IT Systems Administrator: Cloud, Security & Hybrid Ops

GTI Energy; Des Plaines (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GTI Energy, headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, seeks a Systems Administrator to support a highly virtualized Microsoft environment. The role focuses on Intune, Purview/DLP, Azure, AD, security tools, backups, and incident resolution, reporting to the Supervisor of Hardware and Infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical skills with service orientation, manage multiple priorities, and contribute to change management initiatives in a hybrid on-site role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field and 7+ years of relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Candidates with a master’s degree may qualify with 5+ years of relevant professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Microsoft Intune, including application deployment, configuration profiles, compliance policies, endpoint security, and device provisioning.
• Administer Microsoft Purview and DLP policies, including sensitive data classification, policy configuration, compliance monitoring, incident support, and data protection across Microsoft 365 environments.
• Manage Microsoft Azure services, including cloud resources, virtual machines, storage, networking, identity access, monitoring, backups, security, and cost optimization.
• Configure Active Directory, including user accounts, computer objects, security groups, Group Policy, permissions, domain controller health, authentication support, and access-related troubleshooting.
• Operate and support cybersecurity tools, including endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, threat detection, alert monitoring, reporting, incident response support, and security policy enforcement.
• Manage backup solutions, including backup job configuration, recovery testing, retention policy management, failure monitoring, restore support, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery preparedness.
• Monitor system capacity, performance, and health, and address issues before they affect business operations.
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 technical support by administering and resolving tickets related to hardware, software, cloud services, infrastructure systems, complex technical issues, and outages.
• Maintain business systems and technology tools, including implementing updates, new releases, and system improvements.
• Support security through access controls, policies, procedures, and adherence to IT and organizational standards.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and failover activities for business applications and associated systems.
• Develop, maintain, and improve system documentation, technical procedures, process workflows, and end-user instructions.
• Support continuous improvement across IT systems, processes, and operational practices by recommending and implementing enhancements and contributing to IT-led and cross-functional technology projects.
• Demonstrate GTI Energy’s core values while delivering proactive, high-quality technical support and service.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Intune administration

Purview / DLP

Azure cloud services

Active Directory

Endpoint security

Hybrid identity

PowerShell

Troubleshooting

Documentation

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field

Master’s degree considered with 5+ years experience

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint Online

Job description

GTI Energy, headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, seeks a Systems Administrator to support a highly virtualized Microsoft environment. The role focuses on Intune, Purview/DLP, Azure, AD, security tools, backups, and incident resolution, reporting to the Supervisor of Hardware and Infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical skills with service orientation, manage multiple priorities, and contribute to change management initiatives in a hybrid on-site role.