Senior Systems Administrator/Engineer – Identity and Infrastructure

Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, with 5+ years of experience
  • Senior-level systems administrator experience in a production data center
  • Knowledge of monitoring and diagnostic tools
  • Familiarity with one operating system and scripting languages
  • Exposure to operational practices like ITIL and ISO:9000

Responsibilities

  • Design and modernize identity and hybrid infrastructure services across cloud platforms
  • Engineer and support Active Directory, Entra ID, and Windows Server components
  • Integrate applications using standards-based authentication methods
  • Manage lifecycle of identity and Windows infrastructure across platforms
  • Contribute to Google Workspace and GCP services with a focus on identity integration
  • Automate tasks using PowerShell for operational efficiency
  • Establish monitoring and alerting systems to ensure optimal service performance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match and additional retirement contributions
  • Generous paid time off program starting at 15 days, increasing with tenure
  • Tuition reimbursement and commuter benefits
  • Wellness programs including adoption assistance and backup family care
Full Job Description
The Senior Systems Administrator/Engineer – Identity and Infrastructure designs, automates, secures, and supports enterprise identity and hybrid infrastructure services across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments. The role provides senior-level expertise in Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows Server, application integrations, and cloud infrastructure while driving reliability, modernization, and operational excellence. Essential Job Functions: Design, implement, administer, and modernize enterprise identity and hybrid infrastructure services across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments. Engineer and support Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows Server, domain controllers, DNS, identity federation, enterprise applications, app registrations, service principals, certificates, and access controls. Design and support secure application integrations using standards-based authentication, including SAML and OIDC, and troubleshoot complex authentication, claims, group-assignment, and access issues. Support the migration, operation, and lifecycle management of identity and Windows infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments. Engineer, administer, secure, and support Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including identity integration, user and group administration, application access, monitoring, automation, and cloud-service configuration. Develop and maintain PowerShell and platform automation for application onboarding, identity administration, monitoring, reconciliation, configuration management, and operational support. Establish and improve monitoring, health checks, alerting, operational metrics, and recovery procedures using Splunk and cloud-native monitoring capabilities. Manage security-sensitive dependencies, including service accounts, privileged access, secrets, certificates, password rotations, and application ownership. Provide engineering and operational support for enterprise platforms and services, including Global Relay, Nasuni, Microsoft 365 integrations, and other identity-enabled systems. Lead complex troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and service-restoration efforts across identity, cloud, server, storage, and application-integration technologies. Partner with architecture, cybersecurity, networking, cloud engineering, application teams, and vendors to deliver secure, resilient, compliant, and supportable solutions. Create and maintain technical designs, implementation and test plans, scripts, runbooks, recovery procedures, architecture diagrams, and operational documentation. Participate in change, incident, and problem management; Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing and reporting; audit support; compliance activities; and continuous service improvement. Evaluate emerging technologies and platform capabilities, recommend improvements, and lead technical workstreams that advance reliability, security, automation, and modernization. Collaborate with other technical staff, share operational knowledge, and promote consistent engineering and support practices across the team. Demonstration of FINRAs values. Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRAs mission of investor protection and market integrity. Education/Experience Requirements: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience. Past senior level systems administrator experience in a production data center environment. Knowledge of industry leading monitoring and diagnostic tools Knowledge of at least one operating system and at least one contemporary scripting language. Knowledge of communication and network technologies. Exposure to common operational practices like metrics reporting, change management, incident management, problem management and communication ITIL & ISO:9000 framework experience/certification preferred. Strong written and verbal technical communication skills. Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships that improved the quality of work products. Should be well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities. Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly. Ability to work in a fast paced environment. Work Conditions: Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements. Occasional lifting may be required. Occasional travel and extended hours may be required. On-call duties (on a rotational basis) may be required. For work that is performed in CO, CT, IL, PA, MA, MD, VA, WA, DC, NY, NJ, WA please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. FINRA complies with all state and local pay transparency laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of salary ranges for the position. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidates skill set, level of experience, education, and market considerations. Boston, MA: $112,300.00 - $202,500.00 Chicago, IL: $107,500.00 - $194,100.00 Denver, CO: $97,700.00 - $176,100.00 Jericho, NY: $112,300.00 - $211,400.00 Jersey City, NJ: $112,300.00 - $211,400.00 Philadelphia, PA: $107,500.00 - $194,100.00 New York, NY: $112,300.00 - $211,400.00 Rockville, MD: $112,300.00 - $202,500.00 Tysons, VA: $112,300.00 - $202,500.00 Washington, DC: $112,300.00 - $202,500.00 Woodbridge, NJ: $112,300.00 - $211,400.00 Connecticut State: $97,700.00- $211,400.00 Washington State: $97,700.00- $211,400.00 #LI-Hybrid To be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required. Please note: If the Apply Now button on a job board posting does not take you directly to the FINRA Careers site, enter www.finra.org/careers into your browser to reach our site directly. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Non-exempt employees are also eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal, state, or local law. As part of its dedication to employee wellness, FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance. Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal. FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, and other benefits that support employee wellness, such as adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs. Time Off and Paid Leave* FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways, including through a generous time-off program starting at 15 days of paid time off (increasing with years of service, up to 25 days), 5 personal days, and 9 sick days, unless otherwise required by law (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally, we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays. *Based on full-time schedule

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