, departments, and other campus stakeholders. Evaluates new cloud services and features, supports migrations and service enhancements, recommends operational improvements, and provides technical guidance or knowledge transfer when assigned. Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Qualifications

Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of relevant experience. Additional experience which demonstrates acquired and successfully applied knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. Working independently under general supervision, designs and implements systems solutions that meet the university's evolving needs. Applies advanced technical knowledge and expertise in complex systems administration to provide technical advice on systems. Demonstrates advanced discernment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining system administration solutions. Activities include the conceptualization, development, and implementation of complex systems and infrastructure. Decision making is based on systems administration best practices; system standards; university and information system and security policies, guidelines, and protocols; and university needs and goals. Work is focused on ensuring alignment with overall objectives. Handles multiple work priorities and may provide lead work direction with accountability for results.

Thorough and advanced knowledge of operating systems, server administration, scripting languages, virtualization technologies, and cloud technologies. Demonstrated competence in independently applying advanced judgment to resolve difficult and complex system administration problems and issues. Advanced project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple, large, and/or complex projects, including project design and planning; ongoing resource, materials, and time management; and implementation. Advanced analytical skills to understand problems from a broad perspective and discern applicable underlying principles to conceive and develop strategic systems solutions. Advanced skill in mentoring or overseeing the work of others. Ability to partner with business and academic stakeholders to ensure dependent systems meet institutional needs. Advanced communication and interpersonal skills to effectively convey technical knowledge and procedures as well as persuade stakeholders and management regarding systems design and development.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to complete the background check satisfactorily may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.  

Preferred Qualifications

Four or more years of progressively responsible systems administration experience supporting cloud, server, virtualization, or hybrid infrastructure environments. Experience administering, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, securing, and improving production cloud environments and services, preferably in AWS. Experience with cloud account structures, landing zones, multi-account environments, identity and access management, permission boundaries, tagging standards, centralized logging, governance controls, and Financial Operations (FinOps) practices. Experience with AWS Organizations, service control policies, IAM permission boundaries, CloudFormation, CloudFormation StackSets, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), AWS Systems Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS Backup, AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, or comparable cloud administration and governance tools. Experience developing or maintaining infrastructure-as-code using tools such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, Git-based workflows, or comparable automation tools. Experience supporting cloud-hosted Linux and Windows Server environments, managed services, containers, serverless components, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, incident response, and operational documentation. Experience evaluating new cloud services, developing proof-of-concepts, recommending service improvements, or supporting cloud modernization efforts. Experience working in higher education or other complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Industry-recognized certifications such as AWS Certified System Operations (SysOps) Administrator Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, AWS Certified Security Specialty, AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty, Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate, or comparable certifications are desirable.

License/Certifications

A valid California driver’s license.

Special Working Conditions

Notice of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender or Sex and Contact Information for Title IX Coordinator

May be required to access confidential or sensitive data, privileged accounts, production systems, security tools, cloud administrative consoles, cloud management tools, and vendor portals and must comply with all applicable campus and CSU information security policies and procedures. The position may involve prolonged periods of computer use, participation in virtual meetings, and occasional movement of lightweight IT equipment.

Benefits at a Glance

• An array of health plans that include prescription drug coverage
• Dental and Vision coverage
• Income protection benefits including life insurance and disability
• Retirement plan through CalPERS
• Tuition waiver for employees and dependents if eligible
• FlexCash (in lieu of health and dental)
• Employee Assistance Programs
• 15 paid holidays

See our CSUF Benefits website for additional information.

Additional Information

California State University, Fullerton is committed to fostering an environment where students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. We welcome individuals ready to make an impact on student and staff success to apply and become part of the Titan Community. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.

Cal State Fullerton is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination based on regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or any other protected status.

As of January 1, 2022, the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.

The person holding this position is considered a general mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and must comply with the requirement outlined in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised July 21, 2017.

Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.

Multiple positions may be hired from this recruitment based on the strength of the applicant pool.

If you are applying for a staff position, please note that you are not eligible to work concurrently in a staff position and an Academic Student position such as a Graduate Assistant, Teaching Associate, Instructional Student Assistant, or Student Assistant position.

Regular attendance is considered an essential job function; the inability to meet attendance requirements may preclude the employee from retaining employment.

Employee/applicant who applies for a position may be required to successfully complete job-related performance test(s) as part of the selection process.  

Online application/resume must be received by electronic submission on the final filing date by 9:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time)/midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Applicants who fail to complete all sections of the online application form will be disqualified from consideration. 

California State University, Fullerton is not currently sponsoring any new H-1B petitions for staff, management, or faculty positions.

Effective October 1, 2025, the California State University (CSU) will implement a salary step structure for CSUEU-represented employees in bargaining units 2, 5, 7, and 9. This position may be subject to changes resulting from this implementation, in alignment with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.

Hiring Preference

On-Campus CSUEU Employees