Senior Systems Administrator

Job Location: Adams Group HQ - Sacramento, CA 95833

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $ - $

The Senior Systems Administrator (Cloud, OT & Data Platform) is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a hybrid IT/OT infrastructure, including enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and modern data environments. This role supports both traditional infrastructure and next-generation data platforms, including the adoption and support of data warehousing and analytics solutions in Microsoft Fabric and Azure. The position plays a key role in advancing Adams’ cloud and data strategy, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performing systems across IT and operational environments.

This individual partners with IT leadership, data teams, and operational stakeholders to support business intelligence, reporting, and uptime‑critical production systems.

• Architect, deploy, and manage hybrid infrastructure across on‑premises and Microsoft Azure environments
• Administer and support data infrastructure environments, including data warehousing solution and Microsoft products
• Collaborate with data/analytics teams to ensure infrastructure readiness for ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion, and reporting workloads
• Optimize performance, scalability, and cost management of cloud‑based data platforms
• Administer and optimize core platforms including VMware, SAN/vSAN, backups, and identity systems (Active Directory, Entra AD)
• Support and secure Operational Technology (OT) environments, including industrial networks and system integrations
• Design and enforce network segmentation and security controls across IT, OT, and data environments
• Implement security best practices across infrastructure and data platforms (MFA, conditional access, data governance support, Zero Trust)
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies, including data platform resilience
• Monitor system and data platform performance; define and report on KPIs and SLA adherence
• Provide tier3 escalation support for complex infrastructure and platform issues
• Work with vendors and internal teams to evaluate and improve infrastructure and data solutions
• Apply ITIL, LEAN, and project management methodologies to infrastructure and data initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5–8+ years of experience in systems administration, including cloud environments

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric data platform components
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, including Lakehouse architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data lifecycle management
• Ability to support infrastructure requirements for analytics and BI workloads
• Experience working in hybrid IT/OT environments with uptime‑critical systems
• Advanced troubleshooting across infrastructure, cloud, and data platforms
• Knowledge of data security and governance principles in cloud environments
• Scripting/automation experience (Power Shell, Azure CLI preferred)
• Strong communication skills across technical and non‑technical teams

• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Administrator / Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Fabric / Data Engineering certifications (if applicable)
• VMware VCP
• Security certifications (Security+, CISSP, etc.)

• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and data platform services (Fabric, Data Factory, or similar)
• Experience supporting Microsoft, Backups, Zscaler, DPL and NDR solutions
• Experience with VMware and high‑availability systems
• Exposure to OT/industrial systems preferred

• Must be able to lift 50lbs
• Hybrid Environment