Infrastructure Administrator

Title

Infrastructure Administrator

Description

Department: Information Technology

Reports to: Vice President, IT Infrastructure

Job Type: Full-time – Regular

Job Classification: Salaried (Exempt)

Workplace Location: Los Angeles – Academy Museum, 8949 Wilshire, Pickford, Fairbanks, Jefferson Warehouse

Summary/Objective:

We are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Administrator to lead the support, operation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This strategic role focuses on optimizing and securing servers, storage, systems, and network environments while driving continuous improvement and innovation in the Academy’s infrastructure. The ideal candidate will bring a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Adhering to established IT infrastructure policies, procedures, and lifecycle management, ensure the support and maintenance of IT infrastructure, including servers (both virtual and physical), network equipment, systems, and IT service providers.
• Monitor infrastructure, system, storage, and network performance, establishing baselines and building historical data for analysis. Provide strategic recommendations to IT and business leaders for optimization and improvement. Oversee the maintenance of data center environmental controls and monitoring equipment to ensure operational efficiency and reliability.
• Manage and maintain Active Directory, ensuring updates align with business unit requirements.
• Actively collaborate with People & Culture, Security, Operations, and Facilities to support the onboarding and offboarding process, ensuring seamless access management and security compliance.
• Safeguard the security and integrity of all Academy data stored within infrastructure-supported storage systems, ensuring compliance with best practices and security protocols.
• Collaborate with business units and IT leadership to maintain the established disaster recovery and business continuity plan. Continuously assess and identify areas for improvement, providing strategic recommendations to enhance resilience and operational continuity.
• Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, ensuring timely identification and implementation of effective solutions. Engage vendors as needed and serve as the primary liaison between business units and external experts to facilitate resolution and optimization.

Required Competencies:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Infrastructure Administrator in an enterprise environment, or 8 years of progressive experience leading up to the role.

• Proven experience and expertise in corporate Wintel environments, with a strong background in integrating and implementing solutions utilizing cloud, virtualization, storage, networking, and other infrastructure-supporting technologies.
• Strong ability to identify key issues and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, across the IT department, business stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build and sustain positive working relationships with staff, executives, and external partners.
• Willingness and capability to work extended hours, including nights, as needed to support infrastructure operations and ensure business continuity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Administration, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), VMware Certified Professional).

Physical Demands:

• Ability to move up to 45 pounds and handle physical tasks related to hardware setup and maintenance.

Required Vaccination: Full vaccination against COVID-19 is required, including any booster vaccinations as applicable. Exception:Medical and religious accommodations approved by the Office of People & Culture.

Hybrid Requirement: All Academy positions require a minimum of 2-days per week of in-person work at an Academy Location. Exceptions: Positions requiring daily in-person presence (ex. Front-line staff, staff who need to deal with materials on-site, etc.) and medical and religious accommodations approved by the Office of People & Culture.

Compensation: The expected salary range for this role is $95,000.00 - $115,000.00. The actual base pay offered will be determined by factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and other factors permitted by law. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.)

Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• 15 days of PTO, plus company paid holidays.
• Additional time off including summer hours, winter hours, and a cultural floating holiday.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401k retirement plan with a company match
• Clean Air Commuter Program
• Employee Assistance Program through EAP
• Wellness benefits through Cigna Healthcare
• Free access to 16,000+ online courses through LinkedIn Learning
• Free membership screenings
• Free tickets and screenings at the Academy Museum
• Employee discounts through LifeMart and Working Advantage

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Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

Position

Infrastructure Administrator

Location

Los Angeles

About the Organization

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a global community of more than 10,000 of the most accomplished artists, filmmakers and executives working in film. In addition to celebrating and recognizing excellence in filmmaking through the Oscars, the Academy supports a wide range of initiatives to promote the art and science of the movies, including public programming, educational outreach and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.


EOE Statement

The Academy is committed to equal opportunity in employment and to creating and valuing diversity in its workforce. Maintaining a diverse workforce is important to the Academy. The Academy enforces a strict policy that prohibits discrimination in hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, or termination, whether on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation or genetic information. This includes a workplace that is free of all forms of harassment. Also, to help foster diversity, the Academy uses programs that ensure fairness of opportunity, pay, and growth to all applicants and employees. Every employee of the Academy is required to follow this policy and to preserve the Academy’s commitment to diversity.

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