Senior Systems Administrator - IaaS, VMware & AD

Knowledge Services; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowledge Services is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator for a contract-to-hire role with the State of Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS). The position is 100% onsite in Downtown Indianapolis for training, then shifts to a hybrid work model.

Work hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, with on‑call duties as part of an IT operations team. The ideal candidate will have 5–10 years of server administration experience, strong VMware, Linux, Windows Server, and AD skills, plus expertise

Qualifications

• Requires BS/BA in CS or related field or equivalent certifications.
• 5-10 years of server configuration management, administration, and production support experience.
• Experience with VMware, Windows Server, Linux, and Active Directory.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; ability to work across teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee ongoing operations and maintenance of an IaaS hosted environment on Linux and Windows Server.
• Document processes based on OS security, configuration management, and disaster recovery best practices.
• Administer the Windows Server Active Directory Services infrastructure and related DNS/DHCP/IIS services.
• Monitor performance, patching, backups, and incident triage; provide on-call support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable, secure cloud-based architectures.
• Assist in provisioning, deploying, and supporting applications and services; manage CRM-related tasks.

Skills

Linux administration

Windows Server

Active Directory

Networking & security

Cloud concepts (AWS/Azure)

Scripting (Python, Bash)

SQL scripting

Incident management

Documentation

ITIL familiarity

Education

BS/BA in CS or related

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware SRM

vCloud Director

Docker

Looker

Jenkins

GitLab

Job description

Knowledge Services is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator for a contract-to-hire role with the State of Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS). The position is 100% onsite in Downtown Indianapolis for training, then shifts to a hybrid work model.

Work hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, with on‑call duties as part of an IT operations team. The ideal candidate will have 5–10 years of server administration experience, strong VMware, Linux, Windows Server, and AD skills, plus expertise