Systems Administrator

System Soft Technologies; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

System Soft Technologies is seeking an Intermediate Systems Administrator to support and enhance enterprise infrastructure across Windows Server, Microsoft 365, identity, virtualization, and backup/recovery services. You will work hands-on in a broad, multi-environment setting to ensure reliable, secure operations and documentation.

Responsibilities include patching, monitoring, incident resolution, and lifecycle activities across physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments, with emphasis

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise systems experience in Windows/server environments.
• Experience administering Microsoft 365 and Windows-based ecosystems.
• Hands-on AD/Entra ID, GPO, DNS, identity-related troubleshooting.
• Experience with Intune and endpoint configuration/patching.
• Knowledge of virtualization and backup/recovery concepts.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot Windows Server and related infrastructure.
• Administer Microsoft 365 services, security/compliance, Exchange Online, and collaboration.
• Manage Active Directory/Entra ID, GPO, MFA, and hybrid identity aspects.
• Utilize Intune and SCCM/MECM for endpoint configuration and policy deployment.
• Administer virtualization environments (VMware/Hyper-V/Nutanix) and backups (Druva).

Skills

Windows Server

Microsoft 365

Active Directory

Intune/SCCM

Virtualization

Backup/DR

Education

Bachelor's degree in IS/CS or equivalent

Tools

SCCM/MECM

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

Druva

Job description

The Systems Administrator - Intermediate is responsible for supporting, configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving enterprise server, cloud, collaboration, identity, endpoint-management, virtualization, backup/recovery, and related infrastructure services. The position works within the Office of Information Technology systems administration function and supports business objectives through reliable, secure, and supportable technology services. Responsibilities include Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity administration, Windows systems management, endpoint configuration, hypervisor and virtual-machine operations, Druva and other backup/recovery services, patching, automation, monitoring, incident resolution, system documentation, and infrastructure lifecycle activities. This is a hands-on systems administration role requiring broad technical capability across multiple enterprise environments

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, maintain, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot Windows Server and related enterprise infrastructure services across physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Administer Microsoft 365 services and associated security/compliance capabilities, including Exchange Online, collaboration services, content search/eDiscovery support, service configuration, and operational troubleshooting as assigned.
• Administer Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID capabilities including users/groups, Group Policy, LDAP, hybrid identity, MFA, federation/ADFS where applicable, directory synchronization, access configuration, and identity-related troubleshooting.
• Build, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot endpoint and configuration-management solutions using Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager/SCCM, including Windows servicing, application/package deployment, compliance settings, and policy implementation.
• Administer enterprise virtualization and hypervisor environments such as VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, or comparable technologies, including VM provisioning, templates, snapshots, host/guest maintenance, cluster operations, capacity, and performance troubleshooting.
• Administer Druva and/or comparable enterprise backup and data-resiliency services, including protection policies, schedules, retention, backup monitoring, restore operations, recovery validation, reporting, and escalation of failed or degraded protection jobs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a focus in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience supporting and administering enterprise systems, Microsoft platforms, server environments, or related infrastructure services.
• Demonstrable experience supporting Microsoft 365 and Windows-based enterprise environments, including administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and service operations.
• Hands-on experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server, DNS, identity/access concepts, and enterprise troubleshooting across multiple technical environments.
• Working experience with Microsoft Intune and/or MECM/SCCM for endpoint configuration, deployment, policy, patching, or client-management activities.
• Working knowledge of enterprise virtualization/hypervisor technologies and virtual-machine administration.
• Working knowledge of enterprise backup/recovery concepts, including backup policies, restores, retention, monitoring, and recovery validation.
• Ability to perform complex troubleshooting across operating systems, hardware, virtualization, storage, identity, endpoint-management, cloud/SaaS, and network-dependent services.
• Strong communication, documentation, prioritization, customer-service, and self-direction skills in an enterprise support environment.