Highlights
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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | East Lansing, MI |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
Description
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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About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
