Jr. System Administrator

Job Description
ECS is seeking a Jr. System Administrator to work in our Sierra Vista, AZ office.

As a leading provider of managed cybersecurity services, ECS provides a highly tailored and customized offering to each customer. Our team is responsible for protecting both our customers and corporate environment at ECS. Our mission is very broad, and our team is agile. We will look toward your unique skills to approach and solve problems in your own way. Whether engineering a system to address a technical hurdle, protecting customers data or consulting on a wide range of security topics. You are empowered to engage and lead across multiple groups.

Job Responsibilities:

• Integrate with, and support, a team of subject matter experts in a highly agile environment to implement best-in-class, multi-Cloud solutions for large DoD programs.
• Work within a Hybrid Cloud engineering team to design, build, implement, and maintain Microsoft Office 365 security solutions to include Microsoft Defender.
• Identify enterprise and customer-specific issues in Microsoft|Office 365, conduct in-depth diagnostics, and develop innovative solutions to resolve issues.
• Develop tools and scripts to automate deployment, troubleshooting, monitoring, and diagnostics activities.
• Coach and mentor new hires, and support training initiatives/professional development to improve team capacity and performance.
• Function as a technical escalation point within the team.
• Develop a Cloud-Hosting System Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

Required Skills

• 3+ years of progressive experience supporting Microsoft 365 Application Services:
• Deploy and Manage STIGs in DoD Hybrid environments.
• 3+ years of experience supporting Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Intune, EntraID
• Microsoft | Office 365 Admin Application and Services in a hybrid server environment
• Understanding of M365|O365 licensing
• PowerShell scripts creation
• Experience in Active Directory, MFA and Security Compliance
• Prior experience providing user support and conducting user software and hardware training to formulate technology solutions and ensure effective safeguarding and sharing of enterprise data
• Experience supporting mission-critical, 24x7 systems.
• IAT II Certifications: CompTIA Security+ and/or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification

Desired Skills

• Proficiency supporting Windows and Linux Server|Desktop endpoints
• Proficiency with Cloud networking and troubleshooting Cloud networking environments (IP networking, VPNs, DNS, and load balancing)
• An understanding of firewalls, NAT, SSL|TLS, etc.
• Experience in one or more automation languages (ARM|Bicep Templates, BASH, Python)
• Familiarity with Identity and Authentication processes (SSO|Federation, AD|Azure AD etc.)
• Experience with Azure subscriptions, Azure RBAC, Purview, Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM), Microsoft 365.
• Active Top Secret security clearance

Desired Certifications:

• Microsoft MD-102 certification
• Azure AZ-104 certification
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert or similar certifications.

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ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3200+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.