{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a79d8d9f207ddec5e7e4f6e2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a79d8d9f207ddec5e7e4f6e2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a79d8d9f207ddec5e7e4f6e2","title":"Sr. Systems Administrator","description":"Sr. Systems Administrator\nLocation: Pryor, OK or Ft. Wright, KY (Candidates must reside within or be willing to relocate to one of these areas)\nWhat is IP Corporation:\nIP Corporation is a privately held, family-owned company with over 60 years of experience manufacturing high-performance materials used across a wide range of industries, including marine, transportation, construction, and industrial applications. Through our operating companies — including Interplastic Corporation, North American Composites (NAC), HK Research, and Molding Products — we deliver innovative resin, gel coat, and composite solutions across North America.\nAt IP Corporation, we combine the stability of an established organization with the agility to modernize and evolve. Our teams are collaborative, hands-on, and driven by continuous improvement, operational excellence, and long-term investment in our people and technology.\nWhat you’ll do as a Sr. Systems Administrator:\nThe Sr. Systems Administrator is a senior-level, hands-on infrastructure role responsible for supporting the reliability, security, and lifecycle management of IT and OT-adjacent systems across IP Corporation’s manufacturing environments. This role blends traditional Systems Administration responsibilities with manufacturing infrastructure ownership, network engineering, automation, virtualization, and onsite operational support.\nThis individual will serve as a key technical owner for manufacturing infrastructure outcomes, partnering closely with plant leadership, Controls & Automation teams, Desktop Operations, and centralized IT teams to ensure production-critical systems remain stable, secure, and supportable.\nWhat you can expect to do as a Sr. Systems Administrator:\nServe as the primary technical owner for manufacturing IT and OT-adjacent infrastructure at assigned plant locations.\nMaintain and support Windows Server environments supporting manufacturing and operational systems.\nManage virtualization platforms including VMware environments and future-state Nutanix AHV infrastructure.\nSupport infrastructure hosting SCADA, HMI, historian, and manufacturing applications.\nDesign, maintain, and troubleshoot industrial and manufacturing IT networks including switches, VLANs, firewalls, routing, and DMZ environments.\nMaintain secure OT/IT connectivity and segmentation aligned with cybersecurity and operational best practices.\nDevelop and maintain scripting or automation solutions for infrastructure, monitoring, configuration management, and network operations.\nPlan and execute infrastructure activities during scheduled plant shutdowns, maintenance windows, upgrades, and cutovers.\nProvide onsite support for production-impacting incidents, manufacturing connectivity issues, and operational infrastructure needs.\nSupport basic onsite IT needs such as workstation connectivity, printer support, and plant-floor access issues while partnering closely with Desktop Operations.\nParticipate in vulnerability remediation, incident response activities, risk reviews, and OT security initiatives.\nMaintain accurate documentation including network diagrams, inventories, SOPs, lifecycle tracking, and operational standards.\nCollaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing operations, engineering, automation, vendors, and enterprise IT teams.\nDrive continuous improvement efforts that reduce operational risk, improve resiliency, and reduce vendor dependency.\nWhat we are looking for in a Sr. Systems Administrator:\n5+ years of Systems Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, or related IT infrastructure experience.\nProven experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or OT-adjacent environments.\nHands-on experience supporting onsite infrastructure operations in production environments.\nExperience supporting plant shutdowns, infrastructure cutovers, maintenance windows, or high-risk operational changes.\nStrong Windows Server administration experience.\nExperience supporting virtualization platforms such as VMware; Nutanix experience is preferred.\nStrong networking fundamentals including switching, VLANs, routing, firewalls, ACLs, and segmentation.\nFamiliarity with manufacturing technologies such as SCADA, HMI, historians, FactoryTalk, ThinManager, or similar industrial platforms.\nExperience with scripting, automation, or infrastructure-as-code concepts for operational efficiency.\nStrong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving abilities.\nExcellent communication, documentation, and organizational skills.\nAbility to work independently while maintaining strong accountability and ownership.\nWillingness to travel approximately 20–25% to manufacturing sites as needed.\nAbility to support occasional after-hours or weekend work during shutdowns or maintenance activities.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience supporting multi-site manufacturing environments.\nExposure to OT security frameworks and industrial cybersecurity best practices.\nExperience transitioning environments from vendor-led to internally managed support models.\nPrior mentoring, technical leadership, or lead Systems Administration experience.\nExperience supporting enterprise manufacturing environments with high uptime and operational reliability expectations.\nWhy IP Corporation?\nPositive, challenging, and supportive work environment.\nOpportunity to play a key role in modernizing manufacturing infrastructure and operational technology environments.\nExposure to enterprise infrastructure, manufacturing systems, and OT/IT integration initiatives.\nCompetitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, generous PTO, 401(k) with company match, and profit sharing.\nFreedom to innovate and make a meaningful impact within a collaborative, values-driven organization.\nOpportunity to work closely with manufacturing operations and directly influence production-critical technology initiatives.\nIP Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workplace. 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