Systems Administrator: Azure, AD & Automation Lead

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

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.