ITS Storage Administrator

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) is a state agency responsible for maintaining the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway - two of the busiest toll roads in the United States. The NJTA is dedicated to the safe and efficient movement of people and goods along their toll roads. Every day, the Authority’s highways provide the safest, quickest, and most convenient routes for hundreds of commuters, truckers, and recreational travelers.

OUR MISSION:

We are committed to constantly improving the safety, technology, and resiliency of our toll roadway systems through sound fiscal policy and maintaining an excellent state of good repair that promotes the connectedness of our customers across the state and region.

POSITION:

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is seeking applications for an ITS Storage Administrator in the ITS department located at Woodbridge, NJ headquarters.

Works under the general direction of the Manager, Operating System Services to ensure the functionality stability, security, and expandability of the Authority’s mass-storage and data backup environments.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Prepare backup schedules for all Authority data sources.

2. Review reports to ensure backup integrity.

3. Conduct data recovery and compliance searches as required.

4. Establish, maintain, and update the Authority’s document retaining program.

5. Create, update, and conduct regular business continuity and disaster recovery exercises.

6. Maintain multi-site backup and recovery infrastructure.

7. Provision storage for use by IT platforms.

8. Maintain functionality of mass-storage systems using supplied management tools.

9. Ensures various mass-storage systems are running at optimal functionality and efficiency.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, or requirements for the job. Management reserves the right to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field.

2. Five years of experience working with Commvault Simpana.

3. Five years of experience working with IBM XIV and Hyper-Scale Manager interface.

4. Three years working knowledge of SAN and NAS systems, including Dell/EMC Isilon.

5. Five years of experience performing business continuity and disaster recovery exercises.

6. Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.

7. Must possess a valid New Jersey driver’s license.

BENEFITS & PAY:

This position will be located at the headquarters building, located in Woodbridge, NJ. Toll-free commutation is available for employee travel to and from work on the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.

This position is represented by Teamsters Local 97. All Local 97 NJTA full time employees are entitled to participate in the following benefits per the guidelines of the collective bargaining agreement: Medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance after applicable waiting period; Enrollment in the NJ Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) if eligible; PERS Life Insurance and PERS Supplemental Life Insurance; Worker’s Compensation Insurance; 457(b) Deferred Compensation plan; Time off including holidays, vacation, sick, personal, leave of absences, and other pre-approved days after applicable waiting periods.

This position is eligible for flextime hours upon meeting the requirements outlined in the Authority’s policy and at the Authority’s ultimate discretion. Flex time is not guaranteed.

Prospective public employees should be aware that the New Jersey First Act requires employees of all public authorities to reside in the State of New Jersey unless otherwise exempted under the law.

The NJTA is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay: $84,056.00 - $133,851.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person