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IT@JH EMMS is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator-SCCM who will play a key role in the ongoing administration of Windows desktop using Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager) and troubleshooting for Enterprise Desktop Engineering in support of the organization. The candidate will require advanced knowledge of Windows desktop operating systems and client troubleshooting. In this role, the candidate will support the Enterprise Desktop Engineering customer base — encompassing CTS, Radiology, and IT@JH — across a fleet of approximately 60,000 computers and users. They will act as an escalation point for LAN Administration and desktop support teams that require assistance with Enterprise Client Image (ECI) PC imaging issues and Epic Health IT and enterprise application software installation, testing and troubleshooting. Prior to any Epic and other enterprise software deployments occurring, they will conduct thorough testing to verify that applications install correctly and function without issue. The candidate will be a collaborative team player while also demonstrating the ability to work independently. Day-to-day support tasks are driven by incoming email requests from desktop support staff, and the candidate will be expected to take initiative in researching emerging issues, conducting testing, and resolving complex technical problems with minimal supervision.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- The responsibilities listed below are typical examples of the work performed by this position.
- Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility.
Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform)
- Design business, clinical, education, or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issue related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.
- Design solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product.
- Recommend infrastructure applications that reside between end user applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., open source or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers.
Install and Configure
- Install and configure server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product.
- Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity.
- Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions and industry best practices to deliver a solution to the customers.
- Implement a schedule of system backups and archive operations by using best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability.
Maintain and Troubleshoot
- Provide server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment.
- Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels.
- Develop scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management.
- Perform system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment.
- Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security.
- Generate and maintain periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users.
- Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers.
- Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root cause. Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully in order to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.
-
Project Collaboration and Lifecycle Participation
- Implement changes while adhering to the change management policies and procedures in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer. Communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors.
- Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor.
- Assist vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting with the team on a regular basis to deliver quality products to customers.
- Participate in scheduled project team meetings by attending all meeting to provide input to the project team.
- Create and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end user reference.
- Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. Contribute and make recommendations to the development of test scenarios.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Three years of related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 1-2 years’ experience or familiarity with Microsoft Windows desktop systems management tools and endpoint client troubleshooting.
- Advanced knowledge with Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manger (SCCM). Other Windows desktop administrations tools such as LAN Desk or Quest KACE are a plus.
- At least 1-2 years of end user support experience with Windows OS.
- One to two years of experience of using Active Directory Users and Computers tools and managing Active Directory Group Policy Management.
- Knowledge of creating, linking, administering and maintaining a Group Policy Object using the Group Policy Management Console.
- Working knowledge of a scripting language such as Command-Line, VB, or PowerShell Scripting.
Classified Title: Sr. Systems Administrator
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Systems Administrator-SCCM (IT@JH EMMS)
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: IT@JH EMMS
Personnel area: University Administration
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
Accommodation Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
IT@JH EMMS is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator-SCCM who will play a key role in the ongoing administration of Windows desktop using Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager) and troubleshooting for Enterprise Desktop Engineering in support of the organization. The candidate will require advanced knowledge of Windows desktop operating systems and client troubleshooting. In this role, the candidate will support the Enterprise Desktop Engineering customer base — encompassing CTS, Radiology, and IT@JH — across a fleet of approximately 60,000 computers and users. They will act as an escalation point for LAN Administration and desktop support teams that require assistance with Enterprise Client Image (ECI) PC imaging issues and Epic Health IT and enterprise application software installation, testing and troubleshooting. Prior to any Epic and other enterprise software deployments occurring, they will conduct thorough testing to verify that applications install correctly and function without issue. The candidate will be a collaborative team player while also demonstrating the ability to work independently. Day-to-day support tasks are driven by incoming email requests from desktop support staff, and the candidate will be expected to take initiative in researching emerging issues, conducting testing, and resolving complex technical problems with minimal supervision.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- The responsibilities listed below are typical examples of the work performed by this position.
- Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility.
Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform)
- Design business, clinical, education, or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issue related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.
- Design solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product.
- Recommend infrastructure applications that reside between end user applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., open source or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers.
Install and Configure
- Install and configure server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product.
- Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity.
- Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions and industry best practices to deliver a solution to the customers.
- Implement a schedule of system backups and archive operations by using best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability.
Maintain and Troubleshoot
- Provide server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment.
- Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels.
- Develop scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management.
- Perform system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment.
- Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security.
- Generate and maintain periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users.
- Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers.
- Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root cause. Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully in order to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.
-
Project Collaboration and Lifecycle Participation
- Implement changes while adhering to the change management policies and procedures in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer. Communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors.
- Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor.
- Assist vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting with the team on a regular basis to deliver quality products to customers.
- Participate in scheduled project team meetings by attending all meeting to provide input to the project team.
- Create and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end user reference.
- Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. Contribute and make recommendations to the development of test scenarios.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Three years of related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 1-2 years’ experience or familiarity with Microsoft Windows desktop systems management tools and endpoint client troubleshooting.
- Advanced knowledge with Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manger (SCCM). Other Windows desktop administrations tools such as LAN Desk or Quest KACE are a plus.
- At least 1-2 years of end user support experience with Windows OS.
- One to two years of experience of using Active Directory Users and Computers tools and managing Active Directory Group Policy Management.
- Knowledge of creating, linking, administering and maintaining a Group Policy Object using the Group Policy Management Console.
- Working knowledge of a scripting language such as Command-Line, VB, or PowerShell Scripting.
Classified Title: Sr. Systems Administrator
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Systems Administrator-SCCM (IT@JH EMMS)
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: IT@JH EMMS
Personnel area: University Administration
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
Accommodation Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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Who's Hiring
- Gritter Francona10
- Arganteal9A
- Enterprise Mobility6
- Conduent5
- Viant Medical4
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software44
- Healthcare & Medical Services23
- Consulting & Professional Services18
- Medical Devices9
- Education7
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote senior systems administrator jobs.
- Five or more years of hands-on systems administration experience in enterprise environments
- Proficiency with Windows Server and Active Directory administration and management
- Experience managing Linux systems including configuration, patching, and user administration
- Hands-on experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere or Hyper-V
- Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud infrastructure services
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Senior Systems Administrator Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote senior systems administrator openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply as soon as a role matches your stack, since remote positions with a clear scope tend to close faster than on-site equivalents.
Show async communication as a core skill
Remote hiring managers look for candidates who document decisions, write clear incident postmortems, and update runbooks without being asked. Include concrete examples of async work in your application materials, whether that is a shared knowledge base you maintained or a change log you owned.
Demonstrate remote infrastructure ownership
Employers want evidence you can manage systems end to end without escalating to someone in the next room. A public GitHub repository with infrastructure-as-code, a home lab write-up, or documented disaster recovery procedures you authored all signal the independence remote teams depend on.
Prepare for remote-specific technical screens
Remote interviews for senior systems administrators often use shared terminal sessions or live environment troubleshooting tools like Teleport or AWS Systems Manager. Practice narrating your diagnostic process out loud while you work, since remote interviewers judge reasoning and communication alongside technical output.
Target remote-first companies in your search
Remote-first software firms, managed service providers, and distributed fintech or healthcare companies hire senior systems administrators remotely far more consistently than traditional enterprises converting on-site roles. Filter your search for organizations whose entire engineering team is distributed, not just ones offering occasional flexibility.
Remote Senior Systems Administrator Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote senior systems administrator job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams that rely entirely on async coordination, since they build hiring processes around candidates who work independently without on-site oversight. Remote employers screen for strong written communication, documented self-direction, and hands-on depth in cloud platforms, endpoint management, and identity systems. Certifications like RHCE, MCSA, or AWS SysOps alongside a home lab or a public runbook library give your application a concrete edge.
Which companies hire remote senior systems administrators?
Companies hiring remote senior systems administrators right now include Gritter Francona, Arganteal, and Enterprise Mobility, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first software companies, managed service providers, and distributed healthcare and fintech firms are among the most consistent sources of remote openings for this role.
Can you get a remote senior systems administrator job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry roles in systems administration are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and escalate independently from day one. Smaller remote-first startups and managed service providers are the most likely to hire candidates without a long resume. Substitute experience with a documented home lab, contributions to open-source infrastructure projects, or a portfolio of runbooks that shows you can own a system end to end.
Do you need a degree for remote senior systems administrator jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers prioritize relevant certifications, demonstrated hands-on skills, and a history of managing real infrastructure over a four-year degree. Credentials like CompTIA Server+, Microsoft certifications, or Red Hat qualifications carry real weight, especially when paired with a portfolio showing systems you have built, hardened, or recovered in a remote or distributed environment.
Which industries hire the most remote senior systems administrators?
Most remote senior systems administrator openings sit in Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Consulting & Professional Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors rely on distributed teams managing cloud infrastructure, identity platforms, and endpoint fleets across multiple time zones, which makes the role a natural fit for fully remote work.
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