Manager - Systems Administration

The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location.

Location: Vancouver, WA

Salary range: $125,766.00 to $157,208.00

This position will lead the System Administration team in Avangrid Renewables. This team is responsible for managing the administration and support activities for the enterprises operating systems, storage, and mainframe for Avangrid Renewables. It provides infrastructure services to both Corporate and O&M

Real Time Applications. The infrastructure is integrated in the AVANGRID infrastructure ecosystem, and globally, part of the Iberdrola Global Infrastructure. The System Admin Manager will ensure the

Renewables server and storage infrastructure demands are met as well as Manage and mentor staff, as needed. The successful candidate will possess a high-level of technical expertise in infrastructure architecture and overall systems integration together with excellent management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages Mainframe, Central, Distributed and Storage Systems hardware, software, services and

resources(i.e., people, processes, and technology) within the Wintel, UNIX, and Mainframe

Systems domain, including multiple operating systems that run the main business and IT

applications (e.g., SAP, CCS, Mobility, GIS, Exchange, ETRM, etc).

• Following Avangrid and Global Standards, define technological direction of the team. Point of

escalation for technical items. Main Systems Architect.

• Manage coordination with peers in Avangrid and Global (CTO) to ensuring adherence to global

infrastructure blueprints and roadmaps

• Handle task prioritization, task assignment, task status reporting, and overall lifecycle and projects

planning.

• Manage budget, dossiers, contract spend approvals and reports on budget variances.

• Communicate employee feedback, researches and resolves employee questions, and reports

performance appraisal results.

• Maintain and develop needed skills of staff.

• Ensure the delivery of services in line with IT metrics and processes.

• Provide leadership for client led and IT led projects.

• Work closely with the corporate application support team to enable solid infrastructure. Perform,

coordinate, and manage tasks to ensure business success of the application environment

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• Work closely with the O&M application support team (GCS) to enable solid infrastructure.

Perform, coordinate, and manage tasks to ensure business success of the application

environment.

• Work closely with both technical and non-technical staff to create a resilient and highly-available

infrastructure for systems operations.

• Responsible to lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of a solid information security

infrastructure, paying special attention to regulatory issues as regards NERC CIPs.

• Work on consolidation and integration to allow Server Infrastructure consolidation in AVANGRID,

following Global Standard

• Responsible for DR Solutions in AVANGRID Renewables, both Corporate and O&M Applications.

• Manage core vendor relationships.

• Responsible to make sure projects are correctly managed within the team. Project creation and

approval following IT Procedures. Project monitoring in IT Tools (Clarity)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 7 years managing complex technical projects/efforts in the field of Server Administration

• 7 years managing complex efforts with demanding customers.

• Solid experience using Windows system administration or MCSE, Microsoft Active Directory

• Demonstrated SQL Server Administration

• Management skills including staff development and budget.

• Strong overall understanding of relevant business procedures.

• Excellent team leader.

• Prior management, supervisor, and/or project management experience.

• High-level understanding of operating systems and infrastructure architecture.

• Vendor management experience

• 2 year VMWare ESX administration, over multiple SAN/WAN protocols, in clustered and nonclusted

environments.

• 2 years VDI Experience.

• 2 years Backup System Experience (Symantec Netbackup/Backup Exec). Technical Capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in Information Security Experience or CISSP certification.

• Knowledge in RSA SecureID Experience.

• Experience with or knowledge of Disaster Recovery philosophies and methodologies, including

practical experience.

• Experience with or knowledge of Business Continuity philosophies and methodologies, including

practical experience.

• Knowledge in Linux system administration.

• Knowledge in network design

• Knowledge in Network Appliance configuration/support (Storage Infrastructure, Caching

Appliances, Operations Management, SAN protocols, Snapmirror).

• Knowledge in System Center or other centralized management technologies.

• Knowledge in Symantec Antivirus using centralized management tools.

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement

• Initiative & Change

• Focused on Results

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• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Disclaimer

AVANGRID is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. AVANGRID is an equal opportunity

employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, gender, gender identification,

gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, genetic information, medical

condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or

other characteristics or conditions protected by law.

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency,

may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that

will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate

functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

Company:

AVANGRID POWER, LLC

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions.  This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Job Posting End Date:

September-30-2025