Senior Systems Administrator - Windows, VMware & Automation

Motion Recruitment; Denton (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Systems Administrator IV for its Denton, TX area on a full-time contract basis. The role emphasizes enterprise Windows administration, virtualization, Active Directory, cloud technologies, and infrastructure automation within a large-scale IT environment.

You will be a senior escalation resource, drive modernization efforts, and help shape infrastructure standards while collaborating with security, networking, and engineering teams on enterprise-scale projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systems administration or related roles.
• Advanced Windows Server administration.
• Deep AD/GPO/DNS/DHCP/file services knowledge.
• Experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi.
• Patching, hardening, vulnerability remediation, security best practices.
• CrowdStrike endpoint security experience.
• PowerShell automation experience.
• Troubleshooting across server, OS and app layers.
• Documentation of system configs and procedures.
• Root cause analysis for complex infra issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage Windows Server infrastructure and related services.
• Oversee VMware virtualization and host environment operations.
• Administer security, compliance and CrowdStrike tooling.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell automation scripts.
• Collaborate with security, networking and engineering teams.
• Doc configurations, runbooks, and technical standards.
• Lead root-cause analysis and incident resolution.

Skills

7+ years experience

Windows Server expertise

Active Directory/ GPO

PowerShell automation

Troubleshooting across layers

Security best practices

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Systems Administrator IV for its Denton, TX area on a full-time contract basis. The role emphasizes enterprise Windows administration, virtualization, Active Directory, cloud technologies, and infrastructure automation within a large-scale IT environment.

You will be a senior escalation resource, drive modernization efforts, and help shape infrastructure standards while collaborating with security, networking, and engineering teams on enterprise-scale projects.