Network/Systems Administrator

Unusual Machines•Orlando, FL

6d•$90,000 - $105,000•Onsite

About The Position

Unusual Machines is a U.S.-based drone and drone parts company focused on the small and First-Person View (FPV) segments of the drone market. Our brands - Rotor Riot and Fat Shark - are two of the most respected names in FPV and have helped shape the industry through e-commerce, product development, and a deep connection with the pilot community. We’re expanding into enterprise and defense - bringing our obsessive attention to performance, design, and U.S.-based manufacturing into high-stakes environments like search and rescue and military innovation. With several of our products already approved by the Defense Innovation Unit, we’re solving procurement issues for customers who demand speed, agility, and compliance. If you love working at the intersection of community, content, and cutting-edge technology, you’ll feel right at home here. The Network / Systems Administrator is an individual-contributor role within a lean IT department of three. You will own the day-to-day administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Unusual Machines' enterprise network and systems infrastructure across all seven sites. Working directly with the Director of IT, you will be a primary subject matter expert for firewall, switching, wireless, identity, cloud, and server infrastructure, while supporting compliance obligations and contributing to ongoing strategic IT buildout initiatives. This role is ideal for a technically deep, self-directed administrator who thrives in a fast-moving environment, takes genuine ownership of infrastructure, and understands the discipline required in regulated industries.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience in a network/systems administration role in an enterprise environment
Enterprise firewall administration, including security policy, NAT, zone design, application-aware filtering, and centralized management platforms
Enterprise switching experience, including VLAN configuration, trunking, spanning tree, and QoS, in a production environment
Microsoft 365 back-end administration: Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, licensing, and service health management
Entra ID / Azure AD experience: Conditional Access, PIM, Identity Protection, automated provisioning, and group-based access management
Windows Server administration: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, and file services
Familiarity with backup/DR concepts and tools; ability to design and verify recovery procedures
PowerShell scripting for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Windows Server automation tasks
Experience working in a compliance-driven environment (SOX, ITAR, HIPAA, PCI, or equivalent)
Strong documentation discipline, you write things down and keep them current
Candidates must be a US Citizen or permanent resident to be eligible for employment

Nice To Haves

Relevant firewall vendor certification (e.g., PCNSA/PCNSE or equivalent)
Cisco CCNA or CCNP certification
Microsoft certifications: MS-102 (M365 Administrator), SC-300 (Identity & Access), AZ-104 (Azure Administrator)
Cloud-managed wireless and SD-WAN administration experience
Modern endpoint management / zero-touch provisioning experience
Vulnerability management platform experience
Zero-trust / secure remote access administration experience
Experience with storage networking and NAS platforms
Experience supporting multi-site WAN environments
Familiarity with enterprise ITSM platforms

Responsibilities

Administer and maintain the enterprise firewall environment, including centralized policy management, NAT, zone architecture, and application-aware filtering rules
Manage secure remote access and zero-trust network access (ZTNA) policy enforcement for a distributed workforce
Operate and maintain enterprise switching infrastructure across all sites, including VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, QoS, port security, and configuration management
Administer enterprise wireless access points and branch failover connectivity across all locations via centralized cloud management
Maintain enterprise WAN connectivity across all seven sites; coordinate with carriers on circuit issues and escalations
Manage dedicated storage networking with performance-optimized configuration for enterprise storage workloads
Support DNS operations for the company's domain infrastructure
Administer the Microsoft 365 tenant, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive
Manage enterprise identity infrastructure: Conditional Access policy authoring and tuning, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Identity Protection risk policies, and automated provisioning integrations
Operate endpoint management tooling for policy management, compliance baselines, zero-touch device provisioning, and application deployment
Administer Windows Server infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and file services
Manage NAS/storage infrastructure
Operate and maintain backup and disaster recovery processes; ensure recovery objectives are met and tested
Operate within the enterprise ITSM platform: own infrastructure-tier tickets, contribute to CMDB asset accuracy, document changes per change management process
Maintain network and systems documentation to a professional standard, including configuration baselines, topology diagrams, runbooks, and change records
Participate in on-call rotation and respond to after-hours infrastructure incidents as needed across a multi-site footprint
Provide assistance and escalation support to Desktop Helpdesk staff for network, identity, and server-related issues