Systems Administrator - Enterprise Infrastructure (Remote)

Job Posting:

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce. Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.

Systems Administrator - Enterprise Infrastructure

We have an exciting opportunity for a remote Systems Administrator - Enterprise Infrastructure to join Ferguson's IT Infrastructure team. In this role, you will support and maintain a highly distributed enterprise environment across cloud platforms, virtualization technologies, identity services, operating systems, networking, storage, and security solutions. You'll serve as a key technical resource responsible for infrastructure operations, production support, system reliability, and troubleshooting complex issues that impact business-critical systems across the organization.

Location: This role is approved to be fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, maintain, debug, and support systems software, hardware, and infrastructure platforms to ensure expected availability, performance, and operational stability.
• Monitor, analyze, and tune system performance to identify improvement opportunities, resolve constraints, and optimize reliability across enterprise systems.
• Configure, maintain, and monitor security access control systems to support secure, compliant, and properly governed access to enterprise resources.
• Perform disaster recovery planning and coordinate business continuity activities, including backup, restoration, recovery readiness, and high-availability support for critical systems.
• Manage problem tickets, operational tasks, out-of-cycle requests, system owner requests, software owner requests, and support escalations through timely investigation, documentation, resolution, and follow-up.
• Support multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure operations across Azure, AWS, and GCP, along with on-premises Active Directory, VMware, Windows and Linux systems, networking, storage, security, and enterprise backup platforms.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues involving networking, routing, DNS, identity, permissions, compute, storage, virtualization, operating systems, performance, and application connectivity.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience administering enterprise infrastructure in distributed, hybrid, or cloud-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, VMware, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, and/or GCP), networking, storage, backup technologies, and security access controls.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues and driving incidents through resolution.
• Experience supporting high-availability systems, disaster recovery processes, backup restoration, and business continuity initiatives.
• Experience managing service tickets, operational tasks, escalations, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across infrastructure, engineering, and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or other scripting/automation tools.
• Familiarity with ITIL, change management, and incident management processes.
• Relevant Microsoft, VMware, AWS, Azure, or CompTIA certifications.

At Ferguson, we care for each other. We value our well-being just as much as our hard work. We are committed to a holistic approach towards benefits plans and programs that support the mental, physical and financial well-being of our associates. Our competitive offering not only includes benefits like health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance and a 401(k) with a company match, but our associates also enjoy additional meaningful and inclusive enhancements that are adaptable to their diverse situations and needs, including mental health coverage, gender affirming and family building benefits, paid parental leave, associate discounts, community involvement opportunities and more!

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Pay Range:

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Actual pay rate may vary depending upon location. The estimated pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on a candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.

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Estimated Ranges displayed are Monthly for Salaried roles OR Hourly for all other roles.

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This role is Bonus or Incentive Plan eligible.

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Ferguson complies with all wage regulations. The starting wage may be higher in certain locations based on local or state wage requirements.

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The Company is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.

Ferguson Enterprises, LLC. is an equal employment employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

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