Senior IT System Administrator at NerdWallet
San Francisco, CA
$95,000–$179,000
Jul 21, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level infrastructure role focused on administering and securing corporate IT systems, with particular emphasis on identity management (Okta), endpoint management (Jamf, Intune), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and network infrastructure. The position involves building automation across IT operations, enforcing SOX compliance, and collaborating with Security, DevOps, and HR teams. It suits an experienced IT administrator comfortable working independently on enterprise-scale systems.
Senior level · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 770 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 320–1,650
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The degree requirement (Associate or Bachelor's) explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so it is not treated as a hard gate.
Azure and GCP appear in the narrative description of responsibilities alongside AWS, but only AWS is explicitly called out as a hard requirement in the qualifications section; Azure and GCP are marked preferred accordingly.
SOX compliance appears in both the responsibilities section and the 'nice to have' block; it is marked preferred because the qualifications section frames it as a functional understanding rather than a proven enterprise-scale requirement, and the 'plus' block reinforces its optional nature.
NIST and ISO appear only in the 'Any of the following are a plus' section and are marked preferred.
IT certifications are listed only as a plus and are not captured as a named technology skill.
The alt SOC (15-1212 Information Security Analysts) was considered given the security posture, SOX compliance, and least-privilege language, but the primary day-to-day work — identity platform administration, MDM, network/server maintenance, endpoint management — aligns more closely with 15-1244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators.
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