Senior Support Systems Administrator

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Software
The Role
Technical owner of the support stack, leading Zendesk configuration, integrations (n8n, Zapier, Intercom), QA and staging, disaster recovery, documentation, and dashboards to improve scalability, resilience, automation, and data integrity across enterprise support operations.
Summary Generated by Built In

MaintainX is the world’s leading AI-powered maintenance and asset management platform, trusted by 13,000+ customers — including Duracell, Shell, Cintas, DHL, and Brenntag — to keep industrial operations running. Our platform manages 13.9M+ assets and has powered 79.5M+ completed work orders for 150,000+ weekly active technicians worldwide.

In July 2025 we closed a $150M Series D led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total funding to $254M at a $2.5B valuation. We were named to the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 and ranked #1 in EAM and CMMS on G2’s Summer 2025 report.

The market is moving: 68% of industrial companies have the same or more downtime than in 2024, and 3.8M manufacturing jobs will go unfilled through 2033. We’re building the platform that changes that.

The role

MaintainX’s support stack serves 13,000+ enterprise customers across some of the world’s largest industrial operations. As Senior Support Systems Administrator, you’re the technical owner of that infrastructure — not just keeping it running, but making it more resilient, more automated, and more trusted as we scale.

You’ll act as the technical lead for our Zendesk ecosystem and integrated tooling (n8n, Zapier, Intercom), bridging Support, Engineering, and Product. Your primary focus is scalability, system resilience, and data integrity — not just day-to-day config.


  • Own the Zendesk ecosystem — routing logic, triggers, SLAs, and Contextual Workspaces — so every ticket reaches the right agent without manual intervention.
  • Build and maintain reliable integrations across Zendesk Suite, ZIS, Intercom, n8n, and Zapier; own the middleware layer that connects our support stack.
  • Define and execute QA for all system changes: test plans, UAT, staging environments, and regression testing before anything reaches production.
  • Design and maintain disaster recovery for the support infrastructure — organized backups, recovery runbooks, and incident lead when things break.
  • Own technical documentation: a version-controlled source of truth for all workflows, API dependencies, and system changes — accurate enough for engineers, clear enough for agents.
  • Build dashboards that reflect reality, standardize metric definitions, and give leadership trusted visibility into support performance.
What we’re looking for

Must-haves:

  • 5+ years in Support Operations, Systems Analysis, or a technical ops role at a SaaS company.
  • Deep Zendesk expertise — triggers, automations, Liquid Markup, API usage, and Contextual Workspaces.
  • Technical fluency in JSON and JavaScript; hands-on experience with n8n or Zapier for middleware automation.
  • Proven QA discipline: test case creation, staging environments, regression testing, and UAT execution.
  • Track record of writing documentation that engineers trust and support agents can follow.
  • Experience with backup strategies and disaster recovery planning for SaaS tooling.

Nice-to-haves:

  • Experience with React or Tailwind CSS for Help Center customization.
  • SQL or advanced data visualization experience (Looker, Tableau).
  • Previous hands-on or frontline customer support experience.
What we offer
  • Competitive base + variable comp aligned to role and location.
  • Meaningful equity in a post-Series D, $2.5B company.
  • Day-1 health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Unlimited PTO — not a gimmick; we take it.
  • $500 home office stipend · $1K annual L&D budget.
  • San Francisco hub with flexible hybrid setup.
How we work

We deliver one platform for maintenance, repair & operations teams to keep the physical world running. You’ll work alongside smart, humble colleagues across North America who care about getting it right. We’re output-driven, promote quickly when people deliver, and have honest conversations early. If that’s the environment you want, we’d love to hear from you.

MaintainX is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years in Support Operations, Systems Analysis, or technical ops at a SaaS company
  • Deep Zendesk expertise including triggers, automations, Liquid Markup, API usage, and Contextual Workspaces
  • Technical fluency in JSON and JavaScript
  • Hands-on experience with n8n or Zapier for middleware automation
  • Proven QA discipline: test case creation, staging environments, regression testing, and UAT execution
  • Track record of writing documentation usable by engineers and support agents
  • Experience with backup strategies and disaster recovery planning for SaaS tooling
  • Experience with React or Tailwind CSS for Help Center customization
  • SQL or advanced data visualization experience (Looker, Tableau)
  • Previous hands-on or frontline customer support experience

MaintainX Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about MaintainX and has not been reviewed or approved by MaintainX.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Feedback suggests incentive structures with accelerators can significantly boost earnings for high performers, making roles feel rewarding when targets are met.
  • Healthcare Strength Company materials indicate comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage as core benefits, and feedback suggests employees value the breadth of this coverage.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Job materials describe flexible or 'take what you need' PTO policies, and feedback suggests this flexibility supports work-life balance.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
300 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

MaintainX is the leading maintenance and work execution software, designed specifically for industrial and frontline teams. We help companies streamline maintenance operations, improve asset management, and empower workers—all while delivering insights that can improve your bottom line. As a mobile-first platform, MaintainX delivers a modern, IoT-enabled solution for maintenance, reliability, and operations teams trusted by over 6,500 companies worldwide. If you’re looking for a CMMS solution that’s easy to use and implement, look no further. The MaintainX platform manages over 15 million work orders and 2.5 million assets, and is used by hundreds of thousands of workers globally. We help customers reduce unplanned downtime and increase asset availability, while meeting complex compliance needs and keeping workers safe. Ready to ditch the clipboard? Here's what we can help your team digitize: -Maintenance Work Orders -Preventive Maintenance -Safety Procedures -Safety and Environmental Audits -Multi-site Reporting -IoT & ERP Integrations -Auditing/Inspection Workflows -Training Checklists -Parts Order Management & Vendor Connections We’re proud to serve some of the world’s largest brands, including Duracell, AB InBev, Univar, Cintas, McDonalds, Titan America, and many more. To learn more, please visit www.maintainx.com

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