Systems Administrator/Engineer

Pivotal Solutions; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pivotal Solutions in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Systems Administrator/Engineer to drive lifecycle mgmt of infrastructure spanning cloud and on‑prem environments. You will deploy, support, and decommission technologies as they evolve, with a focus on Windows servers and SQL databases.

The role requires a DevOps mindset, hands‑on experience with VMware vSphere and Nutanix, and strong scripting via PowerShell. On‑call may be required to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or commensurate experience.
• 4+ years direct systems administration work experience.
• 4+ years database administration work experience.
• 3+ years with cloud environments Azure/AWS/GCP.
• DevOps mindset and tools like Git, GoCD/Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform.
• Effective written and oral communication skills; ability to utilize interpersonal skills to work with team members and business units within the company.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly terminology.
• Disaster Recovery Planning/Documenting/Implementing.
• Extensive experience required working with VMware virtual environments utilizing vSphere, Operations Manager, and vMotion.

Responsibilities

• Deployment and day to day support of server and database services both on-prem and in the cloud.
• Manage infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, monitoring, and backup/restores.
• Manage cloud infrastructure including accounts/subscriptions, IAM, networks, load balancers.
• Responsible for on-prem technologies physical and virtual servers, SAN and load balancers.
• Automation of infrastructure as code using git, CI/CD pipelines, Powershell, Ansible, Terraform.
• Expected to create and maintain and documentation.
• Will support acquisitions including configurations, monitoring and preventative maintenance.
• Daily responsibilities include supporting application and operation teams with real-time production/test environments

Skills

Microsoft Windows

SQL databases

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell

Ansible

Terraform

Git

VMware

vSphere

GoCD/Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Active Directory

DNS

Nutanix

VMware vSphere

PowerShell

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Fort Worth, United States | Posted on 09/08/2026

This position is for a Systems Administrator/Engineer responsible for the life cycle management of infrastructure platforms including cloud and on-prem technologies with both virtual and physical servers, Microsoft SQL databases, ETL services, some middleware services, backup services, and monitoring services. The life cycle management includes deployment, support/maintenance, and decommission of technologies as they change.

The Full Stack Engineer must work as a member of a team and be willing to learn and teach technologies as part of a high performing team. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with an expert foundation in Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft SQL

Responsibilities:

• Deployment and day to day support of server and database services both on-prem and in the cloud.
  
• Manage infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, monitoring, and backup/restores.
  
• Manage cloud infrastructure including accounts/subscriptions, IAM, networks, load balancers.
  
• Responsible for on-prem technologies physical and virtual servers, SAN and load balancers
  
• Automation of infrastructure as code using git, CI/CD pipelines, Powershell, Ansible, Terraform.
  
• Expected to create and maintain and documentation.
  
• Will support acquisitions including configurations, monitoring and preventative maintenance
  
• Daily responsibilities include supporting application and operation teams with real-time production/test environments
  

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or commensurate experience
  
• 4+ years direct systems administration work experience preferred
  
• 4+ years database administration work experience preferred.
  
• 3+ years with cloud environments Azure/AWS/GCP
  
• DevOps mindset and tools like Git, GoCD/Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform.
  
• Effective written and oral communication skills; ability to utilize interpersonal skills to work with team members and business units within the company.
  
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly terminology.
  
• Disaster Recovery Planning/Documenting/Implementing
  
• Extensive experience required working with VMware virtual environments utilizing vSphere, Operations Manager, and vMotion
  

Proficient in Nutanix administration

Must be able to work on call as needed to support business needs