Systems and Network Administrator
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POSITION SUMMARY We're looking for a skilled, adaptable generalist to own the day-to-day IT infrastructure for a historic nonprofit organization in the Boston area. You'll work closely with the Senior Director of IT to maintain and improve on-premises systems, lead cloud migrations, manage vendors, and support a diverse 120-person staff. This is a broad, hands-on role - not a siloed specialty position. If your instinct when something breaks is to escalate to another team, this isn't the right fit. If you own it end-to-end, it is., Systems & Network Management
- Maintain and optimize on-premises server infrastructure including Windows Server, VMware/hypervisor, and SAN
- Manage system backups, upgrades, and disaster recovery
- Oversee the full network stack - firewalls, switches, wireless LAN, VLANs, VPN, and ISP services
- Troubleshoot and resolve server, application, and network issues
Cloud Migration & Integration
- Serve as technical lead for migration from on-prem to cloud-based solutions (Azure, M365, SaaS)
- Develop a cloud adoption roadmap with the Senior Director of IT
- Integrate cloud services with on-prem systems; monitor and optimize cloud usage and costs
Security & Compliance
- Maintain compliance with PCI-DSS, Mass. 201 CMR 17.00, and NIST SP 800
- Implement and manage security measures: encryption, network segmentation, vulnerability management
- Work toward a ZTNA security model including IDS/IPS and MFA
- Maintain RBAC, configuration management, and DR/BC practices
Project & Vendor Management
- Lead infrastructure projects from concept through execution - on time and within budget
- Manage third-party vendors and cloud providers; ensure SLAs are met
Coordinate hardware, software, and cloud services procurement
Requirements
- 5+ years in IT infrastructure/sysadmin - generalist background required
- Windows Server administration (2016/2019)
- Meraki (LAN switching + wifi)
- Azure and Microsoft 365 administration
- Network fundamentals: TCP/IP, VLANs, firewalls, VPN, routing
- PCI-DSS or compliance framework experience
- Comfortable owning problems end-to-end without escalation, * Experience in a smaller org or nonprofit environment preferred - candidates from hyper-specialized Fortune 500 roles typically are not a fit
- Azure certifications
- SASE/ZTNA experience
- Hyper-V or VMware
- SQL Server basics
- PowerShell, Terraform, or Ansible
- ITIL knowledge
- SAN/iSCSI experience
- Spanish proficiency (tech support context)
Benefits & conditions
580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Hybrid work $110,000 - $130,000 a year - Full-time