Remote Systems Administrator - Hybrid Cloud & Identity

Red River; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Red River is seeking a Systems Administrator to administer, monitor, and improve our hybrid infrastructure environment. You will manage Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Nutanix, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) while ensuring security, availability, and compliance.

The role involves support for backup/disaster recovery, endpoint management (Intune), and IT service management processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Five or more years of experience administering enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Experience supporting Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 services.
• Experience supporting virtualization platforms, preferably Nutanix, and cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience with backup, disaster recovery, endpoint management, and business continuity processes.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VPN technologies, VLANs, routing, and firewalls.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Nutanix, Azure, AWS, and related hybrid infrastructure platforms.
• Monitor system health, availability, utilization, and performance; participate in capacity planning and proactively identify opportunities to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
• Support backup, replication, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities, including backup validation and recovery testing.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure security controls, system hardening standards, vulnerability remediation activities, and compliance/audit support processes.
• Support endpoint and identity management technologies, including Microsoft Intune, Group Policy, access controls, endpoint compliance, and related security platforms.
• Serve as a Tier II/III escalation resource for complex infrastructure, cloud, Microsoft 365, identity, and endpoint-related issues.
• Develop, maintain, and improve technical standards, operational procedures, administrative documentation, and knowledge base articles.
• Assist with infrastructure automation, scripting, workflow improvement, and evaluation of new technologies that improve consistency, security, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, service desk, and business teams on infrastructure initiatives, incident response, maintenance activities, and operational improvements.
• Participate in IT service management processes, including incident response, change requests, problem investigation, service requests, maintenance coordination, and post-implementation reviews.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance windows, after-hours support, and on-call rotations as required.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft 365

Intune

Group Policy

Endpoint management

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Tools

Nutanix

Azure

AWS

Job description

Red River is seeking a Systems Administrator to administer, monitor, and improve our hybrid infrastructure environment. You will manage Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Nutanix, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) while ensuring security, availability, and compliance.

The role involves support for backup/disaster recovery, endpoint management (Intune), and IT service management processes.