Senior Support Systems Administrator

MaintainX

$90K — $120K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in Support Operations or Systems Analysis in a SaaS environment.
  • In-depth knowledge of Zendesk including triggers, automations, and API usage.
  • Proficiency in JSON and JavaScript, with experience in middleware tools like n8n or Zapier.
  • Strong QA skills including test case creation and UAT execution.
  • Competency in producing clear technical documentation for engineers and support agents.
  • Familiarity with backup strategies and disaster recovery planning for SaaS tools.

Responsibilities

  • Own and optimize the Zendesk ecosystem for automated ticket routing and SLA management.
  • Develop and maintain seamless integrations across Zendesk and middleware tools.
  • Lead the QA process for system changes, including testing plans and regression testing.
  • Design disaster recovery protocols to safeguard the support infrastructure.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for workflows and API dependencies.
  • Build and standardize performance dashboards for leadership visibility.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and variable compensation.
  • Equity in a rapidly growing company valued at $2.5B.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage from day one.
  • Unlimited PTO policy emphasizing work-life balance.
  • $500 stipend for home office setup and $1,000 annual learning and development budget.
  • Hybrid work environment with a Miami office hub.
Full Job Description
The role

MaintainX's support stack serves 13,000+ enterprise customers across some of the world's largest industrial operations. As Senior Support Systems Administrator, you're the technical owner of that infrastructure - not just keeping it running, but making it more resilient, more automated, and more trusted as we scale.

You'll act as the technical lead for our Zendesk ecosystem and integrated tooling (n8n, Zapier, Intercom), bridging Support, Engineering, and Product. Your primary focus is scalability, system resilience, and data integrity - not just day-to-day config.
  • Own the Zendesk ecosystem - routing logic, triggers, SLAs, and Contextual Workspaces - so every ticket reaches the right agent without manual intervention.
  • Build and maintain reliable integrations across Zendesk Suite, ZIS, Intercom, n8n, and Zapier; own the middleware layer that connects our support stack.
  • Define and execute QA for all system changes: test plans, UAT, staging environments, and regression testing before anything reaches production.
  • Design and maintain disaster recovery for the support infrastructure - organized backups, recovery runbooks, and incident lead when things break.
  • Own technical documentation: a version-controlled source of truth for all workflows, API dependencies, and system changes - accurate enough for engineers, clear enough for agents.
  • Build dashboards that reflect reality, standardize metric definitions, and give leadership trusted visibility into support performance.
What we're looking for

Must-haves:
  • 5+ years in Support Operations, Systems Analysis, or a technical ops role at a SaaS company.
  • Deep Zendesk expertise - triggers, automations, Liquid Markup, API usage, and Contextual Workspaces.
  • Technical fluency in JSON and JavaScript; hands-on experience with n8n or Zapier for middleware automation.
  • Proven QA discipline: test case creation, staging environments, regression testing, and UAT execution.
  • Track record of writing documentation that engineers trust and support agents can follow.
  • Experience with backup strategies and disaster recovery planning for SaaS tooling.

Nice-to-haves:
  • Experience with React or Tailwind CSS for Help Center customization.
  • SQL or advanced data visualization experience (Looker, Tableau).
  • Previous hands-on or frontline customer support experience.
What we offer
  • Competitive base + variable comp aligned to role and location.
  • Meaningful equity in a post-Series D, $2.5B company.
  • Day-1 health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Unlimited PTO - not a gimmick; we take it.
  • $500 home office stipend • $1K annual L&D budget.
  • Miami hub with flexible hybrid setup.
How we work

We deliver one platform for maintenance, repair & operations teams to keep the physical world running. You'll work alongside smart, humble colleagues across North America who care about getting it right. We're output-driven, promote quickly when people deliver, and have honest conversations early. If that's the environment you want, we'd love to hear from you.

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