Chaos Industries
Senior IT Systems Administrator (Azure Windows Admin)
$140K–$200K
Washington D.C. +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Washington D.C.
Los Angeles, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of progressive experience administering enterprise Windows Server and Microsoft Azure environments.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field or equivalent work experience
About the job
Designs, secures, and operates Windows Server and Azure infrastructure, leading complex systems work and infrastructure projects in a defense environment.
What you'll do
- Administer Windows Server and Azure environments, including identity, patching, monitoring, backup, recovery, and security hardening.
- Lead complex incident response and infrastructure projects; mentor teammates and establish technical standards.
- Automate administration, support compliance audits, and maintain infrastructure documentation and runbooks.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of progressive experience administering enterprise Windows Server and Microsoft Azure environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise in Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Microsoft Entra ID, MFA, and conditional access; Azure solution design experience.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting, experience with patching, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, and regulated-environment security remediation; U.S. person status.
Nice to have
- Experience with Azure Government or Microsoft GCC High, AWS, Okta, or infrastructure as code/configuration management.
- Cloud, Microsoft, or security certifications; experience supporting compliance assessments and an active U.S. government security clearance or ability to obtain one.
Pay
$140,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Windows Server, Azure, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, PowerShell, Microsoft 365, AWS, Okta
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