[Hiring] Senior Systems Administrator II @ActBlue

Role Description

The Senior Systems Administrator II is an advanced individual contributor who leads the implementation, optimization, and governance of ActBlue’s internal IT systems, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and compliant with industry standards. You will work independently on large, complex projects with significant organizational impact, champion data protection, manage access and identity infrastructure, and guide technical decisions that shape the day-to-day experience of a distributed team. This role reports to the Sr. IT Manager and is part of the Systems Administration team, partnering closely with Desktop Support, Security, and stakeholders across the organization.

What You Will Do

• Lead the configuration, deployment, and optimization of secure, cloud-based IT systems — with a focus on identity management, MDM, endpoint security, and SaaS integrations.
• Lead large, complex projects end to end with minimal guidance: break down epic-level work, set realistic timelines, weigh tradeoffs and risks, and surface blockers before they require escalation.
• Partner with Security, Legal, and Data Governance stakeholders to ensure IT systems meet regulatory requirements, internal controls, and proper security configurations — including SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA — and identify and reduce risk across systems.
• Oversee the user identity lifecycle and access control, including RBAC, least privilege, and regular access audits.
• Serve as a key partner in data governance, driving technical enforcement of data classification, data retention, data loss prevention, and secure data handling procedures.
• Design, build, test, debug, and monitor IT process automation (e.g., onboarding/offboarding, software provisioning, and compliance checklists), including with workflow orchestration and emerging AI-driven tools.
• Serve as a technical escalation point and mentor for the IT team, resolving complex issues and documenting solutions.
• Serve as the point person for other departments and vendors on the systems you own.
• Maintain systems documentation, playbooks, and user-facing knowledge resources, and write new guidance as emerging issues surface.
• Support internal audits and evidence gathering for compliance reporting, including review of logs, change management records, and security controls.
• Stay current on evolving regulatory, privacy, and security standards so systems stay aligned with industry best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems administration, including leading compliance- and security-driven projects.
• Advanced proficiency administering core IT platforms such as Okta, Jamf, Google Workspace, the Atlassian Suite, and modern MDM platforms.
• Strong familiarity with macOS environments, including enforcing security policies, maintaining governance standards, and managing patch compliance across a device fleet.
• Demonstrated ability to build, test, debug, and monitor automations, and to move quickly on project work because of a deep understanding of the systems you support.
• Experience integrating SaaS tools and platforms, including planning and executing system and data migrations.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management, endpoint hardening, and security configuration management.
• Working knowledge of compliance and data protection frameworks, including SOC 1 & 2, NIST, and PCI DSS, plus experience with e-discovery, data governance, and data handling policies and procedures.
• A track record of independently delivering large, complex projects with significant organizational impact, and of constructing sound technical solutions to complex problems.
• Sound judgment in resolving complex issues and working through ambiguity, with the sense to know when to bring your manager in as a thought partner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — especially in technical documentation, technical proposals, policy writing, and explaining technical topics to broader audiences.
• A proactive, collaborative mindset with dependable follow-through, open to feedback, and committed to equity and a people-first approach.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy.
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability.
• Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option.
• Dependent and health care flexible spending account options.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees.
• Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions.
• A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included).
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees.
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times.