Muscatine, 52761, IA United States

Senior Windows System Administrator

Denver, CO

Contract

[Windows 2012/2016. Troubleshooting, Active Directory, Group Policy, Deployment Tools]

The ideal candidate will be a senior level Windows system administrator, with extensive experience in supporting Windows 2012 and 2016. This is a Level 3 support position in a large environment of more than 15,000 Windows servers. The position will be daylight, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend work or off-hours work. The candidate will support Microsoft Windows servers in a level 3 capacity, will execute approved change tasks, and will execute service requests.

The ideal candidate will have these skills:

• In-depth knowledge of Windows 2012 and 2016
• Superior troubleshooting skills. Must be able to find root cause of an issue quickly.
• Experience in a large (15,000+ servers) 24/7 environment
• Must be able to communicate clearly at a technical level
• Must be able to communicate to the executive level to provide business impact and situation updates
• A self-starter with time management skills, and the ability to work independently to meet deadlines.
• Ability to troubleshoot performance issues in a virtual environment
• Experience dealing with Windows vulnerabilities and their remediation
• Knowledge of Active Directory
• Experience in Group Policy
• Knowledge of networking concepts
• Experience in BMC BladeLogic, SCCM, or other deployment tools

The following skills are not required, but are a plus:

• Ansible automation
• Ability to script in PowerShell
• Experience in Microsoft Cluster
• Working knowledge of SQL, NAS, NFS and DFS
• Familiarity with VMware Vsphere, VM guest hardware and software, vhdx and rdms
• Knowledge of Dell and Cisco server hardware, iDRAC, BIOS updates etc.
• Knowledge of firewalls and proxies