Systems Administrator & Security Engineer

About this role

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR & SECURITY ENGINEER

Jani-King International | Addison, TX

*Secure It. Automate It. Modernize It.*

Jani-King International is the global leader in commercial cleaning franchising, with over 6,500 franchisees and 120 regional offices worldwide. For more than 55 years, we’ve partnered with top organizations across healthcare, education, hospitality, government, retail, and more — backed by a corporate technology team that keeps our multi-state operations secure and running.

We are seeking a Systems Administrator & Security Engineer to own the administration, security, and ongoing modernization of our corporate and multi-state IT infrastructure. This is a hands-on, technical role that blends deep systems administration with real security engineering — and a strong automation mandate. If your instinct when you see a manual, repetitive task is to ask “why is this still being done by hand?” and then go build the solution, this role is for you.

You’ll keep servers, networks, and enterprise applications running reliably across the corporate office and Regional Offices, harden and defend the environment, and lead the push toward automated, modern, well-documented operations.

Department: Information Technology | Reports To: Director of IT | Schedule: Full-Time • Mon–Fri • 8:00 AM–5:00 PM | Travel: Occasional (multi-state)

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Information Technology, the Systems Administrator & Security Engineer supports a technology environment that includes Windows servers, Active Directory, network infrastructure, corporate applications (FAS, Traverse, HubSpot), legacy systems, and Microsoft 365, spanning the corporate office and Regional Offices across multiple states.

What success looks like: You bring strong systems and security judgment, prioritize competing demands across sites, take a proactive approach to monitoring and hardening, and apply real analytic...