Senior Systems Administrator: Hybrid Cloud & Security Lead

Jaide Health; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Photonic is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to maintain and secure a hybrid Azure/on‑prem environment. You will manage Azure Cloud, AD, Intune, PKI, VPNs, and security controls while ensuring reliable operations and rapid incident response for employees across the organization.

Bring 5–10+ years of enterprise IT experience, strong collaboration, and a security‑first mindset to drive documentation, automation, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced quantum tech company.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years experience administering Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure, Azure AD/Microsoft Entra ID, on-premises Active Directory, Microsoft Intune, Windows Server, and Windows endpoints in an enterprise environment.
• Working knowledge of virtualization, cloud infrastructure, Linux systems, backups, monitoring, disaster recovery, and core networking concepts, including routing, switching, VLANs, firewall rules, VPN connectivity, DNS, DHCP, and troubleshooting.
• Practical experience with Windows administration and directory services, including Windows Server, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, domain controller health, user and group management, permissions, and hybrid identity troubleshooting.
• A security-first mindset, with experience supporting endpoint protection, access controls, MFA, vulnerability remediation, and incident response processes.
• Practical experience with PKI and SSL/TLS certificate management, including certificate authorities, certificate signing requests, renewals, revocation, trust chains, certificate stores, and expiry monitoring.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across cloud, network, server, and endpoint environments while communicating clearly with technical and non-technical users.
• Experience creating and maintaining clear technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and operational reports.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to mentor junior team members, share knowledge, and contribute to continuous improvement across IT operations.

Responsibilities

• Azure Cloud, Azure AD, and identity administration: manage Azure resources, identity services, MFA, conditional access, RBAC and monitoring.
• Windows and on-premises Active Directory administration: administer AD, DNS/DHCP, GPOs, domain services, and troubleshooting.
• Networking and connectivity: support core network services, VPN access, firewall rules, VLANs, and vendor coordination.
• Device and endpoint management: oversee Intune enrolment, MDM/MAM policies, deployment and troubleshooting.
• PKI and SSL certificate management: lifecycle activities, requests, issuance, renewal, revocation, inventory, expiry monitoring.
• Virtualization and systems operations: provisioning, patching, backups, migrations, monitoring, disaster recovery.
• Linux administration: support configuration, maintenance, and operational troubleshooting.
• Colocation and data centre operations: rack management, asset coordination, cabling, capacity, resilience.
• Hybrid infrastructure: design, maintain, and support hybrid cloud environments.
• Security and compliance: endpoint protection, threat remediation, access controls, incident response, audits.
• End-user and service desk support: provide day-to-day support for desktops, laptops, devices, access issues, and troubleshooting.
• Documentation and enablement: maintain docs, reports, and mentor junior admins.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Azure AD/MMicrosoft Entra ID

On-premises Active Directory

Windows Server

Networking & security

PKI & certificate mgmt

Documentation & mentoring

Hybrid infrastructure design

End-user support

Disaster recovery

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Intune

Active Directory tooling

PKI tooling

Azure Monitor

Job description

Photonic is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to maintain and secure a hybrid Azure/on‑prem environment. You will manage Azure Cloud, AD, Intune, PKI, VPNs, and security controls while ensuring reliable operations and rapid incident response for employees across the organization.

Bring 5–10+ years of enterprise IT experience, strong collaboration, and a security‑first mindset to drive documentation, automation, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced quantum tech company.