[Hiring] Systems Administrator II @Orbital Engineering, Inc.

Role Description

Orbital Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Systems Administrator II who will administer, secure, monitor, and improve cloud and on-premises infrastructure, primarily AWS.

• Provides Level II support across AWS, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Windows, networking, and endpoint technologies.
• Troubleshoots issues and supports implementations, migrations, upgrades, security, automation, and modernization, escalating when needed.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of progressively responsible systems, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and cybersecurity experience in highly available hybrid environments.
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Preferred certifications include one or more of the following:
  • Azure Administrator
  • Microsoft Security or Identity and Access Administrator
  • AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator
  • CCNA/CCNP
  • Security+
  • CISSP/SSCP
  • ITIL Foundation
• Experience with:
  • AWS and Azure
  • Microsoft 365 and Entra ID
  • Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP
  • PowerShell
  • Microsoft Defender and endpoint management
  • Cisco routing, switching, wireless, VPN, and network security
  • Virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, vulnerability management, security monitoring, and infrastructure monitoring
• Ability to interpret technical and business documentation and communicate technical information clearly to IT staff, management, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze data, diagnose complex cross-platform issues, make sound decisions during urgent events, and prioritize multiple projects while maintaining service quality.

Requirements

• Administer, secure, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Route 53.
• Manage provisioning, access, networking, governance, cost, backup, recovery, and incident response.
• Support cloud design, deployment, automation, modernization, and documentation.
• Administer and troubleshoot Windows servers, storage, virtualization, backups, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and certificates.
• Monitor capacity and availability; perform patching, upgrades, lifecycle management, and standardization.
• Support implementations, migrations, modernization, disaster recovery, testing, and documentation.
• Administer Microsoft 365 services and Entra ID users, groups, permissions, access, and lifecycle activities.
• Support MFA, Conditional Access, role-based access, hybrid identity, authentication, integrations, and issue resolution.
• Support and troubleshoot Cisco switching, routing, wireless, VPN, and connectivity across on-premises, AWS, and remote environments.
• Assist with changes, upgrades, segmentation, vendors, and network documentation; escalate complex design issues.
• Maintain least-privilege security controls across cloud, infrastructure, endpoints, identity, and networks.
• Monitor threats and vulnerabilities; support hardening, remediation, incident response, audits, compliance, and risk assessments.
• Follow established security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Provide Level II support for cloud, server, network, identity, and application infrastructure issues.
• Perform root-cause analysis, coordinate resolutions, document changes, and escalate high-risk or out-of-scope issues.
• Automate administration with PowerShell and maintain monitoring, alerting, reporting, configuration, documentation, and inventories.
• Support change governance and improve reliability, efficiency, security, and supportability.
• Participate in after-hours maintenance, support, and on-call rotations.
• Plan, test, deploy, validate, and document infrastructure, cloud, security, migration, upgrade, modernization, and lifecycle projects.
• Complete assigned work on schedule and coordinate implementation and knowledge transfer with IT, vendors, and stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Career advancement opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support health, financial security, and work-life balance, including:
  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • 401(k)-retirement savings plan
  • Supplemental insurance options
  • Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
  • Company-paid short-term disability coverage
  • Company-paid maternity and bonding leave
  • Generous paid time off program