Remote Senior Canvas LMS Administrator

Piper Companies; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior LMS Administrator to serve as the technical owner of the Canvas LMS environment across multiple university partners. This contract-to-hire role is fully remote in the United States and focuses on administration, optimization, and integration to support students, faculty, and staff.

You will lead upgrades, manage SSO, API integrations, and data provisioning, collaborating with Tech, Product, Academic Services, and external partners to ensure reliability,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of LMS administration experience, preferably with Canvas.
• Strong expertise in Canvas administration, APIs, LTI tools, SSO, user provisioning, and LMS configuration.
• Experience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms and complex system integrations.
• Experience providing Tier 2 and Tier 3 application support in a production environment.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience integrating LMS platforms with Salesforce and related enterprise systems preferred
• Canvas certification or equivalent LMS expertise strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize the Canvas LMS environment across multiple university partners.
• Manage user roles, permissions, enrollments, course structures, and account configurations.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot platform issues, and ensure LMS reliability and availability.
• Lead LMS upgrades, releases, testing, and change management activities.
• Support integration between Canvas and enterprise platforms, including Salesforce, SIS, identity management, and third-party applications
• Troubleshoot API, LTI, SSO, and data integration issues across connected systems.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex Tier 2 and Tier 3 LMS support issues.
• Support new program launches, partner onboarding efforts, and LMS implementation activities.
• Develop and maintain LMS standards, templates, governance processes, and best practices.
• Analyze system usage, performance metrics, and stakeholder feedback to drive continuous platform enhancements.

Skills

LMS administration

Canvas administration

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

System integrations

Stakeholder management

Education

Canvas certification

LMS expertise

Tools

Canvas API

LTI tools

SSO

User provisioning

Salesforce integration

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior LMS Administrator to serve as the technical owner of the Canvas LMS environment across multiple university partners. This contract-to-hire role is fully remote in the United States and focuses on administration, optimization, and integration to support students, faculty, and staff.

You will lead upgrades, manage SSO, API integrations, and data provisioning, collaborating with Tech, Product, Academic Services, and external partners to ensure reliability,