Windows System Administrator

IBM

Boston (MA)

Hybrid

USD 18,000 - 27,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Windows System Administrator to support automation and modernization of Windows Server, AD, and Entra environments. The role emphasizes scripting and AI-assisted solutions to streamline operations and reduce debt.

You'll work in IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers, delivering deep technical expertise to diverse clients worldwide, with a hybrid work arrangement and a focus on secure, standardized infrastructure services.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 3–5 years of Windows System Administration experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Entra technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Automate Windows Server and AD/Entra tasks using PowerShell and Terraform.
  • Review system configurations and bring them up to standards, reducing technical debt.
  • Collaborate with engineering and operations to improve identity and access management.

Skills

PowerShell
Terraform
AI tools
Automation
Active Directory
Entra
Windows Server

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

PowerShell
Terraform
Entra SSO
AD automation

Job description

We are seeking a Windows System Administrator with 3 to 5 years of experience to support the automation and modernization of Windows Server, Active Directory, and Microsoft Entra environments. The ideal candidate will have a passion for automation, scripting, and continuous improvement, leveraging tools such as PowerShell, Terraform, and AI-assisted solutions to streamline operational processes, reduce technical debt, and maintain secure, standardized infrastructure services. This role will work closely with engineering and operations teams to enhance identity and access management capabilities while driving efficiency through automation.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

Automation Engineer with PowerShell and Terraform knowledge for automation of manual task with relationship to Active Directory/Entra and windows server management. Day to day work will include review current configuration of systems and work on task to bring system up to standards, decommission necessary technical debt with the AD and Entra systems.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Able to learn quickly processes used currently.
  • Programing manual task with simple scripts.
  • Strong understanding of active directory and entry technologies.
  • Tool-set and technologies: Active directory, Entra SSO, SNOW AD spoke automation.
  • PowerShell.
  • Terraform.
  • Able to use AI tools to accomplish repetitive tasks.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
  • Experience working in Agile and DevOps-oriented environments.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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Job Title

Windows System Administrator

Job ID

133947

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State / Province

Country

Mexico

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Position type

Professional

No Travel

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