Network/Systems Administrator

You in This Role

The Network / Systems Administrator is an individual-contributor role within a lean IT department of three. You will own the day-to-day administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Unusual Machines' enterprise network and systems infrastructure across all seven sites. Working directly with the Director of IT, you will be a primary subject matter expert for firewall, switching, wireless, identity, cloud, and server infrastructure, while supporting compliance obligations and contributing to ongoing strategic IT buildout initiatives.

This role is ideal for a technically deep, self-directed administrator who thrives in a fast-moving environment, takes genuine ownership of infrastructure, and understands the discipline required in regulated industries.

What You'll Do

• Administer and maintain the enterprise firewall environment, including centralized policy management, NAT, zone architecture, and application-aware filtering rules
• Manage secure remote access and zero-trust network access (ZTNA) policy enforcement for a distributed workforce
• Operate and maintain enterprise switching infrastructure across all sites, including VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, QoS, port security, and configuration management
• Administer enterprise wireless access points and branch failover connectivity across all locations via centralized cloud management
• Maintain enterprise WAN connectivity across all seven sites; coordinate with carriers on circuit issues and escalations
• Manage dedicated storage networking with performance-optimized configuration for enterprise storage workloads
• Support DNS operations for the company's domain infrastructure

Systems & Cloud Infrastructure

• Administer the Microsoft 365 tenant, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive
• Manage enterprise identity infrastructure: Conditional Access policy authoring and tuning, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Identity Protection risk policies, and automated provisioning integrations
• Operate endpoint management tooling for policy management, compliance baselines, zero-touch device provisioning, and application deployment
• Administer Windows Server infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and file services
• Manage NAS/storage infrastructure
• Operate and maintain backup and disaster recovery processes; ensure recovery objectives are met and tested

ITSM & Operations

• Operate within the enterprise ITSM platform: own infrastructure-tier tickets, contribute to CMDB asset accuracy, document changes per change management process
• Maintain network and systems documentation to a professional standard, including configuration baselines, topology diagrams, runbooks, and change records
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to after-hours infrastructure incidents as needed across a multi-site footprint
• Provide assistance and escalation support to Desktop Helpdesk staff for network, identity, and server-related issues

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a network/systems administration role in an enterprise environment
• Enterprise firewall administration, including security policy, NAT, zone design, application-aware filtering, and centralized management platforms
• Enterprise switching experience, including VLAN configuration, trunking, spanning tree, and QoS, in a production environment
• Microsoft 365 back-end administration: Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, licensing, and service health management
• Entra ID / Azure AD experience: Conditional Access, PIM, Identity Protection, automated provisioning, and group-based access management
• Windows Server administration: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, and file services
• Familiarity with backup/DR concepts and tools; ability to design and verify recovery procedures
• PowerShell scripting for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Windows Server automation tasks
• Experience working in a compliance-driven environment (SOX, ITAR, HIPAA, PCI, or equivalent)
• Strong documentation discipline, you write things down and keep them current

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant firewall vendor certification (e.g., PCNSA/PCNSE or equivalent)
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP certification
• Microsoft certifications: MS-102 (M365 Administrator), SC-300 (Identity & Access), AZ-104 (Azure Administrator)
• Cloud-managed wireless and SD-WAN administration experience
• Modern endpoint management / zero-touch provisioning experience
• Vulnerability management platform experience
• Zero-trust / secure remote access administration experience
• Experience with storage networking and NAS platforms
• Experience supporting multi-site WAN environments
• Familiarity with enterprise ITSM platforms

Compensation

$90,000 – $105,000