Senior Systems Administrator

About the role

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise identity platforms, including Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 identity services, privileged access management, identity governance, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, conditional access, and hybrid identity synchronization.
• Provision, modify, review, and deprovision access in alignment with joiner, mover, leaver, and approved access request processes.
• Implement and maintain role-based access controls, least-privilege access, privileged access management, access reviews, access packages, lifecycle workflows, and identity governance processes.
• Configure and support authentication and authorization controls, including integrations, multifactor authentication, conditional access, passwordless authentication, single sign-on, federation, and application access policies.
• Monitor identity-related alerts, logs, reports, sign-in activity, access review results, and privileged role activity to identify policy exceptions, operational issues, and security risks.
• Troubleshoot complex identity, authentication, authorization, synchronization, service account, application access, and directory issues in partnership with infrastructure, security, application, and support teams.
• Maintain identity management documentation, operational procedures, configuration records, access standards, and audit evidence to support compliance and operational consistency.
• Apply company security standards, change management practices, privacy requirements, and Zero Trust principles when administering identity and access services.
• Support identity modernization initiatives, including identity lifecycle automation, application onboarding, privileged access improvements, access governance enhancements, identity reporting, and operational process improvements.
• Support internal and external audit requests by collecting identity, access, privileged role, and control evidence.
• Recommend improvements to access request workflows, approval models, reporting, automation, role design, and access recertification processes.
• Provide guidance to service desk teams, application owners, project teams, and business stakeholders on identity and access procedures.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation activities related to identity and access controls.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with others and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive workplace.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate degree, college diploma, or equivalent formal education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline. Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of experience administering Microsoft hybrid identity environments, including Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• 5+ years of experience in identity and access management, access administration, security operations, infrastructure administration, or a closely related technology role.
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300), Azure Security Engineer Associate, or comparable Microsoft identity certification (within 6 months).
• Experience with Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management, Conditional Access, Identity Governance, lifecycle workflows, access packages, entitlement management, and hybrid identity synchronization.
• Deep knowledge of identity and access management concepts, including authentication, authorization, least privilege, role-based access control, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, conditional access, privileged access, and access lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 identity services, users, groups, roles, licenses, service accounts, and enterprise application access.
• Strong experience supporting audit and compliance activities.
• Ability to analyze access requests, troubleshoot complex identity issues, interpret sign-in and audit logs, and apply security policies accurately.
• Understanding of identity governance practices, including access reviews, privileged access management, account recertification, joiner-mover-leaver controls, and audit evidence collection.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Kusto Query Language, service management processes, audit controls, security frameworks, and automation of identity lifecycle tasks.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, document procedures, and provide guidance to stakeholders.
• Capable of embracing diversity and equity to contribute to a respectful and inclusive workplace.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft 365 Administrator certification, Security+, ITIL Foundation, or equivalent identity, cloud, security, or service management certification.
• Experience in a global, highly confidential, regulated, manufacturing, or professional-services environment.
• Working knowledge of cloud security, networking, PKI and certificates, application architecture, and security operations, supported by strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Schedule

8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), hybrid with 3 days on-site requirement.

Pay

The estimated annual base salary range for this position in the United States is $96,514 - $127,886.88. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

Benefits

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support).
• Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time, and Military Leave.
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).