System Administrator

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$80,000.00/yr - $/yr

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.

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

• 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 architecture, best practices, and design patterns.
  • Partner cross‑functionally to align cloud capabilities with business priorities and operational goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing IT Systems and Azure cloud environments.
• Deep knowledge of Azure services including networking, compute, storage, security, and identity.
• Proven success architecting hybrid cloud and on‑prem integrations.
• A background in Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM) and automation.
• Understanding of Dev Ops pipelines, containerization, and CI/CD best practices.
• Experience designing compliant and secure architectures for regulated industries.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interface with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Preferred
  
  Certifications:
  
  
  • Microsoft Certified:
    Administrator Expert
  • Microsoft Certified:
    Identity and Access Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified:
    Teams Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified:
    Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified:
    Azure Security Engineer Associate

OUR VALUES

Our company’s culture is guided by our shared values of Speed, Intensity, and Purpose. These values are demonstrated in the following ways based on the role within the organization.

• Speed
  :
  Take the initiative to promptly identify and address potential issues or opportunities. Maintain a sense of urgency in your work,…