Azure Systems Administrator

Power your Thirst for More at Drink

PAK, where we revolutionize beverage manufacturing, driven by automation and sustainability. Together, through grit and innovation, we break new ground in record time by acquiring the most advanced technology and attracting the brightest talent. Our explosive growth and journey through uncharted territories offers unique career opportunities enabling passionate individuals to reach their full potential. To support our teams, we offer enriching lifestyle accounts, comprehensive benefits, formal development programs, and an energizing environment.

Drive your success at Drink

PAK, where we refresh, hydrate and nourish the world and our employees alike.
** POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

** Drink

PAK is seeking a System Administrator with deep Azure expertise to serve as the company’s primary cloud subject matter expert. Reporting directly to the CIO, this individual contributor will design, maintain, and optimize secure, scalable Azure solutions that support critical manufacturing, ERP, analytics, and business systems. This role ensures our cloud infrastructure’s security, resilience, and compliance. This expert will advise IT leadership, collaborate across the organization, and help shape Drink

PAK’s cloud roadmap as the company scales, without the responsibilities of people management.

This is a highly skilled System Administrator with Azure experience to lead the maintenance, technical direction, and best practices for our Microsoft Azure environment. As an individual contributor reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer, you will be Drink

PAK’s go-to expert for all things cloud – responsible for designing and maintaining secure, scalable, and cost-optimized Azure solutions that power our growing manufacturing operations.

This role combines deep hands-on expertise with strategic influence: you’ll design modern cloud solutions, drive technology standards, maintain existing accounts, licenses, and infrastructure, and collaborate closely with IT, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure our cloud platform supports current and future business needs.
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* LOCATION:

** The position is based at Drink Pak’s headquarters in Santa Clarita, California.
** BENEFITS:
** The health and wellbeing of our teams is important to us. We offer:
* FREE PPO medical, dental and vision insurance for our employees AND their dependents
* A cell phone stipend
* Annual discretionary bonus
* 401(k) match program, pet insurance, life insurance and more
** RESPONSIBILITIES
* ** Cloud Architecture & Design  + Design and implement secure, high-performance Azure solutions that support manufacturing systems, ERP, data analytics, and business applications.  + Develop standards and implementations for hybrid and cloud-native workloads.  + Evaluate and recommend Azure technologies and services aligned with business growth and innovation goals.
* Cloud Governance & Optimization  + Define and maintain governance frameworks, policies, and cost optimization strategies for Azure resources.  + Establish best practices for environment provisioning, tagging, RBAC, and cost visibility.  + Continuously monitor and optimize Azure utilization, performance, and spend.
* Security & Compliance  + Design security and identity architectures that comply with manufacturing and industry standards.  + Collaborate with others within IT to implement Azure-native security controls, encryption, and zero-trust principles.
* Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)  + Build and maintain IaC templates using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM to standardize deployments.  + Enable and support CI/CD integration for infrastructure provisioning and application deployment.  + Drive automation and operational excellence across cloud services.
* Resilience & Continuity  + Architect disaster recovery, backup, and failover solutions for mission-critical workloads.  + Ensure high availability and performance for enterprise and production systems.
* Technical Leadership & Influence  + Serve as the company’s Azure subject matter expert, advising the CIO and IT leadership on cloud strategy and roadmap.  + Mentor and guide development teams on cloud…