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.
- 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:
- 1–3 years of experience in enterprise desktop support, IT support, or junior systems administration.
- Experience supporting Windows and macOS operating systems; exposure to Linux is a plus.
- Basic experience administering Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), or similar identity management platforms.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and VPN connectivity.
- Familiarity with endpoint management tools such as Microsoft Intune, JAMF, or similar platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting, organizational, and documentation skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-first mindset.
- Ability to prioritize multiple requests in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred qualifications:
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with ticketing systems such as Jira Service Management, ServiceNow, or similar.
- Familiarity with IT asset management platforms such as Snipe-IT.
- Basic scripting experience with PowerShell or Bash.
- Exposure to virtualization, Microsoft 365 administration, or cloud technologies.
- CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, Microsoft, or other relevant certifications.
Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience in enterprise desktop support, IT support, or junior systems administration
- Experience supporting Windows and macOS operating systems
- Basic experience administering Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD, or similar identity management platforms
- Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and VPN connectivity
- Familiarity with endpoint management tools such as Microsoft Intune, JAMF, or similar platforms
- Strong troubleshooting, organizational, and documentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-first mindset
- Ability to prioritize multiple requests in a fast-paced environment
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience with ticketing systems such as Jira Service Management, ServiceNow, or similar
- Familiarity with IT asset management platforms such as Snipe-IT
- Basic scripting experience with PowerShell or Bash
- Exposure to virtualization, Microsoft 365 administration, or cloud technologies
- CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, Microsoft, or other relevant certifications
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as excellent, with dental/vision and mental‑health support, and ancillary protections like life and disability appearing in benefit summaries. The breadth and perceived affordability of coverage are highlighted as a standout component of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is featured alongside enhanced maternity benefits, fertility and childcare support, and onsite resources such as a Mother’s Room. These elements are positioned as competitive and above the minimal baseline for the company’s stage.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is granted to all full‑time hires, with RSUs, double‑trigger tax timing, and tools to model scenarios (e.g., through Carta Tax). Communications also reference a transition from options to RSUs, reinforcing access and maturity of ownership programs.
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What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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