Associate Systems Administrator (R5997)

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.  Job Description: The Associate Systems Administrator provides day-to-day enterprise end-user IT support, systems administration, infrastructure maintenance, and asset lifecycle support. This role is responsible for helping maintain a secure, reliable, and efficient IT environment by delivering white-glove technical support to employees, with particular focus on executive users, executive assistants, board-facing support needs, and visiting leaders. The ideal candidate combines solid technical troubleshooting skills, sound judgment within established processes, and a customer-focused approach, and operates effectively in a fast-paced enterprise environment. What you'll do: • Deliver excellent customer service while supporting employees across multiple locations. • Provide day-to-day technical support for endpoint and user systems across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments. • Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot hardware, software, mobile devices, and peripheral equipment for end users. • Deliver white-glove support for executive users, executive assistants, board-related activities, and visiting leaders with a high level of professionalism, responsiveness, and discretion. • Support conference room, collaboration, and meeting technology for executive meetings, leadership reviews, and other high-visibility events. • Administer user accounts, permissions, and access controls through Active Directory and Azure AD in accordance with established security and compliance requirements. • Support endpoint management and security controls to maintain a secure and compliant computing environment. • Perform local IT asset lifecycle activities, including device provisioning, deployment, inventory tracking, maintenance, refresh coordination, and secure decommissioning. • Maintain accurate asset records and software licensing information using IT service management and asset management tools. • Respond to and resolve service requests and technical incidents in a timely manner, escalating more complex issues through established support paths. • Create and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and knowledge base content. • Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and security teams to support enterprise IT operations and coordinated issue resolution. • Participate in planned maintenance activities and support occasional after-hours or on-call responsibilities as required. Required qualifications: • 5+ years of experience in systems administration, desktop support, or enterprise IT support roles. • 3+ years of experience supporting executives, executive assistants, or other VIP users in a corporate environment. • Experience supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems in a business environment. • Working knowledge of Active Directory, Azure AD, and identity and access management concepts. • Experience troubleshooting endpoint hardware, software, operating system, and basic collaboration technology issues. • Familiarity with networking fundamentals, including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, switching, and wireless networking. • Experience using IT service management and asset management platforms such as Jira Service Management, Snipe-IT, ServiceNow, or similar tools. • Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and customer service skills. • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders. • Abi