Systems Administrator – Azure and Microsoft 365

Elessent Clean Technologies is a global leader in process technologies to drive sustainability and carbon neutrality in the metal, fertilizer, chemical, and oil refining industries with an unwavering commitment to customer support. We provide extensive global expertise across our portfolio of offerings in key applications – MECS® sulfuric acid production, STRATCO® alkylation, BELCO® wet scrubbing, and IsoTherming® hydroprocessing. Offering critical process equipment, products, technology, and services, we enable an array of industrial markets, including phosphate fertilizer, non-ferrous metals, oil refining, petrochemicals, and chemicals, to minimize their environmental impact and optimize productivity. We are dedicated to helping our customers produce high-quality products used in everyday life in the safest, most environmentally sound way possible, with a vision to make the world a better place by creating clean alternatives to traditional industrial processes.

Position Summary
Elessent Clean Technologies is seeking a hands-on Azure and Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator to help manage, secure, and support our Microsoft cloud environment. This position will focus on Azure administration, Microsoft 365 administration, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Entra ID, Intune, security, compliance, and operational support.
This role will work closely with IT, business application owners, security partners, and internal AI stakeholders to strengthen the foundation needed for secure use of Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, SharePoint, and other approved AI and automation platforms.
The primary focus of this position is administration, governance, security, monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, and support of Azure and Microsoft 365 services. A secondary focus is helping the organization prepare and secure business data so it can be safely used by reporting, analytics, and AI technologies in a controlled, compliant, and supportable manner.

Key Responsibilities

Administer and support Microsoft Azure services, including identity, networking, security, monitoring, storage, and related cloud resources.
Administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 Groups.
Manage identity and access controls including MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC, group management, enterprise applications, SSO, and privileged access.
Support Microsoft Intune and endpoint management, including device compliance, mobile device management, and application deployment.
Monitor Azure and Microsoft 365 environments for availability, performance, security, compliance, and operational health.
Perform patching, maintenance, upgrades, and remediation activities across cloud platforms and related technologies.
Support Microsoft 365 security, governance, compliance, and data protection initiatives.
Help secure and organize company data for use with Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and other approved AI platforms.
Participate in security reviews, AI risk assessments, and testing of AI-enabled technologies to ensure proper access controls, data protection, and governance requirements are met.
Assist with vulnerability remediation, security hardening, access reviews, and implementation of security best practices.
Support internal and external audit activities, including evidence collection, documentation, control reviews, remediation tracking, and audit responses.
Work with business teams to identify, classify, and secure information stored within SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, and related platforms.
Support application integrations, APIs, enterprise applications, and cloud connectivity initiatives.
Assist with cloud migrations, automation initiatives, modernization projects, and platform improvements.
Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, operational standards, security procedures, and support processes.
Partner with infrastructure, security, application, and business teams to support cloud and AI-related initiatives.
Provide operational support and troubleshooting for Microsoft cloud services and serve as escalation support when needed.
Participate in incident, problem, and change management processes following established IT standards.

Required Skills

3-5+ years of Microsoft Azure administration experience.
3-5+ years of Microsoft 365 administration experience.
Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, SSO, and identity management.
Experience administering SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Exchange Online, and Microsoft 365 services.
Experience with Microsoft Intune and endpoint management.
Working knowledge of Microsoft security, compliance, and governance capabilities.
Experience supporting security controls, audits, access reviews, and remediation activities.
PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Understanding of cloud security, access management, and operational best practices.
Ability to work effectively across infrastructure, security, business, and vendor teams.

Preferred Skills

Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Copilot administration.
ChatGPT Enterprise, MS Copilot, Anthropic Claude or other enterprise AI platform experience.
Microsoft Purview, DLP, sensitivity labeling, retention policies, and information governance.
Azure DevOps, Azure Automation, Azure Functions, and related cloud services.
Experience evaluating and securing AI-enabled business solutions.
Container, Kubernetes, or cloud-hosted application exposure.
Experience working with security partners, penetration testing, vulnerability management, and remediation programs.
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Security, or Identity certifications.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred.
Equivalent combination of education, experience, and technical certifications will be considered.
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Security, Identity, or related technical certifications are a plus.

Positions are open to candidates authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Elessent Clean Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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