Senior Systems & Cloud Infrastructure Lead

TrulyHired; Arlington (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Arlington Public Schools seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to lead the administration of critical applications and IT services. You will oversee on-premises and cloud-based systems, collaborate with network and security engineers, and mentor junior staff in a busy educational IT environment.

The role requires strong VMware, cloud, and Microsoft 365 expertise, with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability across a town-wide IT portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Five years of IT systems management experience.
• Strong knowledge of virtualization, cloud services, and enterprise IT administration.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration of applications across the IT portfolio.
• Plan and manage system-related projects from design to implementation.
• Create and maintain documentation for systems and processes.

Skills

Capacity planning

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Communication

Project management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in computer science

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware NSX

VMware VSAN

AWS

Microsoft 365

Entra ID (Azure AD)

OneDrive/SharePoint Online

Office 365 suite management

InTune

Google Workspace

SSO/SAML/OIDC

ServiceNow ITSM

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL/SUSE)

Job description

Arlington Public Schools seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to lead the administration of critical applications and IT services. You will oversee on-premises and cloud-based systems, collaborate with network and security engineers, and mentor junior staff in a busy educational IT environment.

The role requires strong VMware, cloud, and Microsoft 365 expertise, with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability across a town-wide IT portfolio.