Senior Systems Administrator

Application deadline: 08/26/26

About Us

The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office (MCRO) is responsible for maintaining the Maricopa County voter registration records and for administering elections in partnership with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The MCRO also maintains the permanent public record of over 50 million documents dating back to 1871, including deeds, plat maps, and a variety of other important documents. Our office serves over 2.5 million registered voters as well as 4.4 million residents across Maricopa County.

About The Role

The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, maintenance, and security of the organization's enterprise infrastructure. This position serves as the highest level of technical expertise for server, virtualization, storage, backup, and cloud technologies, ensuring the availability, reliability, and security of mission-critical systems. The Senior Systems Administrator leads complex infrastructure projects, develops technical standards, mentors other IT staff, and provides strategic recommendations for future technology initiatives. This position works closely with application development, cybersecurity, help desk, project management, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available technology solutions that support the organization's operational and strategic objectives. Participation in a rotating on-call schedule is required to ensure continuous support of critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Performs systems and application support at the highest level of technical expertise, mostly independently, but occasionally with assistance from other IT professionals and premier support services, of systems including Windows servers, file/print services, VMware, and Active Directory, in addition to the backup and storage resources utilized by these systems.
• Administers, designs, implements, maintains, and modifies computer systems, servers, disk storage systems, SANs, data backups, software applications, security measures, components, and/or databases. Monitors and ensures the quality of applicable information technology and its related components.
• Provides technical support and is responsible for coordinating the migration of any new or current systems.
• Serves as a lead to staff, including mentoring, assigning, and monitoring work, and providing direction.
• Leads strategy for deploying new systems and road-mapping systems.
• Manages projects and performs related research, analysis, and requirements gathering.
• Troubleshoots and resolves issues, and participates in a 24 x 7 on-call rotation as required.
• Reviews emerging technologies and participates in determining the department's future technology direction.
• Completes monthly review and installation of security patches for Windows servers and VMware hosts.

Requirements

• Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience administering and supporting enterprise servers, virtualization, cloud services, identity platforms, storage, backups, containers, or related infrastructure technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered in substitution for the minimum qualifications.
• Must successfully complete the next scheduled Secretary of State Election Officer Certification.
• Must be eligible to vote in Arizona.
• Must pass applicable background screening.

Qualifications

• Six (6) years of progressively responsible systems administration or infrastructure engineering experience in an enterprise, public-sector, regulated, or mission-critical environment.
• Hands-on experience administering Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, identity and access management, multifactor authentication, and role-based permissions.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud environments, VMware ESXi and vCenter, storage platforms, backups, restoration, and system monitoring.
• Experience administering or supporting Docker, Kubernetes, containerized applications, and related application-hosting infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure patching, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, configuration management, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Experience supporting application deployments, system integrations, upgrades, migrations, release activities, and production troubleshooting.
• Experience serving as a technical escalation point and providing guidance, peer review, training, or technical direction to other IT staff.
• Experience developing scripts or using administrative automation tools to improve infrastructure reliability, consistency, and efficiency.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, change management, incident management, and infrastructure security practices.
• Experience working with infrastructure vendors, service providers, licensing, warranties, and technical support agreements.
• Relevant Microsoft, Azure, VMware, Kubernetes, Linux, CompTIA, or other infrastructure certification.
• Experience with Cisco AnyConnect VPN solution.

Benefits

• Work with a greater purpose.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Exceptional work-life balance, with hybrid and alternative work schedule options.
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County.
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents.
• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center, Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive.
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% contribution rate per paycheck that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1.

Pay

Anticipated Hiring Range: $82,000 - $107,250 annually
Full Pay Range: $82,000 - $132,500 annually
Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Schedule

• Most work is performed in both office and remote work environments. Employees may be eligible for hybrid work arrangements in accordance with Office policies and operational requirements.
• Regular on-site attendance is required to support business operations, meetings, and critical functions.
• Extensive mandatory overtime is required during the Primary/General election cycle.
• Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation that requires addressing critical issues at various locations throughout Maricopa County.

Working Conditions

Work is primarily high volume in a fast-paced environment. It requires prolonged sitting while performing computer tasks.