Senior Systems Administrator
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
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Job overview
The Senior Systems Administrator supports UNC Chapel Hill’s Microsoft 365 service as part of the ITS Systems Administration team. The role also backs up hosting and Linux administrators, assists with developing and migrating cloud-based solutions, and develops, implements, and supports automation and scripting. The position is a 100% remote work arrangement, with employees generally required to reside in North Carolina within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
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Full job description
Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)
Vacancy ID: NF0010201
Salary Range: $120,000 - $125,000
Position Summary/Description:
This position is a 100% remote work arrangement, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside in North Carolina, within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Senior Systems Administrator position is part of the ITS Systems Administration team comprised of groups that administrate UNC M365 Collaboration Platform based services, UNC Microsoft based Enterprise services, the UNC Enterprise Server Hosting and ITS Linux Administration Service, as well as UNC NAS and Secure NAS Services. The Senior Systems Administrator is one of the admins for the UNC Microsoft 365 service, assisting the other Senior Systems Administrator, Systems Administrator, and the M365 Technical Team lead. This platform is integral to the day-to-day business of UNC Chapel Hill and is critical for the entire University population to do their jobs. Additionally, this position will back up the Hosting and Linux system administrators with the operational work required for the hosted operating systems for Campus IT and Central IT customers, which comprises much of the UNC Campus server fleet. This position will also assist with the development of and migration to cloud based solutions. Finally, this position develops, implements, and supports automation and scripting for the ITS Systems Administration team.
Education and Experience:
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Prior Experience migrating workloads to Azure, AWS , and/or GCP based solutions
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Prior Experience migrating workloads to Azure, AWS , and/or GCP based solutions
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Prior Experience with Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Prior Experience with Graph and Powershell
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Prior Experience with Server Hardware
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Prior Experience in a large IT environment
Essential Skills:
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Prior experience Administrating Microsoft 365, EntraID, and Active Directory
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Experience administrating Window and Linux based Operating Systems
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Experience with automation and scripting
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Ability to collaborate effectively with a motivated team as well as work independently * Excellent written and oral communication skills
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Understand complex IT environments and dependencies – cloud-based platform management, networking knowledge, software integrations, and IT Security.
AA/EEO Statement:
The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,150 open Systems Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–125K/yr
- North Carolina median$85–143K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$94–150K/yr1,429 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $123K, is 11% above the North Carolina median midpoint ($111K) — in the middle half of Systems Administrator salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 49 open Systems Administrator jobs in North Carolina and 2,150 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Kaiser Permanente9 open
- General Dynamics Information Technology3 open
- TEKsystems3 open
- Experience
- Systems Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (1,814 postings).
- Education
- 338 of the 2,150 open Systems Administrator jobs (16%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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