Azure System Administrator

Location: Remote United States. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Salary: $95,251–$119,064 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is a growth-stage technology and data-driven commercial MGA and insurance wholesaler building digitally focused insurance distribution capabilities across user experience, data, and AI/ML.

What you will do

• Own the administration, security, performance, governance, cost management, and capacity planning of the Microsoft Azure environment.
• Lead the transition of Azure operations from the MSP to internal management, including knowledge transfer, access handoff, documentation, runbooks, and operational processes.
• Design, deploy, administer, and troubleshoot Azure Virtual Desktop, including host pools, session hosts, application groups, workspaces, golden images, FSLogix containers, and scaling plans.
• Administer Azure infrastructure, identity, networking, storage, backup and disaster recovery, monitoring, Intune, Microsoft 365, patching, and endpoint policies.
• Automate administrative tasks and deployments with PowerShell and Azure-native tooling while maintaining documentation, diagrams, and configuration baselines.
• Provide senior-level escalation support, manage vendors and technical service agreements, support cybersecurity and facilities IT, maintain hardware inventory, and administer website hosting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or applicable IT certifications; Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104 or AZ-140 are strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, operations, or systems administration, including 3+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure administration in a production environment.
• Extensive hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop experience with host pool and session host design and troubleshooting, Azure Compute Gallery image management, application delivery, user session management, and scaling.
• Demonstrated FSLogix expertise covering profile and Office containers, storage design and permissions, redirections and exclusions, and profile load, corruption, and performance troubleshooting.
• Expertise in Microsoft server and desktop administration, Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 administration.
• PowerShell scripting and automation experience; familiarity with Bicep, ARM, or Terraform is a plus.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills, networking and TCP/IP knowledge, and hands-on experience with firewalls and switch configurations.
• Ability to remotely support multiple locations and users, configure helpdesk ticketing systems, and manage documentation and asset inventories.
• Experience with computer facilities maintenance, data cabling, server rooms, cybersecurity, vendor communication, and working successfully with limited supervision.

Nice to have

• Experience insourcing an environment from a Managed Service Provider or taking operational ownership of a previously outsourced environment.
• Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104 or AZ-140.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code using Bicep, ARM, or Terraform.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee ownership program with financial rewards tied to company growth.
• Professional development opportunities and an owner referral program.
• Work-from-home reimbursement for remote and hybrid roles.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and employee assistance benefits, plus a Health Savings Account with company contribution.
• 401(k) plan with company match, financial wellness support, employee discounts, paid time off, and 11 company-paid holidays.