Systems Administrator

Salary : See Position Description

Location : Billings, MT 59101

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : 202500206

Department : Information Technology

Division : Computer Operations / GIS

Opening Date : 10 / 29 / 2025

"Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis."

Position Overview

Salary Range : $33.9368 - $37.3942 / hour. Salary reflects Step 1 and Step 3 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon applicant's education, experience, and training.

Work Schedule : Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m.

Job Summary :

Under general direction, supports the secure and reliable operation of the City's servers, storage, cloud systems, and user identity environment. Manages Microsoft 365, Active Directory, backups, and virtualized infrastructure to ensure data integrity, system availability, and business continuity. Collaborates with the Infrastructure Manager to implement system updates, monitor performance, and maintain disaster recovery readiness. Works under the general direction of the Infrastructure Manager and collaborates closely with the Applications and Security teams.

Scope of Responsibility :

Incumbent works independently under general direction and demonstrates a strong understanding of the City's systems, servers, and user access environment. Within established policies and standards the incumbent exercises judgment to plan and execute work related to system maintenance, security, and performance optimization. Incumbent must frequently interact with other City employees to provide basic information, and has occasional interaction requiring detailed procedural explanations or technical responses.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Systems, Servers, and Cloud Infrastructure

• Administers, configures, and maintains physical and virtual Windows Server environments, ensuring secure, stable, and high-performance operations.
• Manages system updates and hardware / VM lifecycle processes to maintain compliance and reliability.
• Maintains synchronization and integration between AD, Microsoft 365, and other business applications.
• Implements Group Policy Objects and supports single sign-on and multifactor authentication services.
• Collaborates with the Security Engineer to monitor system logs and event alerts, detecting, troubleshooting, and resolving access-related or system performance issues.

Microsoft 365 Administration and Collaboration Tools

Security and Compliance

Team Collaboration and Documentation

System Backups & Disaster / Recovery

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

Required Qualifications and Skills :

Preferred Qualifications and Skills :

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Work is a normal office environment. Occasional effort involving lifting of amounts between 5 and 50 pounds is required. Work requires high attention to detail or deadlines on a frequent basis (between 45% and 70% of the time). There is intermittent exposure (less than 15% of the time) to a disagreeable element, such as dirt, grease, odor, chemicals, or unpleasant weather conditions. Position requires availability to respond to critical issues after hours, during weekends, or on holidays, especially when participating in the on-call rotation.

Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required. To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The City retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.

The City of Billings offers a complete benefits package to our full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance, retirement / pensions, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. The City offers life and long term disability insurance to all full-time employees. Optional plans are available for employees that include health savings account, flexible spending account, and 457 deferred compensation accounts.

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