at Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield, Illinois, United States Job Description Functional Statement Under the general supervision of the Information Technology Operations Team Lead, the System Administrator is responsible for administering and maintaining the agency’s IT infrastructure and cloud services. This role ensures the stability, security, and performance of core systems including servers, networks, storage, and enterprise applications. The position focuses on proactive system management, administration of enterprise platforms, and collaboration with Executive Staff, Agency Directors, Chief Information Officer, Deputy CIO and vendors on specialized technologies. Essential Function 1 Manage and support Microsoft Exchange Online and network settings, IIS , Microsoft Teams calling, Active Directory/Entra ID, DNS (internal and external), DHCP , Radius, ticketing system, network appliances (access points, switches), server firmware and operating system, Nutanix clusters, VMware,  Group Policy Object ( GPO ), Cisco Meraki dashboard, Citrix NetScaler, VPN , Storage Area Network ( SAN ) File Transfer Protocol ( FTP ), M365 administration including Microsoft Co-Pilot, Domain Controllers, monitoring services. Azure cloud environment. Serve as subject matter expert on infrastructure monitoring software. Essential Function 2 Administer and maintain firewall. Manages firewall rule sets, policies, and segmentation for both cloud and onâ€'premises environments. Reviews rules for compliance, monitors traffic logs, assists with security incident response, and ensures configurations follow agency's Information Security department's policy and standards. Creates any new access control policies needed on switches. Investigates, troubleshoots and repairs any website issues including working with Information Security Team and website hosting vendor Cloudflare. To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account