Senior IT Systems Administrator: Cloud, Hybrid & Security

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to join the Strategic IT team. This role designs, implements, and validates enterprise integrations linking cloud and on‑premises systems, while maintaining security and performance across all platforms.

Based in Charlottesville, VA, this two‑year term position offers benefits and may extend up to a third year. Salary range 80–95k, commensurate with education and experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; Associate’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of systems administration experience in a Microsoft-based environment.
• Experience implementing cybersecurity controls and security compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate enterprise integrations connecting cloud and on‑premises systems.
• Maintain on‑premises and cloud IT infrastructure for high availability, performance, and security.
• Lead patch governance, infrastructure hardening, and security compliance per UVA standards.
• Manage Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, and hybrid identity.
• Oversee Microsoft 365 services, Azure IaaS/PaaS, and migrations to Azure.
• Administer Hyper‑V, virtualization, and enterprise networking (Meraki, VPNs).
• Develop disaster recovery, backup validation, and business continuity plans.
• Create system documentation and runbooks; participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Microsoft Windows Server

Active Directory

Microsoft 365

PowerShell scripting

Networking fundamentals

Hyper‑V virtualization

Cloud migrations

Security compliance (NIST)

Monitoring tools

Azure cloud services

Education

Associate's Degree preferred

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Azure

Hyper‑V

Dell server hardware

Microsoft 365 admin tools

Job description

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to join the Strategic IT team. This role designs, implements, and validates enterprise integrations linking cloud and on‑premises systems, while maintaining security and performance across all platforms.

Based in Charlottesville, VA, this two‑year term position offers benefits and may extend up to a third year. Salary range 80–95k, commensurate with education and experience.