Systems Administrator

Southeast Christian Church; Middletown (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Southeast Christian Church is seeking a Systems Administrator to maintain, upgrade, and manage our hardware, software, and networks across on‑prem and Azure environments. You will monitor systems, apply updates, perform backups, and help plan the technology roadmap to support ministries.

You will also provide Tier 3 help desk support, enforce security controls, document procedures, and deploy enterprise tools across AD, virtualization, Microsoft 365, SQL Server, and Veeam backups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 3–5 years in Systems Administration or similar role.
• Experience with on‑prem and cloud environments, including Azure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain on‑premise and Azure environments to ensure uptime and proper resources.
• Install and configure software and hardware based on ministry needs.
• Provide Tier 3 support to the Help Desk.
• Monitor performance and maintain systems per requirements.
• Troubleshoot issues and outages of critical systems.
• Ensure security through access controls and backups.
• Develop expertise to train staff on new technologies.
• Maintain technical documentation for systems.
• Design, deploy, manage, and support systems: AD, virtualization, storage, security, and databases.
• Manage backup environment with Veeam, including restore testing and maintenance windows.
• Respond to service requests from internal staff.

Skills

Active Directory

Hyper-V

Windows Server

PowerShell

Azure Cloud

Microsoft 365

SQL Server

Project Management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Compute

Veeam Backup

Storage Arrays

Endpoint Security

Job description

We are looking for a Systems Administrator to maintain, upgrade, and manage our hardware, software, and networks. Your duties will include monitoring systems, installing and configuring software updates, performing backups as well as generally ensuring a robust, reliable environment for the ministries we support. This position will also be responsible for helping to plan our technology roadmap as it pertains to our systems, and software.

Why Southeast?

Southeast Christian Church is a dynamic, growing church where staff are encouraged to lead boldly, care deeply, and live authentically.

What You Will Be Doing

• Maintain on-premise as well as our Azure environments to ensure uptime, and appropriate resourcing.
• Install and configure software and hardware based on the needs of the ministries.
• Provide Tier 3 support to our Help Desk.
• Monitor performance and maintain systems according to requirements.
• Troubleshoot issues and outages with critical systems.
• Ensure security through access controls, backups.
• Develop expertise to train staff on new technologies.
• Responsible for maintaining all technical documentation related to our systems.
• Provide design, deployment, management, maintenance, and support of systems in the following environments: Enterprise software distribution tools, Active Directory, virtualization, storage arrays, endpoint security, and databases.
• Manage and monitor the backup environment using Veeam, including restore testing, redundancy, and maintenance-window discipline to protect backup windows.
• Checks and responds to service requests from internal staff.

What We Are Looking For

• Must be experienced in Active Directory.
• Experienced in Hyper‑V failover clustering and Windows Server management.
• Proficient in PowerShell for automation and system management.
• Experience with Azure Cloud products and offerings including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Compute, etc.
• Extensive experience within the Azure environment a plus.
• Experience administering the full Microsoft 365 stack across multiple domains, including Exchange Online, SharePoint and OneDrive, Entra ID and hybrid identity, endpoint management, and Purview compliance.
• Experience administering and maintaining SQL Server, including patching and application database support.
• Project Management skills are highly valued
• Proven ability to drive a project from start to finish
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks while remaining flexible enough to meet the additional daily demands placed upon schedule.

Our Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 Years experience in Systems Administration.
• Engaged member of Southeast Christian Church, or willing to become one.
• Exemplifies our seven staff values: Honor, Care, Accountability, Grit, Authenticity, Humility, and Fun.
• Leads by example fulfilling the staff expectations of groups, inviting, serving, worship and giving.
• Agree with the *Statement of Faith, submit to the leadership established by the church, and lives out our church Mantras in tangible ways. https://www.southeastchristian.org/who-we-are#mantras
• Please read our Statement of Faith that is attached below. You will be asked if you agree with our Statement of Faith within the application process.