WI Resident Windows Omnissa Horizon vSphere Systems Architect

Job Overview

WISCONSIN ONLY POSTING: POSTING IS FOR WISCONSIN BASED CANDIDATES ONLY (OR THOSE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO WISCONSIN WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE START DATE). Candidates that are NOT located IN WISCONSIN or NOT willing TO RELOCATE within that timeframe will NOT be considered and should not be submitted.

ALL WORK MUST BE DONE IN WISCONSIN

The State of Wisconsin DCF is looking for ONE (1) Systems Architect III.

Candidate must be physically located in the United States and within Wisconsin or willing to relocate to Wisconsin within 30 days of the start date.

Candidate will be required to provide their own equipment for this position.

Candidate will be available to perform all work during Central Standard Time (CST) business hours 9:00 am – 3 pm (or CST hours as defined by the hiring manager).

Maximum of 30% onsite work; the position is primarily remote (90% remote, 10% onsite).

• Expert level system administration skills for Microsoft Windows servers (10+ years).
• Active Directory Administration and other MS core services (Group Policy, DFS, DHCP, DNS).
• High‑level knowledge of Omnissa Horizon and vSphere (5+ years).
• Experience with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), monitoring tools, multi‑factor authentication, storage and backup, Power Shell scripting.
• Certifications and support for LDAP, SSL certificates, and authentication services.

• PLEASE NOTE:
  
  A real‑time screenshot photo of the candidate MUST be uploaded to the candidate's bid upon confirming the interview. See "DCF Realtime Photo Requirement & Instructions" document in the Attachments section of this posting for details.
• In‑person interview may be required. The hiring manager has discretion to allow phone or video interviews at any point during the process.
• Interviews will be set up shortly after the posting close date.
• Candidate must provide three (3) business references for the interview (one must be a supervisory level).

• Candidate MUST be physically located in the United States; international candidates / phone numbers will not be accepted.
• Candidate must follow ALL DCF work rules.

The Systems Architect III will provide innovative solutions within a diverse enterprise environment with multiple cloud services and on‑premises infrastructure components. The candidate will have expert level troubleshooting skills and the ability to analyze current technologies used within the organization and determine ways to improve performance and provide stability to backend services.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the on‑call support functions for the operations team.
• Directing and managing the workload of team members and adopting a collaborative approach to gather information and manage conflicts.
• Providing leadership and subject matter expertise in the administration, maintenance and support of numerous backend systems that support the agency’s application development, design, security, integration and desktop infrastructure.
• Documenting and monitoring requirements needed to institute proposed updates or new services.
• Ensuring best practices and…