Systems Engineer, Information Technology

About Lincoln Avenue Communities

Welcome to Lincoln Avenue Communities (LAC)—a leading, mission-driven real estate private equity firm dedicated to strengthening communities through the development and preservation of affordable housing.

As a vertically integrated developer, investor, and long-term operator, we deliver sustainable, high-quality homes to lower- and moderate-income individuals, seniors, and families across 33 states. Our growing portfolio—more than 180 properties and 35,000+ homes—reflects our commitment to long-term impact, operational excellence, and resident well-being.

LAC is proud to be recognized as an industry leader, recently ranked No. 1 on Affordable Housing Finance’s 2025 AHF 50 list of top developers. Our approach combines strategic investment, thoughtful design, and community partnerships to deliver housing solutions that foster stability, opportunity, and resilience.

As an IT Systems Engineer at LAC, you will be the technical lead of the systems that power our employee experience and secure our corporate environment. You will design, implement, and manage the core infrastructure that our team relies on every day, including our endpoint management platforms, SaaS applications, and identity provider.

This is a technical role for a proactive engineer who is passionate about automation, security, and building scalable, resilient systems. You will be responsible for the IT asset lifecycle, ensuring our hardware and software are managed efficiently, our access controls are robust, and our technology stack is optimized for a modern, fast-growing company.

This roles reports to a Senior Manager and is a hybrid opportunity (3 days on-site).

• Network & Physical Infrastructure: Maintain and optimize our Cisco Meraki stack (MX, MS, CW) across 4 regional offices. Manage MDF/IDF server rooms, rack/stack hardware, handle UPS maintenance.
• Vendor and Contractor Coordination: Reviewing and directing technical low-voltage cabling, structural modifications, or complex equipment integrations engineered by specialized external vendor
• M365 & Identity Architecture: Architect and administer Exchange Online, mail flow, routing, and DNS records (SPF/DKIM/DMARC). Manage Entra  life cycles, Conditional Access policies, and Mimecast secure email gateways.
• Modern Endpoint Management: Engineer and maintain the full deployment lifecycle of ~650 Windows and macOS endpoints using Intune and Autopilot. Establish device imaging standards, update rings, and compliance baselines.
• Azure Cloud Administration: Support and administer our growing Azure footprint, including SQL services, App Services, and Blob Storage.
• Power Shell Scripting: Help eliminate manual operations and repetitive tasks.
• Data Protection & Recovery: Implement, monitor, and test enterprise backup systems (e.g., Veeam for M365/Azure) to guarantee data integrity and rapid recovery capabilities.
• SaaS & Platform Integration: Act as the technical systems administrator for core enterprise platforms, SSO/SAML configurations, and automated user provisioning.
• Engineering Support: Troubleshoot complex identity, network, security, and desktop infrastructure defects.
• Responsible for troubleshooting systems, applications, data integrity, and database performance on all systems.
• Performs installations, upgrades and configurations and on-going maintenance of applications on all systems.
• Understand and follow work rules and procedures.

• You proactively hunt for infrastructure performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, or tech debt, driving fixes from initial concept to deployment.
• You map out the technical "how" of system rollouts and are responsible for system availability and security.
• You will constantly…