System Administrator

Job Summary:

We are looking for a System Administrator with 35 years of experience in Azure administration, Windows Server operations, automation, monitoring, and identity management. The role will support day-to-day cloud and infrastructure operations, assist with SRE processes, and help maintain reliable, secure, and scalable enterprise systems.

Role & responsibilities

• Support and administer Azure infrastructure operations with focus on availability, reliability, monitoring, and operational best practices.
• Perform Azure administration tasks across compute, storage, networking, identity, backup, governance, security, and cost optimization under defined processes.
• Assist with SRE activities including incident management, change support, problem management, RCA, service reviews, runbooks, and continuous improvement.
• Use Terraform for standard Infrastructure as Code deployments and Ansible or scripting for configuration, patching, and routine operational automation.
• Administer and troubleshoot Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, patching, hardening, and performance issues.
• Support Microsoft Entra ID and Intune activities related to identity, access, endpoint compliance, device configuration, and application deployment.
• Monitor infrastructure using SolarWinds, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, dashboards, alerts, and related Azure monitoring tools.
• Support backup, restore, disaster recovery checks, documentation, SOPs, and operational compliance activities.
• Provide basic SQL Server administration support and coordinate with database, network, security, cloud, and application teams.
• Participate in on-call support, incident response, and post-incident review activities as required.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in system administration, infrastructure operations, Azure operations, or cloud support.
• Good hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure administration and exposure to Azure datacenter SRE processes.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, and routine infrastructure automation tasks.
• Good Windows Server administration skills, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, patching, and hardening.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, RBAC, MFA, SSO, conditional access, and hybrid identity concepts.
• Hands-on experience with SolarWinds, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, alerts, and dashboards.
• Basic SQL Server administration and troubleshooting knowledge.
• Exposure to VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, or similar virtualization platforms is preferred.
• Good troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and team collaboration skills.