Cloud/On Prem System Administrator

The National Fire Protection Association’s mission is to help save lives and reduce loss with information, knowledge, and passion. Established in 1896, we are dedicated to the elimination of death, injury, and property and economic loss due to fire, electrical, and related hazards. The Association delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach and advocacy; and by partnering with others who share an interest in furthering the NFPA mission.

To better meet the needs of those who rely on our information and knowledge to keep people and property safe, we are amidst a transformation to expand our influence and further our safety mission. We are becoming increasingly digital and global to grow, thrive, and save more lives from fire, electrical, and other hazards. To accomplish this, we need effective leaders at all levels of the Association who understand what we are striving for, why it is important, and how to execute our vision and who passionately want to see NFPA through this important stage. It is an exciting and empowering time to work at NFPA.

NFPA is looking to add a System Administrator to their team!

Description:

The System Administrator is an experienced, hands-on technical role responsible for the reliable operation, security, and continuous improvement of NFPA’s hybrid infrastructure environment. This position expands the traditional System Administrator function to include DevOps practices and Azure cloud provisioning in direct support of NFPA’s application development teams.

In addition to maintaining on-premise and cloud-based systems, this role partners closely with Application Development, Security, and Infrastructure teams to design, provision, automate, and manage Azure resources that enable scalable, secure, and efficient application delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Core System Administration:

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Windows and Linux server environments (on premises and cloud-based).
• Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, identity, access controls, and authentication services.
• Perform system patching, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery testing.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity; troubleshoot and resolve complex issues.
• Maintain system documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
• Participate in on call and incident response activities as required.

Azure & Cloud Infrastructure:

• Provision, configure, and manage Microsoft Azure resources to support application development and hosting needs (e.g., App Service, compute, storage, networking, identity, and security services).
• Administration of Azure virtual networks, Azure virtual machines, Azure App Services, and additional Azure IaaS and PaaS services.
• Implement and maintain Azure resource governance, cost controls, and best practices.
• Collaborate with Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure Azure environments meet NFPA security and compliance requirements.
• Support hybrid environments integrating on premises infrastructure with Azure services.

DevOps Enablement:

• Partner with Application Development teams to support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.
• Deploy and maintain self-hosted build and deployment agents where required.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting tools.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, and deployment consistency through automation and standardization.
• Troubleshoot build, deployment, and environment-related issues in collaboration with developers

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:

• Serve as a technical advisor to development teams on infrastructure, performance, and operational considerations.
• Identify opportunities to modernize infrastructure and improve operational efficiency.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to infrastructure and DevOps roadmaps.
• Mentor junior administrators and contribute to knowledge sharing within IT.