Windows Enterprise Systems Administrator

We’ve determined which skillsets are most beneficial for this role. These skills are listed first below as the Must Haves and Nice to Haves our hiring team highly prefers. Below that you’ll find the standard job description for this opportunity.
Must Haves:

• 5 - 8 years of Microsoft Windows domain services experience in active directory, DHCP, DFS, and Group Policy management.
• 5 years of Microsoft Windows Public Key Infrastructure support
• 5 years of VMware Horizon virtual windows or red hat desktop support with desktop pools, instant clones, golden images.
• 1 year of VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Infrastructure support with vCenter, ESXi, Connection Server, Unified Access Gateway (UAG), AppVols, Horizon Administration.
• 1 year of command line experience in Linux.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, IT Security or related field, and minimum 6 years related experience. Or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with Cisco UCS servers, UCS fabrics.
• Basic SQL administration.
• Experience working with Bash, and Ansible.
• Experience with Microsoft ADFS.
• Strong understanding of Identity Management (IdM) utilizing SAML.
• Knowledge of CIS, NIST, STIG compliance.
• Experience with Disaster Recovery management and planning.
• Master’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, IT Security or related field, and minimum 4 years related experience

Job Description:

Searching for a senior technical professional to join the Managed Operational Support Services (OSS) team as an Enterprise Systems Administrator. Responsibilities for this position include maintaining the virtual desktop infrastructure and Microsoft domain services supporting federal telecommunications programs in accordance with established standards, policies, procedures and configuration guidelines. The Enterprise Systems Administrator will also monitor and maintain system hardware and application performance to meet program requirement Service Level Agreements (SLA). The position ensures that system hardware, software, and related procedures adhere to the system’s approved and controlled architecture and configuration. This position will configure and manage system authentication and access control algorithms and execute procedures for system configuration updates to support production builds.
Specific responsibilities will include:

• Windows domain services, active directory, DHCP, and DFS.
• Experienced with advanced group policy implementation and testing.
• Windows PowerShell, script development, and script administration.
• Manage VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments using Windows and Red Hat instant clone desktops.
• Understanding of AppVols and application management.
• Monitor and maintain remote geographically distributed hyperconverged VMware vSphere infrastructures utilizing vSAN.
• Strong understanding of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Resolve problems using internal and external groups, as needed, to correct trouble within the environment.
• Basic linux system knowledge.
• Ability to obtain a public trust security clearance.

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