Senior Systems Administrator
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Senior Systems Administrator securing cloud IT systems, identity, endpoints, and compliance for ActBlue’s nonprofit progressive fundraising platform. Leading complex automation, governance, and security projects.
Responsibilities:
- Lead configuration, deployment, and optimization of secure cloud-based IT systems focused on identity management, MDM, endpoint security, and SaaS integrations
- Lead large, complex projects end to end with minimal guidance, including planning timelines, evaluating tradeoffs and risks, and surfacing blockers
- Partner with Security, Legal, and Data Governance stakeholders to meet regulatory requirements and internal controls, including SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA
- Oversee user identity lifecycle and access control, including RBAC, least privilege, and regular access audits
- Drive technical enforcement of data classification, retention, loss prevention, and secure data handling procedures
- Design, build, test, debug, and monitor IT process automations for onboarding/offboarding, software provisioning, and compliance checklists
- Use workflow orchestration and emerging AI-driven tools in automation work
- Serve as technical escalation point and mentor for the IT team
- Act as point person for departments and vendors regarding owned systems
- Maintain systems documentation, playbooks, and user-facing knowledge resources
- Support internal audits and compliance evidence gathering, including logs, change management records, and security controls
- Monitor evolving regulatory, privacy, and security standards and align systems with best practices
- Report to the Sr. IT Manager and partner with Desktop Support, Security, and organizational stakeholders
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in systems administration, including leading compliance- and security-driven projects
- Advanced proficiency administering Okta, Jamf, Google Workspace, the Atlassian Suite, and modern MDM platforms
- Strong familiarity with macOS environments, including enforcing security policies, maintaining governance standards, and managing patch compliance across a device fleet
- Demonstrated ability to build, test, debug, and monitor automations
- Experience integrating SaaS tools and platforms, including planning and executing system and data migrations
- Strong understanding of identity and access management, endpoint hardening, and security configuration management
- Working knowledge of SOC 1, SOC 2, NIST, and PCI DSS compliance and data protection frameworks
- Experience with e-discovery, data governance, and data handling policies and procedures
- Track record of independently delivering large, complex projects with significant organizational impact
- Ability to construct sound technical solutions to complex problems
- Sound judgment in resolving complex issues and working through ambiguity
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially technical documentation, technical proposals, policy writing, and explaining technical topics
- Proactive, collaborative mindset with dependable follow-through and openness to feedback
- Availability during regular Monday–Friday business hours
- Participation in an on-call rotation and availability for nontraditional hours as needed
- Proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas
- Consent to a background check at the time of offer
Benefits:
- Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
- Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
- Fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement for out of pocket expenses
- Fully-paid short- and long-term disability
- Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance option
- Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits
- Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
- Minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave, including adoptions
- Commuter or home-office benefits
- $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
- Quarterly snack deliveries
- Digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe and New York Times
- Travel to all-staff, departmental retreats, or select meetings
- Collective bargaining agreement with the Communication Workers of America (CWA), Local 1400)
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