Windows & Linux System Administrator
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Administer Windows and Linux environments focusing on identity access management, endpoint security, and PowerShell automation.
Identity & Access (Core Focus)
- Administer and support Entra ID (Azure AD) users, groups, roles, and access assignments.
- Manage user lifecycle operations (joiner, mover, leaver) within Microsoft 365.
- Support and troubleshoot Conditional Access, MFA enforcement, and identity-related access issues.
- Investigate sign-in failures, risk events, and access inconsistencies using Entra ID logs and reports.
- Maintain secure access patterns following least-privilege and security baseline requirements.
Endpoint Management (Intune / MDM)
- Manage Intune-enrolled Windows devices, including:
- Compliance policies
- Configuration profiles
- Application deployment
- Support Entra ID–joined devices and understand how device state impacts Conditional Access.
- Troubleshoot device compliance and enrollment issues affecting user access.
- Assist with policy cleanup and rationalization to reduce configuration drift and user friction.
Automation & Scripting
- Automate identity and endpoint operations using PowerShell.
- Develop scripts for:
- Bulk user updates (attributes, licenses, group membership)
- Reporting on inactive users or stale devices
- Safe, repeatable administrative tasks with logging and error handling
- Ensure scripts are idempotent, auditable, and safe to re-run.
Operational Support
- Actively troubleshoot and resolve access, authentication, and device-related incidents.
- Support Microsoft 365 services from an administrator/operator perspective.
- Follow defined security baselines, access controls, and change management practices.
- Document procedures, runbooks, and common troubleshooting paths.
Collaboration
- Work closely with the IT Infrastructure Manager, CyberSecurity engineers, and studio teams.
- Communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders when access or policy changes impact workflows.
- Supports production-critical identity and endpoint services in a dynamic studio environment.
- Must be comfortable handling multiple priorities and interruptions.
- May be required to support after-hours changes or incident response during critical periods.
- 3–6 years of hands-on experience administering Entra ID-only Microsoft environments.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English (job role is in a multi-cultural environment)
- Strong operational knowledge of:
- Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Microsoft Intune / MDM
- Conditional Access & MFA
- Microsoft 365 user and license management
- Practical PowerShell scripting experience for automation and bulk operations.
- Experience troubleshooting real-world identity and device compliance issues.
- Solid understanding of:
- Identity-based access control
- Device compliance and access evaluation
- Basic networking fundamentals (DNS resolution, authentication flows, VPN impact)
How we rate this
Windows & Linux System Administrator at Savvy Games Group rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where system administration was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where identity and access management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where mdm was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where troubleshooting was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: System Administration, Identity And Access Management, Mdm, Automation, and Troubleshooting. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them — a tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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