Senior Infrastructure Systems Administrator - Huntsville, AL

Position Summary

IPG Photonics is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Systems Administrator to support, maintain, and enhance enterprise infrastructure within a complex global manufacturing and defense-focused environment. This hands-on role is responsible for the design, deployment, administration, security, and ongoing support of critical infrastructure platforms, including virtualization, Microsoft technologies, identity management, and enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and maintain enterprise Nutanix and VMware environments.
• Manage Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and related services.
• Administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Entra ID, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Intune.
• Manage identity, access controls, MFA, and Single Sign-On solutions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain enterprise infrastructure supporting production workloads.
• Lead vulnerability remediation, patch management, disaster recovery, and resiliency initiatives.
• Ensure infrastructure environments comply with ITAR requirements and security standards.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Systems Administration or Infrastructure Administration experience within enterprise environments.
• Strong experience administering Nutanix and/or VMware virtualization platforms.
• Strong administration experience with Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Active Directory, Windows Server, and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• PowerShell scripting experience for systems automation and administration.
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and infrastructure resiliency planning.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Hands-on experience working within ITAR-regulated environments with responsibility for maintaining compliance requirements, managing controlled-system access, and supporting the secure handling of export-controlled data.
• Demonstrated understanding of ITAR restrictions, export-controlled information requirements, access controls, user eligibility requirements, system segregation, and the impact of regulatory compliance on infrastructure administration and cloud technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nutanix certification and advanced Nutanix administration experience.
• Experience supporting Hyper-V, AWS, and/or Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Experience with Veeam Backup & Recovery.
• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with SCCM, PKI, Citrix, MDM platforms, and engineering application environments.

Compliance Requirements

• Must be eligible to work in compliance with U.S. export control and ITAR regulations.
• Must be able to access export-controlled information as required by the position.

• 5+ years of hands-on Systems Administration or Infrastructure Administration experience within enterprise environments.
• Strong experience administering Nutanix and/or VMware virtualization platforms.
• Strong administration experience with Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Active Directory, Windows Server, and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• PowerShell scripting experience for systems automation and administration.
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and infrastructure resiliency planning.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Hands-on experience working within ITAR-regulated environments with responsibility for maintaining compliance requirements, managing controlled-system access, and supporting the secure handling of export-controlled data.
• Demonstrated understanding of ITAR restrictions, export-controlled information requirements, access controls, user eligibility requirements, system segregation, and the impact of regulatory compliance on infrastructure administration and cloud technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nutanix certification and advanced Nutanix administration experience.
• Experience supporting Hyper-V, AWS, and/or Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Experience with Veeam Backup & Recovery.
• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with SCCM, PKI, Citrix, MDM platforms, and engineering application environments.

Compliance Requirements

• Must be eligible to work in compliance with U.S. export control and ITAR regulations.
• Must be able to access export-controlled information as required by the position.