Cloud and Systems Administrator

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of experience in a Cloud and Systems Administrator role.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or 5 additional years of IT experience and an industry certification related to Microsoft technologies.
• Optimistic, proactive, and energetic approach to work, management, and communication.
• Passion for technology and ability to adapt quickly to changing technologies.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently.
• Methodical, disciplined approach to problem-solving, with attention to detail and thoroughness.
• Strong interpersonal, customer relationship management, and customer service skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with end users at all levels.
• Self-management and leadership skills.
• Ability to conduct independent research to help develop strategic objectives and direction.

Responsibilities:

• Administer Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and enterprise business applications, including permissions, single sign-on, integrations, and vendor escalations.
• Support Active Directory, Windows Server, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and remaining hybrid infrastructure; manage the Windows Server and Domain Services lifecycle.
• Expand Intune capabilities for endpoint configuration, compliance, application deployment, and Windows Autopilot, and help transition devices and identity services from traditional Active Directory to Entra ID.
• Implement and manage Conditional Access, multifactor and passwordless authentication, Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, and related Microsoft security technologies.
• Improve infrastructure uptime, monitoring, redundancy, backup, recovery, and availability; monitor server, service, process, and application performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Identify infrastructure and applications for migration, consolidation, or replacement with cloud services.
• Automate recurring administration using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, APIs, and other tools.
• Troubleshoot escalated infrastructure, application, identity, endpoint, and Microsoft cloud issues, and investigate SIEM security alerts for potential threats.
• Coordinate with network engineering, business application, and database administration teams to maintain the availability, reliability, and scalability of corporate infrastructure.
• Lead the design and creation of a Windows infrastructure refresh, including updates or migrations of domain controllers, DNS and DHCP servers, certificate services, and other core Windows services; coach Service Desk staff through cross-training.
• Evaluate operating system and application software updates and security patches, and apply them through a staged process from lower environments to production.
• Conduct server and security audits, maintain backup and recovery procedures, participate in disaster recovery testing, and support disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Document existing systems architecture and technology portfolios, recommend improvements or alternatives, and participate in change management.
• Follow IT Service Desk, Change Management, and Problem Management processes within an ITIL framework.

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Cloud
• Support
• ITIL
• Microsoft 365
• Network
• PowerShell
• Security
• SharePoint
• Windows
• Office 365
• DevOps
• Hardware
• Microsoft Intune

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We are Corporate Technologies, a managed IT solutions provider serving businesses and institutions across Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, Southern California, Kansas, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and New Jersey. With more than 40 years of experience and over 200 employees, we provide small and medium-sized businesses with enterprise-level IT support and services including managed IT, cloud, staffing, voice and data systems, storage and virtualization, consulting, and networking. This role supports our hybrid environment as we move toward a cloud-first architecture centered on Microsoft technologies. The annual pay range is $75,000–$81,000. Benefits include 401(k) matching, dental, health, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid time off, and pet insurance. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and an inclusive workplace, and encourage qualified applicants to apply.

last updated 43 week of 2026