Systems/Network Engineer at Arizona Department of Administration
PHOENIX, AZ
$90,000–$100,000from the description
Aug 17, 2026
PHOENIX, AZ
Aug 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level systems administrator role at the Arizona Corporation Commission responsible for managing and securing the agency's Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud environment. Day-to-day work spans identity and endpoint management (Entra ID, Intune), Exchange Online, compliance and security tooling, DNS/DHCP/Active Directory, and PowerShell automation, with some tier 2/3 Windows support. Best suited to an experienced Microsoft-stack administrator comfortable with vulnerability remediation and independent problem-solving in a government setting.
Senior level · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 290 people in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 60–620
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $95,791 (middle half $77,906–$122,281). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
No overall years-of-experience figure is stated in the posting; seniority is inferred from the 'Sr.' title and the breadth and depth of the KSAs listed.
Remote work is described as a management option that can be revoked at any time, not a guaranteed employee benefit — the role is treated as on-site for classification purposes.
The WAF/firewall requirement names Barracuda, Palo Alto, and CrowdStrike as examples; these are captured as alternatives since the posting frames them as illustrative ('like … and other NG Firewalls').
The two Microsoft certifications (Security Operations Analyst Associate and Security Administrator Associate) appear under 'Selective Preference(s)' and are marked as preferred accordingly.
The role has a meaningful security component (vulnerability remediation, Defender, DLP, compliance), which makes 15-1212 a plausible alternative SOC; however, the primary day-to-day work is administering and operating the Microsoft stack rather than security analysis, so 15-1244 is the primary classification.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
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