Cloud Systems Administrator (Azure/Citrix)

Location: New York, NY, USA; candidates must be based in the Austin, Chicago, or New York office, although other U.S. office locations may be considered.

Salary: $85,000–$100,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is an employee-held engineering organization providing engineering design, investigation, analysis, sustainability, and support services through offices in the United States and globally.

What you will do

• Administer Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure infrastructure services, and Citrix DaaS platforms across commercial and U.S. Government environments.
• Deploy and configure Azure and Citrix DaaS Government services, Windows Server workloads, Azure VMs, storage accounts, Azure Files, and supporting cloud services.
• Automate server, identity, cloud, and VDI operations using PowerShell, Bicep, and Azure Automation to improve performance, reliability, and deployment consistency.
• Manage Windows patching, hardening, certificates, monitoring, virtual desktop policies, user profiles, backups, restores, and high availability.
• Support identity and access management, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, group-based access, multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access.
• Provide third-level support, maintain Citrix NetScaler and StoreFront, document configurations and processes, and support government security and compliance controls.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to successfully complete and maintain a U.S. Government background investigation are required.
• Associate degree in computer science or higher, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of IT systems administration experience, including Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Hands-on Windows Server administration experience, including patching, hardening, roles and features, and certificates.
• Hands-on administration experience with Citrix DaaS or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
• Hands-on Active Directory and Group Policy experience, including domain controllers, DNS, organizational units, groups and accounts, GPO design, and troubleshooting.
• Experience provisioning and configuring Azure VMs, storage accounts, and Azure Files.
• Experience with identity and access management across Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including group-based access, multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access.
• Experience managing Windows desktop policies and user profiles with GPOs and Microsoft Intune; PowerShell scripting proficiency; familiarity with VNets, VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, cloud integration, backup, recovery, and security practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, FedRAMP, CUI handling, Azure Government, Microsoft 365 GCC High, CIS or DISA STIG hardening.
• Experience administering Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise Applications and App Registrations for SSO and SCIM provisioning.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, particularly Bicep, and Azure DevOps or GitHub-based deployment pipelines.
• Experience with Citrix NetScaler ADC operations and Citrix StoreFront.
• Active or previously held U.S. security clearance.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ-104, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator SC-300, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator AZ-800/AZ-801, or Citrix Certified Associate – Virtualization certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with IT leadership, end users, network, security, endpoint, and helpdesk teams.
• Focus on innovation, excellence, client focus, continual improvement, learning, and solving complex problems.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible spending, and other voluntary benefits may be available depending on employment status.
• Paid time off, family leave for new parents, volunteer time, tuition reimbursement, commuter transit where available, fitness reimbursement, and wellness and employee resource programs.
• 401(k) retirement savings with company matching and/or qualified student loan repayments.