IT Security Systems Administrator
$115,000–$135,000 year
Remote
Job Summary
Administer Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 environments, facilitating full migration while managing Windows and Mac endpoints via MDM for compliance and patching. Enforce security controls across distributed workforces by configuring SSO, MFA, and identity integrations, then monitor, triage, and respond to alerts using DLP, EDR, email security, and SIEM tools. Support compliance activities, conduct incident response for detection and remediation, and drive vulnerability management through patch cadence tracking. Develop dashboards for security metrics and manage vendor relationships to ensure SLAs are met. This hands-on individual contributor role reports directly to the IT Director, requiring roughly equal time between systems administration and security operations to maintain reliability and safety. The firm is a nationally scaling personal injury organization building infrastructure to support national growth without sacrificing quality or culture.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 7 years experience in IT systems administration, security, operations, or a combined role
- Proven expertise in managing modern, complex IT environments
- Enterprise level collaboration suite administration experience (Microsoft 365 and/or Google Workspace)
- Security fundamentals: Identity/access controls, patching, vulnerability management, and secure configuration practices
- Disaster recovery & backups: Design and testable DR plans, RTO/RPO understanding, and backup validation
- Working knowledge of EDR, email security (SPF/DKIM/DMARC, anti-phishing), DLP, or SIEM tooling in an operational capacity
- Hands-on MDM/UEM experience across Mac and Windows (Jamf, Microsoft Intune, or equivalent); comfortable managing device compliance at scale
- Demonstrated experience administering SSO, MFA, and an identity provider (Okta, Google Identity, Azure AD / Entra ID, or equivalent)
- Solid understanding of security fundamentals: identity lifecycle management, endpoint hygiene, phishing defense, zero-trust principles
- Experience supporting a fully remote or distributed workforce
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a law firm, legal technology, or professional services environment
- Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST CSF, or similar)
- Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in a leadership or management role, overseeing a team of IT professionals
- Understanding of monitoring and logging tools (i.e. Nagios, Splunk, ELK stack)
- Scripting or automation experience (n8n, Python, Bash, Google Apps Script)
- Experience with cloud security posture management or SaaS security review
- Demonstrated experience with disaster recovery planning and testing
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