System Administrator III

Explore how you can contribute  over 50 years, Ameri Life has been a leader in the development, marketing and distribution of annuity, life and health insurance solutions for those planning for and living in retirement. Associates get satisfaction from knowing they provide agents, marketers and carrier partners the support needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving industry.

This Sr. Network Engineer / Sr. System Administrator role will focus on the development and growth of our IT strategy to support our growing business. This role will be a subject matter expert in a predominantly Microsoft cloud environment, including Microsoft 365 and Azure AD, with significant emphasis on providing technical leadership, design, and support to an expansive network of locations, technology platforms, and users.

It is a hands‑on role that will work directly with business partners to plan, implement, and manage complex projects involving acquisitions, technical integrations, and data migrations for enterprise environments.

• Design, implement and manage cloud-based infrastructure in Microsoft Azure, including Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking, Security, and Identity & Access Management.
• Administer and support Office 365 services such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, One Drive for Business, Teams, and other Office 365 applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environments.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to improve system administration tasks.
• Provide guidance and support to other IT team members on Microsoft Azure and Office 365‑related issues.
• Manage and monitor cloud resources to ensure availability, performance, and security of systems.
• Build and scale complex application systems at an enterprise level.
• Maintain Microsoft Windows AD, DNS, SCCM and servers (on‑prem and Azure).
• Manage the Hyper‑V/Virtualization environment.
• Handle storage, backup and recovery.
• Administer Azure cloud management & administration, including environment provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security.
• Implement Cloud Ops capabilities within existing organizational support structures and identify simplification opportunities for operational processes.
• Assess and maintain the reliability and security of technology platforms.
• Provide integration skills and experience to ensure interoperability of new and existing systems.
• Analyze existing operational standards, processes and governance; present recommendations to modernize or improve, and execute accordingly.
• Migrate existing infrastructure services to cloud‑based solutions.
• Manage security and access controls of cloud‑based solutions.
• Develop and implement policy‑driven data protection best practices to safeguard technology solutions from data loss.
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation outside of normal operating hours to address and resolve technical escalations.
• Design, develop, and implement highly available, multi‑region solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Work schedule:
  
  Monday through Friday and weekend or overnight hours as required.
• Travel:
  Up to 10% or as required.

• BS degree or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years in designing, developing, installing and supporting enterprise‑quality solutions.
• 8+ years of experience supporting Microsoft server and client environments within an enterprise environment.
• Significant experience as a Lead Engineer or Solution Architect in an enterprise cloud‑enabled environment.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing Microsoft Azure and Office 365 environments.
• Good knowledge of Azure Active Directory, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Storage and other Azure services.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, One Drive for Business and Teams.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes, including incident management, change management and problem management.

• MCSE.
• Azure certifications such as AZ‑104, AZ‑204, AZ‑500, AZ‑303/304, etc.