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Senior System Administrator

New York Power Authority

WHITE PLAINS, NYJob$138K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$138K/yr
Location
WHITE PLAINS, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree

Job overview

New York Power Authority seeks a Senior System Administrator to develop, maintain, and support software products and enterprise information systems. The role includes application development, production troubleshooting, cloud infrastructure support, and large-scale enterprise integration design. The administrator collaborates with technical teams and vendors, applies software development lifecycle practices, and supports application security configurations. A master's degree and two years of relevant experience, including IBM Maximo, are required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software Application DevelopmentApplication DesignTroubleshootingRoot Cause AnalysisSecurity ConfigurationIBM Maximo

Qualifications

Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Related IT2 Years Software Application Development Experience

Full job description

POSITION DUTIES: New York Power Authority (White Plains, NY) seeks Senior System Administrator to dene, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software products to help the business unit improve reliability and drive innovation. Contribute to all technology aspects of application development/programming and support including reports, interfaces, database design, patching, upgrades, and enhancements. Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis and resolutions for production issues. Responsible for planning, designing, developing, testing, integrating, reporting, deploying, and supporting information systems, programs, platforms, and applications. This includes programming, DEVOPS (Development and Operations), CI/CD Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery), Code analysis, and maintenance of applications, programs, and/or systems. Liaises with network administrators, systems analysts, database administrators, external vendors, and application developers to assist in resolving problems with software products/systems. Use best practices in software development methodologies while collaborating with other areas to understand requirements and drive continuous improvement. Responsible for supporting cloud solution resources, both IaaS and PaaS. Architecting and designing large scale enterprise infrastructure and integration patterns for cloud environments. Apply advanced knowledge in application development lifecycle and support including large scale software systems implementations. Apply knowledge of Enterprise Applications/systems implementation and application security congurations.REQUIREMENTS:Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related Information Technology field, and two (2) years of software application development experience, including experience in application design, troubleshooting/root cause analysis, and security configurations (e.g. experience with configuration, change management, and testing activities), and experience using IBM Maximo.Salary offered: $137,800Apply at https://bit.ly/4rsIPZ6

How this job compares

Set against the 682 open System Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$138K/yr
  • US median$96–140K/yr435 salary ranges

This rate, $138K, is 12% above the US median midpoint ($124K) — in the middle half of System Administrator salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 21 open System Administrator jobs in New York and 682 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four System Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 530 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 3 of the 682 open System Administrator jobs (under 1%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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