Hybrid System Administrator & Network Engineer – Azure

ELM Utility Services; Missoula (MT); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

PTO and holidays

Job summary

ELM Utility Services is seeking a System Administrator / Network Engineer in the Missoula area. The role focuses on reliability, security, and network design in a hybrid environment spanning two locations and Azure.

Expect hands-on work including segmentation, inter-site connectivity, and secure patterns for workloads. You will manage VMware ESXi/vSphere, Nimble storage, Windows Server AD infrastructure, and Azure networking, while enforcing least privilege and robust incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems administration and/or network engineering in a Windows/VMware environment.
• Proven experience designing and implementing network segmentation in a business environment.
• Experience operating security controls in a compliance-driven organization (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.).
• Azure networking experience (VNets, NSGs, UDRs, VPN gateways, private endpoints).
• SonicWall administration (policies, NAT, VPNs, security services).
• VMware ESXi/vSphere administration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network segmentation (VLANs, subnetting, L3 boundaries, ACLs, firewall rules).
• Build/maintain secure inter-site connectivity (site-to-site VPN, routing, failover).
• Configure and manage SonicWall appliances (policies, NAT, VPNs, content filtering).
• Improve access controls (least privilege, service-to-service rules).
• Maintain network documentation (diagrams, IP plans, change logs).
• Administer VMware ESXi/vSphere cluster operations (capacity, patching, HA/DR).
• Manage Nimble storage (performance monitoring, snapshots, replication).
• Operate Azure networking (VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables).
• Support Windows Server services in a domain environment (AD DS, DNS, DHCP).
• Own backup and recovery practices (restore testing, DR planning).
• Support identity integrations (Entra ID/Azure AD, MFA).

Skills

Network segmentation

Azure networking

VMware ESXi/vSphere

SonicWall

Backup & recovery

AD DS / DNS / DHCP

PowerShell / Python

Identity & access (Entra ID)

Education

None

Tools

VMware ESXi/vSphere

SonicWall

Azure networking

Datadog

Splunk

Sentinel

Intune

Job description

ELM Utility Services is seeking a System Administrator / Network Engineer in the Missoula area. The role focuses on reliability, security, and network design in a hybrid environment spanning two locations and Azure.

Expect hands-on work including segmentation, inter-site connectivity, and secure patterns for workloads. You will manage VMware ESXi/vSphere, Nimble storage, Windows Server AD infrastructure, and Azure networking, while enforcing least privilege and robust incident response.