Sr. Cloud Systems Administrator at Five Rivers IT, Inc.
New York City, NY
$140,000–$180,000
Jul 14, 2026
New York City, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A broad Azure-focused infrastructure role responsible for designing, operating, and governing a multi-site Microsoft cloud environment — covering networking, identity, security, IaC/DevOps pipelines, observability, and Azure Virtual Desktop. The position also handles cloud migrations, cost management, and M365 administration, and acts as a senior escalation point for critical incidents. Suits an experienced Azure generalist comfortable bridging hands-on engineering with cross-functional stakeholder communication.
Senior level · 7+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,015 (middle half $98,091–$145,542).
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 (8)
SOC classification is a close call: the role is titled 'Cloud Systems Administrator' and the primary day-to-day work centers on operating, governing, and maintaining Azure infrastructure (networking, identity, security, monitoring, cost management) — consistent with 15-1244. However, the IaC/CI-CD/scripting duties (Terraform, Azure DevOps pipelines, PowerShell automation) add meaningful software-building work, making 15-1252 a credible runner-up.
Terraform is listed as 'preferred' within the IaC requirement, but the overall IaC requirement ('hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates') sits firmly in the required qualifications block. Terraform is captured as the primary skill with Bicep and ARM templates as named alternatives.
Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions are presented as interchangeable ('and/or') in the requirements section; emitted as one skill with GitHub Actions as the alternative.
PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash, and Python are listed as interchangeable scripting options in the requirements block; emitted as one skill with the others as alternatives.
Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Datadog are listed as interchangeable monitoring/observability options in the requirements block; emitted as one skill with the others as alternatives.
All skills under 'Preferred Qualifications' — including Azure Virtual Desktop, FSLogix, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft 365 services, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud — are marked preferred. Note that Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Cloud also appear in the main duties narrative, but they are not explicitly called out as required in the 'Knowledge, Experience and Skills' section.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
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