System Administrator/Network Engineer- $60,000- $75,000/Doe Missoula, Montana

ELM Utility ServicesMissoula, MT

$60,000 - $75,000 / year

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Overview

Remote

On-site

Compensation

$60,000-$75,000/year

Job Description

ELM Utility Services, with a team of over 1700 employees nationwide, is offering a great opportunity for a System Administrator / Network Engineer in the Missoula, Montana area. This position can be offered as a hybrid position to the right candidate pending interview. In this role your job will be to help operate and secure our hybrid environment across two physical locations and Azure. This is a hands-on role focused on reliability, security, and network design—especially network segmentation and control implementation aligned with SOC 2 Type II expectations.

Our Total Rewards Package Includes:

Optional benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA, H.S.A., and Teladoc.Company Paid Life Insurance

Paid-Time Off (PTO) for vacation and sick time6 Paid Holidays

401(k) planBonuses for milestone anniversaries

Competitive pay based on experienceLong history of stable employment and promoting from within

Opportunity to lead and modernize production systems with meaningful operational impact

Roles & Responsibilities:

Infrastructure & Systems Support (core)

Handle escalated (Tier 3) tickets from the service desk: AD account changes, GPO troubleshooting, permissions issues, shared resource problems
Perform routine Windows Server maintenance: patching, health checks, and scheduled reboots during approved change windows
Assist with VMware ESXi/vSphere operations under senior guidance (VM provisioning from templates, snapshot lifecycle, capacity monitoring)
Monitor Nimble storage health, alerts, and capacity; escalate anomalies with clear context
Execute and verify backup jobs; participate in scheduled restore tests
Respond to monitoring alerts — resolve what you can, escalate the rest with good notes

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in systems administration and/or network engineering in a Windows/VMware environment

Proven experience designing and implementing network segmentation in a business environmentExperience operating security controls in a compliance-driven organization (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc. — SOC 2 a strong plus)

Technical Skills (strongly preferred)Azure networking (VNets, NSGs, UDRs, VPN gateways, private endpoints)

SonicWall administration (policies, NAT, VPNs, security services)Routing/switching fundamentals and VLAN/subnet design

Network segmentation implementation (ACLs, firewall zoning, micro-segmentation concepts, tiered network models)VMware ESXi/vSphere administration

Nimble storage (or comparable SAN/NAS experience)Windows Server and Active Directory (AD DS/DNS/DHCP/GPO)

Centralized logging/monitoring tools (Datadog, Splunk, Sentinel, etc.)Endpoint/device management (Intune) and security tools (Defender, EDR)

Scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python) for operational tasksWireless infrastructure management and NAC concepts (802.1X, RADIUS, conditional access tied to device posture)

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