Senior Integrator - Windows Server Engineering

Description:
Onsite in Washington, DC

Our client is a premier technology integrator delivering technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise IT solutions. The organization designs, develops, and sustains offerings that support diplomatic missions, defense requirements, and exploration from the ocean floor to outer space. With diversified contracts and global network integration expertise, it provides end-to-end capabilities with a commitment to ethical performance and integrity.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident.Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Public Trust clearance.This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $70.00 to $78.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities

• Work full-time onsite at headquarters in Washington, DC with coverage ending between 5 pm and 7 pm daily.
• Support server infrastructure in a 24x7 on-call escalation rotation once every 2 to 3 months.
• Identify opportunities to innovate and enhance service delivery through automation and scripting.
• Oversee daily system monitoring, verifying integrity and availability of hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes, and review system and application logs and scheduled jobs.
• Serve as an escalation point for application support and troubleshooting and guide resolution of complex production, application, or system problems.
• Perform provisioning, patching, and day-to-day management of servers including vulnerability remediation.
• Provide technical expertise to prevent service degradations and restore services during outages.
• Conduct root cause analysis and problem management for Windows systems and tools.
• Improve processes through solutions to recurring problems and enhancements to existing solutions or documentation.
• Support new enterprise systems and contribute to engineering solutions addressing existing issues.
• Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting steps.

Experience Requirements:
Experience Requirements

• Experience managing environments of 2000+ servers across multiple field site locations.
• Experience leading troubleshooting calls across multiple teams using a multi-discipline approach.
• Extensive knowledge of multi-vendor server operating systems.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise Windows operations and engineering.
• Expert-level Microsoft Server administration.
• Expert-level scripting with MS Graph, PowerShell, and VBScript.
• Expert-level experience with Windows Server 2019 to 2022.
• Expert-level experience with VMware vSphere and Hyper-V virtualization.
• Senior-level experience with Active Directory and Entra.
• Experience performing root cause analysis, risk identification, and risk mitigation.
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective collaboration.
• Demonstrated experience in a fast tempo ITSM support environment.
• IT Service Management services delivery to the US Government (preferred).
• Microsoft certifications such as Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Endpoint Administrator Associate, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate, or MS365 Certified Administrator Expert (preferred).
• AWS or Azure cloud certifications (preferred).
• VMware certifications (preferred).
• Google certifications or experience with Google Workspace deployment and implementation (preferred).
• ServiceNow ITSM platform experience (preferred).
• Knowledge of DISA STIG and CIS Benchmark guidelines for Microsoft Windows servers (preferred).
• Intune access experience with co-management across MS Intune and SCCM/MECM (preferred).
• Knowledge of PKI technologies including DigiCert, Sectigo, KeyFactor, and certificate issuance and management solutions (preferred).
• Additional professional IT or Project Management certifications (preferred).

Education Requirements:
Education Requirements

• Microsoft certifications such as Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Endpoint Administrator Associate, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate, or MS365 Certified Administrator Expert.
• AWS or Azure cloud certifications.
• VMware certifications.
• Google certifications related to Google Workspace deployment and implementation.
• Additional professional IT or Project Management certifications.