Description
Windows Systems Engineer
Alpharetta, GA 30005
6 month contract
$45-50/hr
Our Americas Datacenter, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is seeking a Systems Engineer to serve as a technical resource and divisional technical escalation point in the area of expertise. This position will also support corporate and Global Technology Services through strategies and development of cross-functional solutions and resolve broad, complex problems with medium to long term impact to the Company. In this role, provide advanced levels of systems expertise, participate in upgrade & refresh projects and resolve technology issues impacting the Company. The position will provide support, technical guidance, lead projects and assist other teams with the Windows Infrastructure in daily activities.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 6+ years progressive technical experience in a multiple operating system hardware and/or application platform as well as 3+ years of solutions integration or systems engineering experience on significant and highly complex projects. Broad knowledge of Industry policies, products, markets, processes, technical platforms and major applications as well as an understanding of standard IT principles and practices. Demonstrated technical experience in supporting corporate strategies through the development of cross-functional solutions from a technical and financial viewpoint.
Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills with ability to take highly technical information and present to all levels of management, technical staff, business/professional contacts and vendors. Strong consulting and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated skills in advanced diagnostics and problem solving methodologies. Demonstrated project lead experience in organizing, planning and executing large scale projects from conception through implementation.
Specialized Technical Skills: (advanced technical and development experience in one or more disciplines required)
Demonstrated experience in implementing and supporting large scale global Windows Infrastructures and end user computing platforms.
Extensive hands on experience in Windows systems engineering, administration and support of devices and Servers.
Strong hands on expertise in Microsoft Windows Active Directory 2008/R2 and 2012/R2. Experience in group policy & user profile management is required.
Excellent Scripting skills required with PowerShell.
Hands on Windows troubleshooting skills required with Server platforms such as 2008/R2, 2012/R2 and client OS such as Windows 7 and 10.
Enterprise level experience in managing endpoints (workstations/desktops/laptops) in a large global environment is highly desired.
Experience with automation, orchestration & provisioning tools such as Chef is a huge plus.
Experience with Active Directory migration tools and identity & access management and single sign on solutions in a huge plus.
Experience in endpoint management suites such as LANDesk, OMS, SCCM, SCOM, Nexthink is desired.
Exceptional skills and proven experience in Infrastructure implementation and support of industry standard high performance datacenter technologies, networks & server systems. Understanding of globally dispersed, tiered & scalable applications, highly available clusters, load balancers and enterprise class storage systems that meet 7 x % availability objectives.
Detailed understanding of global wide area networks, private and public cloud computing technologies and converged infrastructure is desired.
Industry standard and relevant technical certifications desired.
Other Information
Position requires on call availability and carries cell phone.
Candidates must be able to work on adjusting shifts in support of global projects that span multiple time zones.