Senior Systems Administrator

Information Technology Services

STARTING ANNUAL SALARY PLUS BENEFITS: $41,164.13

DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS: February 2, 2018

To apply for this position online, please go to the State Personnel Board at and submit an e-application. If you need more information about the application process, please contact MDAH Human Resources, 601/576-6866.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is seeking a candidate to serve as the department’s webmaster. This position is a hybrid of creative design, skilled programmer and web design. Primary functions are to work closely with the Public Information team to develop and manage content updates; maintain web system performance by performing system monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; provide analytic reports; troubleshoot server hardware, software, and operating system; make recommendation to the Information Systems Director regarding design issues, upgrades and security relating to the Internet and Intranet presence. Incumbent will also work as part of a team to resolve day to day Help Desk issues regarding hardware/software problems and managing user accounts.

The ideal candidate will have skills, ability and/or experience working in the following areas:

  • The ideal candidate must have knowledge of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Python/Perl)
  • Maintain all websites delegated by the agency
  • Hands on experience administering Active Directory
  • Ensure that all Internet standards are met
  • Experience in protecting online content which includes an understanding of access permissions for editing and publishing online content with prior approval
  • Develop new concepts to expand services and further web design offerings
  • Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service
  • Set up a development and production web server environments with a process for testing and deploying changes to the live site
  • Develop and document style guidelines for web site contentin coordination with Public Information
  • Establish and test disaster recovery policies and procedures; complete back-ups; maintain documentation
  • Experience maintaining and updating websites using CMS models such as Drupal and Wordpress​
  • Deep expertise and hands on experience with Web Applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP and API’s
  • Experience with social media management and content creation
  • Design skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and/or Dreamweaver) or Experience with Adobe Creative Suite
  • Ability to work and coordinate work across multiple technical and creative teams
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required as well as strong presentation skills
  • Hands-on experience with network diagnostics, network analytics tools
  • Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills
  • Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
  • Ability to manage large projects
  • Be able to work independently or on a team
  • Be able to meet deadlines and communicate promptly if unforeseen issues arise that impact project deadlines

Education and experience must meet one of the following criteria:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in information science, computer science or a related field and two (2) years of directly related experience
  • Associate's degree in information science, computer science or a related field and four (4) years of directly related experience
  • Graduation from a standard four-year high school or equivalent (GED) and six (6) years of directly related experience
  • Related education and directly related experience may be substituted on an equal basis.

MDAH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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