Duration: 6-month contract to hire
Qualifications:
- 10+ years' experience supporting Windows server administration.
- 4+ years of experience in AWS, Terraform, Ansible/Chef/Puppet.
- Excellent skills in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and PowerShell.
- Good understanding of administration, configuration, maintenance, and operational support of Windows systems.
- Experience maintaining security, and emergency patching/fixes.
- Experience in automating common operational support processes using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and PowerShell.
- DevOps mindset with vast experience in scripting and development that helps translate from new projects to Operations.
- Familiarity with Active Directory, DNS, and F5 Big IP Load balancers.
- Demonstrated experience in the administration of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
- Hands-on experience with Windows 2016 and 2019 servers.
- Prior experience with the creation and deployment of new Microsoft Windows Server operating systems, with both On-Prem and AWS-based infrastructures.
- Monitor the health of all servers and infrastructure components; perform break troubleshooting and periodic preventive maintenance.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with multiple teams, and both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong Written/Verbal communication who can deal with customers daily.
Must have:
- Advanced working experience in AWS
- Excellent Windows administration skills
- MECM (Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) / SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager)
- PowerShell
- Terraform
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the maintenance and support of Compute infrastructure, including vulnerability remediation, configuration management, capacity management, and provisioning.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
- Configure, administer, tune, and optimize AWS workload.
- Serves as technical subject matter expert for the resolution of issues related to Compute infrastructure including on-prem and cloud servers, and associated components.
- Troubleshoot issues, capture, and analyze system-level logs/dumps, and collaborate with vendors as needed according to incident/problem management processes.
- Handle common services including security vulnerability remediation, performance issues, backup, recovery, licensing, upgrades, and standard operating procedures.
- Develop and implement automation solutions for common operational support processes to enhance efficiency.
- Lead and participate in performance tests; identify bottlenecks, opportunities for optimization, and capacity demands.
- Play an active role in Enterprise Service Management including incidents, service requests, and change management requests related to Windows and AWS.
- Work with cross-functional teams to solve problems and deliver solutions.
- Work collaboratively with the Offshore and Onshore team.
- Focal point of contact between the Customer and client’s team on technical/Solution discussions.
I would love to connect and explore this opportunity. Please call/email me at your earliest convenience or suggest a time when we can powwow.