Remote Firewall Administrator Jobs in California

Salary : $110,232.72 - $134,235.71 Annually
Location : San Diego
Job Type: Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 202500049
Department: Information Technology
Opening Date: 06/17/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
Department: Information Technology
Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• 9/80 Compressed Work Schedule (office closed every other Friday)
• 14 paid holidays
• 457 tax-deferred savings plan
• Employer paid pension contribution of 14% to base salary
• Social security exempt
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 annually
• Sharp PPO or HMO Plan, Kaiser Permanente HMO Plan,
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible spending account
• Health and wellness perks
• Rewards & Recognition program

To see full benefits package, please visit:
https://www.sdhc.org/sdhc-employee-benefits/
About SDHC:
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is an award-winning public housing agency in the City of San Diego that provides innovative housing assistance programs for households with low income or experiencing homelessness. The San Diego City Council, in its role as the Housing Authority of the City of San Diego, oversees SDHC. SDHC helps pay rent for more than 17,000 households with low income annually; is a leader in collaborative efforts to address homelessness, such as the Community Action Plan on Homelessness for the City of San Diego and SDHC's homelessness initiative, HOUSING FIRST - SAN DIEGO, which has created more than 11,000 housing solutions since November 2014 for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness; and creates and preserves affordable rental housing, with more than 23,000 affordable units in service in the City today with SDHC's participation.
About the Department:
The Information Technology (IT) Department supports the agency's mission by ensuring that its core business applications, cyber security defenses, and departmental processes are implemented, regularly reviewed and updated, and comply with industry best practices. Underlying each of these functions is the IT Department's oversight of data governance - the overall management of data assets for SDHC regardless of where data is stored or who is consuming it.
About the Position:
SDHC operates a multisite hybrid infrastructure with tightly integrated on-prem systems, cloud identity, virtualized workloads, modern collaboration platforms, layered security tooling, and enterprise grade backup/replication systems.
The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for infrastructure engineering, cloud identity integration, high availability systems operations, and cross stack troubleshooting across network, server, storage, security, and collaboration technologies.
You will serve as a senior escalation resource, drive modernization projects, improve reliability and performance, and ensure secure and resilient operations for mission critical systems.
Examples of Essential Job Functions
Key Technical Responsibilities
Hybrid Identity & Access

• Engineer and support hybrid directory services and cloud identity integrations.
• Maintain secure authentication flows, conditional access policies, and MFA integrations.
• Ensure reliable sync, replication, and domain services across on-prem and cloud.

Virtualization, Compute & Storage

• Operate enterprise virtualization platforms, resource optimization, and patching.
• Manage enterprise storage platforms and multi-tier storage architectures.
• Oversee backup, replication, immutable storage workflows, and DR readiness across on-prem and cloud environments.

Networking & Perimeter

• Troubleshoot advanced routing, switching, VLAN design, wireless fabric, inter-site connectivity, and cloud-edge routing.
• Maintain secure remote connectivity, VPN posture, and multi-site network reliability.
• Assist with firewall policy validation, segmentation alignment, logging, and monitoring.

Cloud Platforms & Monitoring

• Manage hybrid workloads, cloud VMs, backups, logging, and monitoring systems.
• Support workload migrations, performance base lining, and secure cloud configuration.
• Troubleshoot resource issues across identity, compute, storage, and network layers.

Collaboration & Unified Communications

• Support enterprise-grade collaboration platforms and unified communications systems.
• Maintain meeting room technologies, device integrations, and cross-platform interoperability.

Security & Resilience

• Assist cybersecurity teams with alert triage, endpoint hardening, patch management coordination, and secure configuration baselines.
• Identify recurring issues and drive systemic fixes, hardening, and automation opportunities.

Leadership, Documentation & Projects

• Lead infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and modernization projects.
• Produce detailed documentation, runbooks, architectural diagrams, and standards.
• Mentor junior staff and act as senior technical escalation for complex incidents.
• Coordinate with vendors, engineering teams, and cross-department stakeholders.

Preferred Technical Background

• Deep experience managing hybrid identity environments (on-prem + cloud).
• Strong troubleshooting ability across the full stack: directory, networking, virtualization, storage, cloud services, endpoint systems, and collaboration platforms.
• Hands-on experience maintaining enterprise monitoring, backup, replication, and DR environments.
• Familiarity with MFA platforms, secure remote access technologies, and modern endpoint management solutions.
• Experience supporting distributed environments with both on-site and remote users.

Typical Qualifications
Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Programming, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years progressive systems administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to obtain a California Driver's License by appointment.

Supplemental Information
Physical Demands:
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate a motor vehicle and to visit various Commission sites; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone. This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
Environmental Elements:
Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
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