Systems Administrator – Engineer

Jobtailor; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Seattle seeks an experienced IT leader to drive integration of new technologies across diverse environments. You will help maximize IT investments while staying hands-on with a broad set of Microsoft and cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong communication, and a proactive approach to security and operational reliability in complex enterprise settings.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of experience with Microsoft Enterprise environments.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills and problem solving.
• Experience with Windows Server environments and virtualization.
• Knowledge of Azure, Office 365 and AWS.
• Experience with VPN, firewalls and security solutions.
• Familiarity with AD, MFA and network monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and help integrate new technologies that maximize IT investments.
• Gain hands-on exposure to a wide variety of technologies across different environments.

Skills

Microsoft Enterprise environments

Active Directory

Azure

Office 365

Windows Server

Auditing & Security

Troubleshooting

MFA

Networking (IP routing/switching)

Site-to-site VPN

Backup and recovery

Network monitoring

Customer service

Communication skills

Tools

Hyper-V

VMware

Windows Server

Azure

Office 365

AWS

Job description

Overview

• Provide leadership and help integrate new technologies that get the most out of Clients' IT investments
• Turbocharge your career giving you hands‑on exposure to a wide variety of technologies across many different environments

Requirements

• Minimum ten years of experience with Microsoft Enterprise environments
• A great sense of customer service
• A solid work ethic
• Excellent communication skills at both technical and non-technical level, outgoing and friendly
• Excellent time management and multitasking skills
• Attention to detail and quality of work
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Adeptness at utilizing resources and finding solutions
• Ongoing technical training is an expectation at SSL
• Minimum ten years of hands‑on technical experience: Windows Server
• Knowledge of building and managing Virtualization platforms (HyperV and VMware)
• Architecture and management of Microsoft Azure, Office365 and Amazon Web Services
• IP Addressing, routing & switching
• Experience implementing site to site VPN and virtual server infrastructures
• Basic Firewall support
• Anti‑Virus and Security Solutions, MFA
• Backup and recovery solutions and architectures
• Working knowledge of Active Directory
• Experience with network monitoring systems