Entry Level Senior Systems Administrator Jobs
New grad senior systems administrator jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where a strong homelab portfolio or internship work can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are a mix of on-site, remote, and hybrid roles across Education, Science & Research, and Technology & Software, with employers like Apple, Unisys, and State of New Mexico hiring at this level now.
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Top employerApple
Top cityAustin, TX
Work type70% On-site
Top industryEducation
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IT Systems Administrator (RLD #22700)
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State of New Mexico
IT Systems Administrator (RLD #22700)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Senior Systems & Network Administrator
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St. Ambrose University
Senior Systems & Network Administrator
Davenport, Iowa
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Network & Computer Systems Administrator
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ViaPlus
Network & Computer Systems Administrator
Atlanta, Georgia
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Associate IT Systems Administrator (HED #10108430)
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State of New Mexico
Associate IT Systems Administrator (HED #10108430)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Application Systems Analyst II - PACS Administrator
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University of Utah
Application Systems Analyst II - PACS Administrator
Salt Lake City, Utah
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IT Systems Administrator (RLD #22700)
State of New Mexico·Santa Fe, New Mexico
Job functions:
$36 - $54/hr
2+ yrs exp.
Bachelor's degree in management information systems
Full Time
10,000+ employees
Job Description
Posting Details
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Division certifies and regulates approximately 429,000 individuals and businesses that fall into the following seven divisions: Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Boards and Commissions Division, Cannabis Control Division, Construction Industries Division, Financial Institutions Division, Manufactured Housing Division, and Securities Division.
Our goal is to assure that New Mexicans receive quality services from qualified individuals and businesses while also ensuring a fair and prompt administrative process.
Interviews are anticipated to be conducted within two weeks of closing date.
Why does the job exist?
This position exists to support the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department by administering, maintaining, and optimizing the Department's Salesforce platform to ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient delivery of licensing, compliance, enforcement, and administrative services. The IT System Administrator serves as the primary administrator for the Department's Salesforce environment, ensuring the platform remains available, secure, and aligned with business and regulatory needs.
The position is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Salesforce by managing user access, security roles, profiles, permission sets, workflows, automations, reports, dashboards, data integrity, and system performance. Working closely with business stakeholders, application developers, business analysts, project manager, and external vendors, the IT System Administrator implements platform enhancements, supports system integrations, troubleshoots complex issues, manages releases, and ensures adherence to Salesforce and industry best practices.
This position is essential to maintaining the integrity, security, and scalability of the Department's Salesforce environment while enabling business operations through reliable technology solutions. The IT System Administrator ensures the platform continues to meet evolving operational requirements, supports regulatory compliance, promotes efficient business processes, and maximizes the Department's investment in its enterprise technology infrastructure.
How does it get done?
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Ideal Candidate
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Minimum Qualification
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Technology, Engineering, or similar technical degree and two (2) years of experience in systems administration. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling six (6) years may substitute for the required education and experience.
Employment Requirements
Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License and pass a pre-employment background check.
Working Conditions
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT) and extensive phone and personal computer usage. Some sitting, standing, bending and reaching may be required.
Supplemental Information
Do you know what Total Compensation is? Click here
Agency Contact Information: Juan Torres (505) 538-0115. Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Division certifies and regulates approximately 429,000 individuals and businesses that fall into the following seven divisions: Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Boards and Commissions Division, Cannabis Control Division, Construction Industries Division, Financial Institutions Division, Manufactured Housing Division, and Securities Division.
Our goal is to assure that New Mexicans receive quality services from qualified individuals and businesses while also ensuring a fair and prompt administrative process.
Interviews are anticipated to be conducted within two weeks of closing date.
Why does the job exist?
This position exists to support the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department by administering, maintaining, and optimizing the Department's Salesforce platform to ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient delivery of licensing, compliance, enforcement, and administrative services. The IT System Administrator serves as the primary administrator for the Department's Salesforce environment, ensuring the platform remains available, secure, and aligned with business and regulatory needs.
The position is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Salesforce by managing user access, security roles, profiles, permission sets, workflows, automations, reports, dashboards, data integrity, and system performance. Working closely with business stakeholders, application developers, business analysts, project manager, and external vendors, the IT System Administrator implements platform enhancements, supports system integrations, troubleshoots complex issues, manages releases, and ensures adherence to Salesforce and industry best practices.
This position is essential to maintaining the integrity, security, and scalability of the Department's Salesforce environment while enabling business operations through reliable technology solutions. The IT System Administrator ensures the platform continues to meet evolving operational requirements, supports regulatory compliance, promotes efficient business processes, and maximizes the Department's investment in its enterprise technology infrastructure.
How does it get done?
- Administer, configure, and maintain the Department's Salesforce platform by managing users, profiles, permission sets, roles, security settings, page layouts, objects, fields, validation rules, flows, reports, dashboards, and other platform functionality to support business operations.
- Monitor the health, availability, performance, and security of the Salesforce environment by proactively identifying system issues, resolving incidents, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to ensure a reliable and secure enterprise platform.
- Manage Salesforce releases, system upgrades, sandbox environments, deployments, and change management activities while coordinating with developers, business analysts, project managers, and vendors to ensure successful implementation of new features and enhancements.
- Maintain the integrity, quality, and security of enterprise data by supporting data imports, exports, migrations, deduplication, validation, backups, and data governance activities in accordance with Department policies and regulatory requirements.
- Support Salesforce integrations with MuleSoft and other enterprise systems by monitoring integration performance, troubleshooting connectivity and data synchronization issues, and collaborating with technical teams to resolve integration-related problems.
- Develop and maintain system administration documentation, including configuration standards, security procedures, environment documentation, release notes, technical guides, and operational procedures that support long-term platform sustainability.
- Provide technical support, system administration, and end-user assistance by resolving complex Salesforce issues, fulfilling service requests, recommending configuration improvements, and delivering user training to promote effective adoption and efficient use of the platform.
- Evaluate and implement Salesforce platform enhancements, automation opportunities, security improvements, and administrative best practices that improve operational efficiency, strengthen system governance, support regulatory compliance, and maximize the Department's investment in enterprise technology.
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Ideal Candidate
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Minimum Qualification
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Technology, Engineering, or similar technical degree and two (2) years of experience in systems administration. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling six (6) years may substitute for the required education and experience.
Employment Requirements
Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License and pass a pre-employment background check.
Working Conditions
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT) and extensive phone and personal computer usage. Some sitting, standing, bending and reaching may be required.
Supplemental Information
Do you know what Total Compensation is? Click here
Agency Contact Information: Juan Torres (505) 538-0115. Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
State of New Mexico
IT Systems Administrator (RLD #22700)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Added 1w ago10,000+ employees
Job functions:
$36 - $54/hr
2+ yrs exp.
Bachelor's degree in management information systems
Full Time
Job Description
Posting Details
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Division certifies and regulates approximately 429,000 individuals and businesses that fall into the following seven divisions: Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Boards and Commissions Division, Cannabis Control Division, Construction Industries Division, Financial Institutions Division, Manufactured Housing Division, and Securities Division.
Our goal is to assure that New Mexicans receive quality services from qualified individuals and businesses while also ensuring a fair and prompt administrative process.
Interviews are anticipated to be conducted within two weeks of closing date.
Why does the job exist?
This position exists to support the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department by administering, maintaining, and optimizing the Department's Salesforce platform to ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient delivery of licensing, compliance, enforcement, and administrative services. The IT System Administrator serves as the primary administrator for the Department's Salesforce environment, ensuring the platform remains available, secure, and aligned with business and regulatory needs.
The position is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Salesforce by managing user access, security roles, profiles, permission sets, workflows, automations, reports, dashboards, data integrity, and system performance. Working closely with business stakeholders, application developers, business analysts, project manager, and external vendors, the IT System Administrator implements platform enhancements, supports system integrations, troubleshoots complex issues, manages releases, and ensures adherence to Salesforce and industry best practices.
This position is essential to maintaining the integrity, security, and scalability of the Department's Salesforce environment while enabling business operations through reliable technology solutions. The IT System Administrator ensures the platform continues to meet evolving operational requirements, supports regulatory compliance, promotes efficient business processes, and maximizes the Department's investment in its enterprise technology infrastructure.
How does it get done?
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Ideal Candidate
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Minimum Qualification
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Technology, Engineering, or similar technical degree and two (2) years of experience in systems administration. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling six (6) years may substitute for the required education and experience.
Employment Requirements
Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License and pass a pre-employment background check.
Working Conditions
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT) and extensive phone and personal computer usage. Some sitting, standing, bending and reaching may be required.
Supplemental Information
Do you know what Total Compensation is? Click here
Agency Contact Information: Juan Torres (505) 538-0115. Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Division certifies and regulates approximately 429,000 individuals and businesses that fall into the following seven divisions: Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Boards and Commissions Division, Cannabis Control Division, Construction Industries Division, Financial Institutions Division, Manufactured Housing Division, and Securities Division.
Our goal is to assure that New Mexicans receive quality services from qualified individuals and businesses while also ensuring a fair and prompt administrative process.
Interviews are anticipated to be conducted within two weeks of closing date.
Why does the job exist?
This position exists to support the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department by administering, maintaining, and optimizing the Department's Salesforce platform to ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient delivery of licensing, compliance, enforcement, and administrative services. The IT System Administrator serves as the primary administrator for the Department's Salesforce environment, ensuring the platform remains available, secure, and aligned with business and regulatory needs.
The position is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Salesforce by managing user access, security roles, profiles, permission sets, workflows, automations, reports, dashboards, data integrity, and system performance. Working closely with business stakeholders, application developers, business analysts, project manager, and external vendors, the IT System Administrator implements platform enhancements, supports system integrations, troubleshoots complex issues, manages releases, and ensures adherence to Salesforce and industry best practices.
This position is essential to maintaining the integrity, security, and scalability of the Department's Salesforce environment while enabling business operations through reliable technology solutions. The IT System Administrator ensures the platform continues to meet evolving operational requirements, supports regulatory compliance, promotes efficient business processes, and maximizes the Department's investment in its enterprise technology infrastructure.
How does it get done?
- Administer, configure, and maintain the Department's Salesforce platform by managing users, profiles, permission sets, roles, security settings, page layouts, objects, fields, validation rules, flows, reports, dashboards, and other platform functionality to support business operations.
- Monitor the health, availability, performance, and security of the Salesforce environment by proactively identifying system issues, resolving incidents, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to ensure a reliable and secure enterprise platform.
- Manage Salesforce releases, system upgrades, sandbox environments, deployments, and change management activities while coordinating with developers, business analysts, project managers, and vendors to ensure successful implementation of new features and enhancements.
- Maintain the integrity, quality, and security of enterprise data by supporting data imports, exports, migrations, deduplication, validation, backups, and data governance activities in accordance with Department policies and regulatory requirements.
- Support Salesforce integrations with MuleSoft and other enterprise systems by monitoring integration performance, troubleshooting connectivity and data synchronization issues, and collaborating with technical teams to resolve integration-related problems.
- Develop and maintain system administration documentation, including configuration standards, security procedures, environment documentation, release notes, technical guides, and operational procedures that support long-term platform sustainability.
- Provide technical support, system administration, and end-user assistance by resolving complex Salesforce issues, fulfilling service requests, recommending configuration improvements, and delivering user training to promote effective adoption and efficient use of the platform.
- Evaluate and implement Salesforce platform enhancements, automation opportunities, security improvements, and administrative best practices that improve operational efficiency, strengthen system governance, support regulatory compliance, and maximize the Department's investment in enterprise technology.
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Ideal Candidate
New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department leadership, divisions, employees as well as constituents of the State of New Mexico.
Minimum Qualification
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Technology, Engineering, or similar technical degree and two (2) years of experience in systems administration. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling six (6) years may substitute for the required education and experience.
Employment Requirements
Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License and pass a pre-employment background check.
Working Conditions
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT) and extensive phone and personal computer usage. Some sitting, standing, bending and reaching may be required.
Supplemental Information
Do you know what Total Compensation is? Click here
Agency Contact Information: Juan Torres (505) 538-0115. Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
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Entry Level Senior Systems Administrator Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level senior systems administrator job?
Employers hiring at the entry level look for hands-on evidence of systems skills, so build a homelab, earn vendor certifications like CompTIA Server+, Microsoft AZ-900, or VMware VCP, and document what you built and why. Internship experience or a capstone project demonstrating Windows Server, Linux administration, or virtualization gives your application a concrete edge over candidates with credentials alone.
Which companies hire entry level senior systems administrators?
Companies hiring entry level senior systems administrators right now include Apple, Unisys, and State of New Mexico, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Hiring covers large enterprises with structured IT rotational programs, mid-size technology firms, and managed service providers that regularly bring on junior administrators to grow into senior responsibilities.
Are there remote entry level senior systems administrator jobs?
Yes, though on-site roles still dominate at the entry level because hands-on infrastructure work often requires a physical presence. About 30% of entry level senior systems administrator openings are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, so filtering by work setting when you search helps you find the arrangement that fits your situation.
Are these new grad senior systems administrator jobs?
Yes, these listings include new grad, recent graduate, and junior roles alongside other entry level postings. A new-grad-friendly posting typically welcomes zero to two years of experience, accepts internship work or a homelab portfolio in place of full-time history, and avoids requiring years of specialized enterprise tool experience that a recent graduate could not realistically have acquired yet.
Which industries hire the most entry level senior systems administrators?
Entry Level senior systems administrator roles concentrate in Education, Science & Research, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Those sectors drive hiring at this level because they maintain large on-premise and hybrid infrastructure footprints that require consistent staffing across all experience tiers, including candidates just entering the field.