GRC Senior System Administrator

The Senior System Administrator supports a large-scale Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solution by delivering enterprise-level system administration, platform operations, infrastructure sustainment, and security-focused maintenance. This role ensures stable, secure, and compliant operation of the GRC environment across production and supporting ecosystems, enabling reliable workflows, risk management capabilities, reporting, and continuous modernization., * Provide full-lifecycle system administration for enterprise GRC platforms and supporting infrastructure, including installation, configuration, optimization, and performance tuning.

• Manage access control and enforce least-privilege principles across the GRC environment to support functional roles, workflows, and approval structures.
• Execute patch management, upgrades, and configuration management aligned with security baselines, release cycles, and compliance frameworks.
• Deliver advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for system, application, and integration-level issues within a complex enterprise environment.
• Perform operations and maintenance (O&M) activities, including health checks, monitoring, service continuity, data integrity verification, and environment upkeep.
• Lead or collaborate on vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and remediation of audit findings to maintain a secure and compliant platform.
• Support infrastructure sustainment, including servers, virtualized environments, cloud resources, and supporting components essential to GRC platform functionality.
• Maintain detailed and continuous documentation, including SOPs, configuration standards, maintenance records, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Assist modernization efforts-such as enhancements, workflow optimization, and integration with enterprise services-aligned with GRC roadmap priorities.

• Minimum of SEVEN (7) years of enterprise systems administration experience, including hands-on management of complex technical environments. Minimum of THREE (3) years of troubleshooting and technical support experience.

• Demonstrated proficiency with:

• System administration for large or complex environments
• Access control and identity enforcement
• Patching, updates, and configuration management
• Infrastructure operations and maintenance
• Vulnerability remediation and system hardening

• Experience supporting or integrating with enterprise software platforms (GRC, workflow automation, case management, or similar).
• Strong understanding of secure system operation principles and compliance-driven environments.
• Certifications: Security+, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CASP+, GIAC, MCSE or EIGHT (8) or more years of directly relevant and applicable experience.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Minimum of SIX (6) years managing large or complex enterprise systems at a senior level. Experience supporting or operating enterprise GRC solutions, risk & compliance platforms, or secure workflow-driven applications.

• Familiarity with:

• Cloud-hosted and hybrid infrastructure
• Identity, access, and governance workflows
• Vulnerability management and secure configuration standards
• Enterprise operational frameworks, including ITIL/DevSecOps

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.