Windows Systems Administrator AWS Cloud

26 May 2024

Vacancy expired!

This Position is NOT available on C2C. ONLY W2

Title: Windows Systems Administrator – AWS Cloud

Location: Olympia, MD

Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire

Job Description:

Terms of Employment
  • W2 Contract-to Hire, 6 Months
  • Conversion Salary: N/A
  • Location: Remote
  • Need to come onsite at Olympia, WA periodically.
  • Must be located in the Lacey, WA area (within 60 miles of Olympia, WA)

Overview
  • The role of System Administrator is to manage a dynamic AWS cloud-based infrastructure consisting of various Security & monotoring tools, Internal/External File transfer tools along with Windows administration. As a System Administrator, you will be involved in coordinating with department team to plan, design, and schedule the release of all software and hardware, updates and upgrades. You will work as a member of large technical team responsible for the design, development and implementation (DDI) of Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) for states like Michigan, Illinois, Utah, Washington and federal projects like OWCP, EDPS and VA-FAC. These are high-volume systems that operate out of multiple data centers and cloud environments like AWS and Oracle.

Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain the organizations’ AWS Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Design, configuration, implementation, security hardening, administration, maintenance and troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows servers.
  • Setup Microsoft Active Directory and configuration in all projects, group policy, user and security group creation, trust creation between internal and external domains.
  • Manage and maintain VMware, IBM SAN, and Nutanix on-prem.
  • Deploy servers and workspaces in projects in AWS console. RDS databases, FSX files shares, EC2 Instances, security groups, S3 storage, IAM roles, System Manager, Images and storage.
  • Install maintain Enterprise antivirus solutions such as Symantec and Sophos for both On-premise and confluence.
  • Install and maintain OpManager used for monitoring in all projects. Patch manager from ManageEngine.
  • Install, configure and maintain Enterprise Managed File Transfer solutions
  • Install, Configure and maintain DASH solution like Tehama to create desktop templates as needed and deploy to users as requested.
  • Escort the vendors to the data center when there are any hardware replacements planned.
  • Maintaining a complex server-based enclave, including performing system scans, vulnerability management activities, and active directory configuration

Required Skills & Experience
  • Expert knowledge with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a Network administration.
  • Implementation experience in various security products and solutions including but not limited to Audit/SIEM Solution (such as Anti virus, Nessus scanning, vulnerability management etc)
  • Monitoring Solutions (such as Opmanager tools).
  • Ability to work independently and at times as only team member representative working directly with customer IT team.
  • Strong System Administration of Windows Servers demonstrated in a large complex enterprise environment.
  • Participate in planning and providing schedule inputs for all operational activities that require systems administration.
  • Research new technologies for adoption, perform POC’s to determine if these technologies will work for us to improve efficiency and performance.
  • Interact and lead vendors activities/performance, support procurements

Technical Skills
  • Active Directory Design, administration, troubleshooting to include DNS, Group Policy, Domain builds, AD Trusts, user account administration.
  • AWS cloud infrastructure experience creating and managing AWS servers, infrastructure, and services.
  • Knowledge of networking, tcp/ip, IP ranges and subnets.
  • Windows server building experience on 2016 - 2019.
  • Windows troubleshooting experience

Preferred Skills & Experience
  • Powershell, knowledge of OpManager, Cloud Sophos Antivirus, Nutanix, SAN usage

Sincerely,

Preetam Raj

Team Lead, Talent Acquisition

nTech Solutions Inc.

D: 410-505-4857

E: preetam@ntechworkforce.com

preetam(at)ntechworkforce(dot)com

  • ID: #41617216
  • State: Washington Olympia 98501 Olympia USA
  • City: Olympia
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2022-05-26
  • Deadline: 2022-07-23
  • Category: Et cetera