IT Security Systems Administrator
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Senior IT Security System Administrator at TopDog Law overseeing IT systems and security operations. Leading migration and compliance activities in a fully remote environment.
Responsibilities:
- Administer Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 environments, while facilitating the setup and full migration to Microsoft 365.
- Manage a mix of Windows and Mac endpoints using MDM tools for device enrollment, configuration, compliance, and patch management policies.
- Administer SSO, MFA, and directory integrations; maintain identity provider configuration and authentication policy.
- Administer and manage security toolsets (DLP, EDR, email security, and SIEM logs) to ensure effective threat detection and policy enforcement.
- Provide tier 2/3 support for firm-wide SaaS applications as necessary.
- Monitor, triage, and respond to security alerts across endpoint, email, identity, and cloud environments.
- Support compliance activities and internal audits; maintain evidence and documentation for security controls.
- Contribute to incident response: detection, containment, remediation, and post-incident review.
- Assist with vulnerability management, including patch cadence tracking and endpoint hygiene reporting.
- Identify gaps in security coverage or operational process and drive remediation.
- Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices relevant to a remote-first professional services environment.
- Develop dashboards & reports for security metrics, compliance status, and operational health.
- Manage relationships with key vendors and service providers, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
- Oversee security operations and ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and internal policies.
- Strategy and planning: Translate business needs into operational capability, capacity planning, DR/BCP design, cloud migration strategy, and lifecycle roadmaps.
Requirements:
- 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.
- (Preferred) Experience in a law firm, legal technology, or professional services environment.
- (Preferred) Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST CSF, or similar).
- (Preferred) Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in a leadership or management role, overseeing a team of IT professionals.
- (Preferred) Understanding of monitoring and logging tools (i.e. Nagios, Splunk, ELK stack).
- (Preferred) Scripting or automation experience (n8n, Python, Bash, Google Apps Script).
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- HSA
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Parental leave



















