{"id":1027755,"url":"https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-senior-systems-administrator","title":"Senior Systems Administrator","company":{"id":50,"name":"Shield AI","domain":"shield.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/shield-ai","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":74,"open_postings":92,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.859,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":66,"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":21000,"max_usd":48000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":53},"experience_years_min":4,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Active Directory","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"Bash","optional":false},{"name":"DHCP","optional":false},{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Entra ID","optional":false},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":false},{"name":"SharePoint","optional":false},{"name":"TCP/IP","optional":false},{"name":"VPN","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false},{"name":"Hyper-V","optional":true},{"name":"ITIL","optional":true},{"name":"ITSM","optional":true},{"name":"Jira","optional":true},{"name":"VMWare","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-18T11:20:29Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-18","last_verified_at":"2026-11-09T17:14:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":52,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":52},"description":"The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for the administration, support, optimization, and continuous improvement of the enterprise IT infrastructure supporting Shield AI's business operations. This role designs, implements, maintains, and troubleshoots enterprise systems across cloud, endpoint, identity, server, and collaboration platforms while ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable services.\nThe Senior Systems Administrator partners with Infrastructure, Networking, Security, and Engineering teams to deliver operational excellence, improve system reliability, automate administrative processes, and support strategic IT initiatives. This position serves as a technical lead for enterprise infrastructure projects and provides advanced troubleshooting for complex operational issues.\nWhat You'll Do\nAdminister, maintain, and optimize enterprise Windows, Linux, and macOS systems supporting corporate business operations.\nDesign, implement, configure, and support enterprise infrastructure including cloud services, identity management, endpoint management, collaboration platforms, and core IT systems.\nAnalyze system performance, availability, and operational metrics to proactively improve reliability, scalability, and security.\nAdminister Active Directory, Azure AD/Entra ID, Group Policy, authentication services, and role-based access controls.\nDeploy, maintain, and support endpoint management platforms including Microsoft Intune, JAMF, and related management technologies.\nPlan and execute infrastructure upgrades, migrations, patch management, and lifecycle replacement initiatives.\nLead technical implementation of enterprise IT projects while coordinating with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, and business stakeholders.\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure, operating system, cloud, and application issues using root cause analysis methodologies.\nSupport LAN/WAN connectivity, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and network-related troubleshooting in partnership with networking teams.\nDevelop automation using PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual administration.\nMaintain accurate system documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and knowledge base articles.\nManage enterprise hardware and software assets throughout their lifecycle including procurement, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning.\nParticipate in incident response, change management, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity activities.\nParticipate in an on-call rotation and perform scheduled maintenance outside normal business hours as required.\nMentor junior administrators and provide technical guidance across the Enterprise IT organization.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.\n4+ years of progressively responsible experience administering enterprise IT infrastructure and systems.\nStrong experience supporting Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems within enterprise environments.\nAdvanced knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD (Entra ID), Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and identity management.\nExperience administering Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and Intune.\nExperience managing endpoint platforms such as JAMF, Intune, or Microsoft Endpoint Manager.\nWorking knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, routing, VPN, DNS, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.\nExperience supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure and SaaS platforms.\nStrong troubleshooting, analytical, and root cause analysis skills across operating systems, infrastructure, and enterprise applications.\nExperience implementing system upgrades, migrations, and enterprise infrastructure projects.\nExperience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, or similar tools.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high operational standards.\nWillingness to participate in an on-call rotation and support planned maintenance activities.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting hybrid cloud environments including Microsoft Azure.\nExperience with virtualization platforms such as VMware or Hyper-V.\nFamiliarity with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms.\nExperience administering ITSM and asset management platforms such as Jira Service Management and Snipe-IT.\nWorking knowledge of ITIL service management practices including Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management.\nIndustry certifications such as Microsoft Certified, Azure Administrator, CompTIA Server+, Security+, VMware VCP, Cisco, or ITIL Foundation.\nExperience supporting highly secure or regulated enterprise environments.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4877,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Military Drones","Defense Manufacturing","Defense AI","Drone AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-18T12:28:44Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":37,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.62,"p_room":0.6,"age_days":51,"expected_fill_days":66,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:late","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-senior-systems-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-senior-systems-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T18:55:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4160,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":50},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=50"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fshield-ai-senior-systems-administrator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fshield-ai-senior-systems-administrator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fshield-ai-senior-systems-administrator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/shield-ai-senior-systems-administrator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fshield-ai-senior-systems-administrator"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1027755}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"shield.ai","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1027755},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}