GLO - (Principal Cloud Systems Administrator) Systems Administrator VI

About the role

The Principal Cloud Systems Administrator (Systems Administrator VI) within the Information Technology Services Department of the Texas General Land Office serves as a senior technical authority responsible for defining enterprise infrastructure approaches, advancing operational maturity, and addressing the most complex, novel, or mission-critical systems challenges.

Responsibilities

• Performs hands-on systems administration for the most complex, novel, or mission-critical infrastructure issues and changes.
• Serves as the highest-level technical escalation point for enterprise-impact incidents and systemic issues, leading advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Defines and advances enterprise-wide monitoring, resilience, and recovery frameworks to improve reliability, scalability, and operational maturity.
• Establishes advanced automation strategies and operational practices that improve efficiency, consistency, and long-term sustainability.
• Defines and advances enterprise security architecture, operational standards, and compliance frameworks across infrastructure services.
• Serves as a senior technical authority by defining infrastructure architecture, maintaining enterprise documentation, and providing expert consultation across departments without formal supervisory responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, or a related field.
• Equivalent professional experience may substitute for the degree requirement at a rate of one year of relevant experience for each year of education.
• This position is based in Austin, TX. Candidates must be currently located in the Austin area or willing to relocate at their own expense.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise systems administration, including at least 3 years supporting Microsoft Azure and cloud-hosted business applications.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a senior administrator for Microsoft Azure environments, with direct responsibility for managing Azure-hosted applications and services.
• Experience administering and supporting Dynamics 365 environments, including environment configuration, identity integration, security roles, performance monitoring, and release management.
• Experience managing Azure infrastructure components such as virtual machines, networking, storage, identity services, and platform-based resources supporting enterprise applications.
• Experience troubleshooting complex application and infrastructure issues within Azure-based or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience integrating Azure-hosted systems with on-premises infrastructure and other enterprise platforms.
• Experience serving as technical lead or subject matter expert for enterprise Dynamics 365 architecture, including governance, environment strategy, and customization oversight.
• Strong background in enterprise network engineering principles, including redundancy across connectivity paths (¿pipe¿), perimeter security architecture, and resilient infrastructure design.
• Experience developing and enforcing cloud governance standards, including resource organization, policy enforcement, cost controls, and operational maturity frameworks.
• Experience planning and executing regional failover and business continuity strategies for mission-critical cloud workloads.
• Demonstrated proficiency in automation and administrative scripting using PowerShell, CLI tools, or infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Experience implementing cloud security configurations, backup strategies, and disaster recovery practices within Azure environments.
• Relevant Azure or cloud certifications are preferred; AWS certifications are a plus.