It Systems Administrator - New York

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · New York, NY · Corporate

The IT Systems Administrator role at Legora focuses on managing and securing the IT infrastructure and SaaS applications that support the company's AI-native legal workspace. This includes daily IT operations, endpoint management, network security, and SaaS system governance. The role requires a builder mentality with a focus on automation and end-to-end ownership of IT systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Run day-to-day IT operations for a Legora office or region: endpoint management, on-site support, vendor coordination, and new-site buildouts.
  2. Own a portfolio of SaaS systems end-to-end — lifecycle, configuration, governance, procurement input, capacity planning, integrations health.
  3. Be the named system owner accountable for the B/C/D plan on each in-scope asset.
  4. Operate the global office network and zero-trust mesh, and the cloud firewall rules and segmentation that sit alongside it.
  5. Partner with the Helpdesk team on Tier-2 escalations and with Information Security on identity, network, and SaaS controls.

Skills

Required

  • Endpoint management
  • SaaS system administration
  • Network operations
  • IT operations
  • Vendor coordination
  • System governance
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Cloud network security

Nice to have

  • macOS and Windows administration at scale (MDM, Intune, security baselines)
  • Networking fundamentals — VPN, firewalls, DNS, office-network design
  • Infrastructure-as-code (Pulumi or Terraform)
  • DNS, BGP, and mTLS / certificate fundamentals
  • Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, 1Password, Lumos, Jamf, Apple Business Manager, and CrowdStrike
  • Neat video conferencing, Tailscale, Zoom, Meraki, and Verkada

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of relevant experience
  • A builder
  • Clear judgement on trade-offs between speed, security, and cost
  • Comfortable working across teams and locations
  • Ambitious about deepening your craft