Associate IT Administrator at TFC Poultry

TFC Poultry is a family-owned business with the purpose to build a family culture for all those we influence to lead a healthy, balanced life. TFC Poultry recently expanded and opened our second poultry production plant in Winchester, Virginia, as such we're currently hiring for our Associate IT Administrator.

The Associate IT Administrator will report to the IT Administrator and is responsible for keeping the organization's IT environment healthy, secure, and reliable. This role will focus on daily monitoring of key systems, server maintenance, and user policy enforcement across both cloud and on-prem environments. The Associate IT Administrator will also help monitor and configure backups, run security checks, and ensure infrastructure systems are running smoothly while assisting with user and device management. This role requires strong attention to detail, technical discipline, and the ability to escalate issues quickly before they snowball.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Perform health checks on critical systems:

• Endpoint security status and alerts
• Firewall performance, security events, and uptime
• Backup jobs and verification of recovery points
• VM Farm overall health and status

• Administer user accounts, licenses, and permissions in Microsoft 365 and on-prem AD.

• Support and enforce Group Policies (GPOs) for domain-joined systems.

• Deploy and manage applications, updates, and compliance policies through Intune.

• Assist with patching, updates, and periodic maintenance windows.

• Document incidents and resolution steps in line with IT standards.

• Escalate unresolved or high-priority issues to senior IT staff or vendors.

• Provide secondary end-user support as needed, with a focus on system-related issues.

Education and Experience:

Basic Requirements:

• 1-3 years of IT administration or technical support experience.

• Microsoft 365 (cloud domain) - user/device management, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint

• Active Directory (on-prem) - OU structure, GPOs, user accounts

• Microsoft Intune/Entra - application deployment, compliance policies, conditional access

• Backup, restore, and data validation processes

• Endpoint protection tools (ThreatDown, Defender, or similar)

• Firewalls and basic networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, VLAN)

Preferred Requirements:

• Hyper-V and VM management experience (setup & configuration, storage management, etc)

• Basic DBA Experience. Basic understanding of SQL management and setup.

• Powershell and scripting knowledge (Power BI and PowerAutomate a plus)

• Strong attention to detail - want to catch issues before they become outages.

• Ability to follow checklists, processes, and escalation protocols consistently.

• Clear communicator who documents accurately and works well in a team.

Job Growth Path:

This role builds the foundation for promotion into IT Administrator or Systems Engineer roles. Over time, the Associate IT Administrator will transition from primarily monitoring and maintenance tasks into more advanced responsibilities, including project work, system upgrades, and infrastructure design.

Benefits:

• 75% Paid Employee and Dependent Health Insurance

• Dental/Vision Insurance

• 3% Matched 401k Retirement

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Holidays

• Frequent Company Lunches

• Long Term Disability

• $25,000 Term Life Insurance

• Work boot Reimbursement

Apply now to join the TFC Poultry family!