Senior Systems Administrator: Cloud, Azure & Security Lead

Astronics; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems (AES) in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator to join the Information Technology group on-site in the greater Seattle area.

The role leads design, deployment, and optimization of servers, storage, and cloud infrastructure to ensure security and reliability. The position emphasizes mentoring staff, maintaining security controls, and ensuring compliance with NIST/CMMC-like frameworks, with opportunities to drive major IT projects and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5+ years in systems administration.
• Experience with enterprise storage, AD administration, file servers, clustering, and Hyper-V.
• Experience with Azure services (Entra ID, O/M365, Exchange Online).

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, and implementation of complex IT projects, including system upgrades, migrations, and deployments.
• Manage and maintain the organization's servers, storage systems, virtualization platforms (e.g., Hyper-V), and network infrastructure.
• Set up and administer large file servers in clustered environments, including permissions design and access structures.
• Monitor system and network performance to ensure uptime, performance, and reliability; resolve complex technical issues.
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust backup and recovery strategies and procedures, including enterprise Veeam backups.
• Administer and support Microsoft Azure services and related cloud platforms (Entra ID, O/M365, Exchange Online).
• Administer and support Active Directory, forests, domains, OUs, groups, accounts, DFS, DHCP, DNS, and Group Policy.
• Participate in audits, SSP maintenance, and POA&M remediation.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to deliver technology solutions that support goals.
• Document system requirements, architecture, configurations, and procedures; maintain up-to-date docs.

Skills

Systems administration

Azure cloud services

Active Directory administration

Network infrastructure management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Hyper-V

Veeam Backup

Azure Active Directory

Job description

Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems (AES) in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator to join the Information Technology group on-site in the greater Seattle area.

The role leads design, deployment, and optimization of servers, storage, and cloud infrastructure to ensure security and reliability. The position emphasizes mentoring staff, maintaining security controls, and ensuring compliance with NIST/CMMC-like frameworks, with opportunities to drive major IT projects and