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IT Systems Administrator

CFS
East Lansing, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/26/2026
Position: IT Systems Administrator

Salary: $72,000-78,000 Bonus Potential

Benefits: 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

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