Facilities Automation Systems Administrator

• →Administer and support BAS, Environmental Control Systems, LMS, SCADA platforms, servers, databases, controllers, field devices, and related OT infrastructure. 

• →Administer and troubleshoot virtualization, storage, backup, and network environments supporting OT systems, including Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Veeam, NetApp, and Juniper technologies. 

• →Management of Windows and Linux Operating Systems. 

• →Support Automated Logic/ALC and Johnson Controls systems, including supervisory workstations 

• →Monitor system/infrastructure performance, communications, alarms, trends, and operational data; identify anomalies and improve reliability. 

• →Design, maintain, and troubleshoot integrations among BAS, SCADA, LMS, energy management, maintenance management, and enterprise systems. 

• →Support BACnet/IP, BACnet MS/TP, Modbus TCP/RTU, SNMP, REST/API integrations, serial communications, and related protocols. 

• →Maintain OT infrastructure; DNS, DHCP, NTP, secure remote access, gateways, and protocol-conversion technologies. 

• →Develop standards for configuration, capacity planning, performance tuning, backup and recovery, business continuity, asset inventories, and infrastructure lifecycle management. 

• →Evaluate, test, validate, and deploy software, firmware, operating-system, and application updates through formal change-control processes. 

• →Diagnose complex hardware, software, networking, communications, and control-system issues. 

• →Coordinate incident response, outage recovery, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and system-health assessments. 

• →Maintain system architectures, network diagrams, configuration baselines, procedures, maintenance schedules, recovery plans, and other technical documentation. 

• →Support alignment with NIST SP 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, University policies, and applicable safety, environmental, laboratory, and security requirements. 

• →Participate in commissioning, acceptance testing, inspections, audits, upgrades, and project implementation activities. 

• Supervise a team of Facilities Automation Systems Administrators, including assigning work, establishing priorities, reviewing performance, coaching staff, supporting professional development, and participating in hiring and onboarding. 

• Promote cross-training, knowledge sharing, consistent work practices, accountability, and a customer-focused culture. 

• Collaborate with Facilities Operations, Operational Technology, Information Technology, Information Security, vendors, consultants, project teams, and campus stakeholders. 

• Communicate technical information clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences. 

• Proficiency in Windows and Linux environments. 

• Comprehensive knowledge of BAS, SCADA, and OT infrastructure. 

• Familiarity with Proxmox, VMware, Veeam, NetApp, Juniper, Automated Logic/ALC, Johnson Controls, BACnet, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, and SNMP. 

• Understanding of OT environments and their differences from traditional IT environments, including availability, safety, deterministic communications, long equipment lifecycles, vendor dependencies, and change-management risks. 

• Knowledge of virtualization, storage, backup and recovery, network administration, cybersecurity, system integration, and infrastructure monitoring. 

• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, analytical, organizational, and project-coordination skills. 

• Demonstrated ability to supervise, coach, mentor, and develop technical staff. 

• Experience in higher education, healthcare, research, laboratory, or large-scale facilities operations preferred. 

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