SR. SYSTEMS ADMIN: $95,444-$115k + 12.5%

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR: $95,444-$115,000/YEAR + 12.5% POTENTIAL ANNUAL BONUS SHIFT/HOURS: Full-time; schedule not specified; occasional after-hours support may be required JOB TYPE: Full-time LOCATION: Ayer, MA; supporting Ayer, Brockton, Devens, and other assigned locations POSITION SUMMARY: Ajinomoto Cambrooke is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to oversee local IT operations, site-level infrastructure, and advanced enterprise systems administration. This position will provide technical leadership for servers, networks, cloud platforms, endpoints, collaboration tools, business applications, backup and disaster recovery systems, and physical-security technology. The Senior Systems Administrator will serve as the senior technical authority for supported Cambrooke locations while partnering with AHN corporate IT and MIS/IT-DX teams on enterprise standards, cybersecurity, compliance, shared platforms, and major technology initiatives. The role provides Tier 3 technical support, coordinates vendors and managed-service providers, supports business continuity, and helps ensure systems remain secure, current, documented, and aligned with corporate requirements. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Serve as the senior local IT technical owner for supported Cambrooke locations. - Coordinate with AHN corporate IT regarding enterprise standards, shared platforms, security direction, and escalation procedures. - Oversee site-level IT operations and infrastructure at Ayer, Brockton, Devens, and other assigned local or remote sites. - Administer and maintain Windows servers, virtualization platforms, and network infrastructure. - Oversee administration of Entra ID, Intune, Teams, and SharePoint. - Provide technical ownership and support for Cambrooke business applications, including access management, troubleshooting, vendor escalation, system availability, documentation, and coordination with business stakeholders. - Provide Tier 3 technical support for local and remote sites. - Manage and support enterprise collaboration and communication systems. - Ensure systems, hardware, firmware, and software are patched and maintained. - Administer, monitor, test, and document enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions. - Design, test, and execute backup and recovery procedures for on-premises and cloud-based workloads. - Help ensure business continuity and recoverability of critical systems. - Coordinate network upgrades and vendor-supported infrastructure improvements. - Coordinate vendors and managed-service providers for infrastructure, business applications, support services, telecommunications, physical-security systems, licensing, renewals, issue escalation, and project delivery. - Support the enforcement of information-security policies and access controls. - Support security, access, compliance, and audit-readiness activities, including user-access reviews, privileged-access controls, endpoint compliance, documentation, and evidence gathering. - Administer and maintain physical-security systems, including cameras and access-control systems. - Ensure appropriate video retention and support security or safety investigations. - Support major migrations and enterprise projects, including domain migrations, identity and endpoint-management changes, infrastructure modernization, application transitions, network upgrades, cybersecurity initiatives, and corporate IT standardization efforts. - Train and support end users and new hires on MIS-controlled systems. - Mentor and guide Systems Administrators I?III. - Work closely with corporate MIS teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards. - Participate in planned maintenance, urgent incident response, critical-outage support, enterprise changes, business-application issues, physical-security events, and project cutovers. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: