What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Systems Administrator position at Energy Hire?
We are partnered with a growing organization is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to support enterprise-wide IT operations across multiple office locations and data environments. This role reports to infrastructure leadership and plays a key part in maintaining, optimizing, and securing both cloud-based and on-premises systems. The ideal candidate brings broad technical expertise spanning cloud platforms, SaaS applications, virtualization, server infrastructure, and networking.
This position is based in Midland, TX and requires to be onsite in Midland.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a customer-focused technical resource, addressing issues with professionalism and a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to plan, execute, and deliver IT initiatives and infrastructure projects.
- Engage with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define scope, and translate needs into actionable technical plans.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of system design, dependencies, and operational impact.
- Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation for configurations, processes, and procedures.
- Support daily operations of cloud and on-premises environments, including identity platforms, productivity tools, backup and disaster recovery, and virtualized data centers.
- Perform additional related duties as needed to support IT operations.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive experience (approximately 10 years) administering and deploying Windows-based systems in large enterprise environments, including directory services, group policy, endpoint management, and configuration tools.
- Strong background (5 years) in data protection technologies such as backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery.
- Hands-on experience (5 years) using scripting or automation tools such as PowerShell or Python to streamline administration.
- Solid experience managing modern collaboration and productivity platforms (email, file sharing, collaboration tools).
- Practical knowledge of virtualization and storage technologies across multiple vendors.
- Experience managing certificates, public key infrastructure, and DNS records.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and TCP/IP.
- Proven troubleshooting skills with a structured approach to identifying and resolving complex issues.
- Ability to work independently or collaboratively while managing multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical teams, leadership, vendors, and end users.
- Experience supporting security initiatives, audits, and security tooling.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with identity and access management, enterprise application integration, and conditional access controls.
- Background managing cloud infrastructure in one or more major public cloud platforms.
- Experience supporting virtual desktop environments.
- Mobile device and endpoint management experience.
- Working knowledge of Linux systems.
- Experience supporting environments subject to regulatory or financial compliance requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical, information systems, or business-related field.
Preferred Certifications
- Virtualization or data center–focused professional certifications
- Advanced cloud architecture certifications
- Endpoint or device management certifications
- Security, compliance, or identity-focused certifications