Systems Administrator

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Full-time Regular Information Tech Malden, MA, US

Today Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

As a global manufacturer of complex aircraft engine components, Pursuit Aerospace is founded on a commitment to relentless, continuous, operational improvement and extraordinary customer service. We pride ourselves on competitive cost structure, exceptional on-time delivery, and industry-leading quality.

Pursuit Aerospace has cultivated long-term relationships with our customers around the world through respect, teamwork, technology, and trust. We are driven to develop industry leading process innovations and manufacturing techniques on behalf of our customers. Our exceptional quality is driven by a deep investment in and the daily practice of continually improving our people, processes, and products.

The Systems Administrator is responsible for administering Pursuit’s enterprise infrastructure across servers, endpoints, identity, and network/security platforms. This role builds, hardens, patches, and monitors systems; enforces identity and access controls; supports virtualization, backups/DR, and ensures alignment with company IT policies and NIST 800‑171/CMMC practices. The Systems Administrator collaborates with Cybersecurity, Business Systems, and Infrastructure teams to deliver stable, secure, and efficient IT services.

Remote, must be located near Malden, MA, South Windsor, CT or between these two locations. Some onsite presence may be required and therefore commutable within 2 hours.

• Identity & Access:
  Administer Active Directory (users, groups, OUs, GPOs), enforce least privilege and MFA, and maintain privileged user standards and audit remediation.
• Server Lifecycle:
  Build and harden Windows servers following baseline standards; install and manage agents (Rapid7 Insight Agent, Action1, ESET); configure logging; configure monitoring; maintain patch compliance and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Endpoint & Platform Operations:
  Support workstation configuration standards, application deployment, and endpoint protection; coordinate service account creation and tracking and ensure least‑privilege usage.
• Network & Perimeter Support:
  Assist with Cisco, Unifi switching (VLANs, SSH/Radius) and firewall administration (Palo Alto/Sonic Wall NAT, rules, VPN, IDPS). Support Global Protect VPN policies and user access.
• Virtualization:
  Support VMware vSphere (ESXi/vCenter), including host/profile baselines, VM provisioning, and remediation.
• Backup/DR:
  Coordinate Druva backups and disaster recovery tasks for critical systems; verify backup jobs, retention, and restores as needed.
• Compliance & Policy Alignment:
  Implement and uphold IT Security, Acceptable Use, Baseline Configuration, Privileged Access, and OT segmentation policies across supported systems.
• Change Management & Documentation:
  Follow Service Now change control; document builds, configurations, and procedures; maintain runbooks and knowledge base articles.
• Collaboration & Support:
  Provide Tier‑2/Tier‑3 support to Help Desk and site IT; engage vendors/contractors when required; communicate status, risks, and remediation plans to stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years administering Windows Server/Active Directory, group policy, DNS/DHCP, and enterprise endpoint/security tooling.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time bases without sponsorship now or in the future. The Company cannot offer employment to visa holders who…