Senior Systems Administrator — Hybrid IT Leadership

Highmark Companies; Savage (MN); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Health Savings Account

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short-Term & Long-Term Insurance

401K + 3% employer contribution

8 Paid Holidays

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Profit Sharing

Employee Referral Program

Employee Discount Program

Great culture and team dynamic

Job summary

Highmark Companies is seeking a Systems Administrator to own and operate the full IT environment for 150 workstations, 11+ servers across six divisions. Hybrid remote work with occasional Savage, MN on-site visits.

You will work with the IT Manager to build, secure, and maintain the systems, including Microsoft 365, identity, and Azure infrastructure. This is a decisive, hands-on senior role with broad scope.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in systems administration or IT infrastructure
• Administrator-level Microsoft 365 experience — Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID, Intune, Defender
• Strong Windows Server and networking background: routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, VLANs, DNS, DHCP

Responsibilities

• Own Microsoft 365 & Identity administration across the environment (Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Defender, Intune)
• Manage Intune device management across all workstations and mobile devices
• Lead network and infrastructure tasks including firewall and VPN configuration, Azure servers, and on-prem servers

Skills

System administration

Security

Decision making

Communication

Tools

Microsoft 365 Admin

Entra ID

Intune

Exchange Online

SharePoint

Teams

Azure

Defender

Firewall

Job description

Highmark Companies is seeking a Systems Administrator to own and operate the full IT environment for 150 workstations, 11+ servers across six divisions. Hybrid remote work with occasional Savage, MN on-site visits.

You will work with the IT Manager to build, secure, and maintain the systems, including Microsoft 365, identity, and Azure infrastructure. This is a decisive, hands-on senior role with broad scope.