100% company paid Medical/Dental/Vision, 4 weeks+ Vacation, 12.5% retirement contribution, Life Insurance, Paternal Leave, etc.
Location:
East Lansing, MI (Onsite)
Job Overview:
The IT Systems Administrator is responsible for maintaining and supporting the organization's core IT infrastructure, including servers, virtualization, cloud and on-premises identity systems, networking, storage, backups, and container platforms. This hands-on role ensures system reliability, security, and performance while supporting daily business operations and infrastructure improvement initiatives. Responsibilities of the
IT Systems Administrator:
Administer and support Windows Server, Hyper-V virtual environments, and clustered infrastructure. Manage and troubleshoot container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker. Administration for Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and hybrid identity environments. Support networking infrastructure, including firewalls, VLANs, routing, switching, and connectivity. Monitor and manage backup and disaster recovery processes, including testing and validation of restores. Automate system administration tasks using Ansible, scripting, and other automation tools. Administer and maintain Linux and Windows server environments. Perform system updates, patching, capacity planning, and infrastructure upgrades. Support the organization's phone systems and AV equipment. Collaborate with IT team members and business stakeholders to resolve issues and improve system performance. Preferred Experience of the
IT Systems Administrator :
M365 Administration Active Directory, Azure AD, Entra ID Windows Server & Hyper-V / VMware (Administer & failover clustering) Containers (Kubernetes/dockers) - deployment, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management Linux OS (Administer, patching, troubleshooting) Strong understanding of networking concepts & management (routing, switching, firewalls, VLANs and connectivity troubleshooting) Knowledge of backups & disaster recovery Strong communication, collaboration and customer service skills Bonus Experience of the
IT Systems Administrator:
SAN Storage, iSCI, performance, workloads GitHub, GitOps, CI/CD Infrastructure-as-code, Ansible Enterprise backup and disaster recovery Scripting & Automation, PowerShell, or Python Phone systems & AV equipment #LI-NB5 #