Senior Systems Administrator

Role:
Senior Systems Administrator

Duration: 06+ months contract with extension

Location:
Montgomery, AL 36104 (Onsite)

Position Description:

• Seeking an experienced Microsoft Azure cloud engineer with expertise in the strategy, design, development, and implementation of large-scale projects in the cloud. The ideal candidate is experienced in cloud-based tech, with a firm grasp of emerging technologies, platforms, and applications, and ability to customize them to help our business become more secure and efficient.
• The Systems Engineer position will work within the Infrastructure Services Section to provide configuration and support, technical expertise, and administration of Azure and On-Prem Active Directory services. Knowledge of additional tools and services, such as IIS, SCOM, Powershell scripting, and ability to work in a collaborative environment is essential.
• An extensive knowledge of cloud maintenance and Azure certification AZ103/104 is required.

Skills Required:

• Senior Systems Administrator shall provide the following deliverables per directions of and assignment by the Agency Project Sponsor and/or the Manager.
• Knowledge of Entra
  
  ID and app management.
• Experience with Entra  and identity synchronization.
• Experience in Power Shell scripting or other automation scripting.
• Familiarity with SSO, SAML/OIDC and authentication protocols, NTLM, Kerberos, OAuth etc.
• Upgrade and configure system software and hardware components as needed.
• Assist in formation and maintenance of system standards. Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes.
• Administer, manage, and maintain Group Policy in a Windows Server environment. Review system and application logs, verify completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Repair and recover from system failures.
• Maintain Azure resources, user access, services, making recommendations and changes to improve performance as needed.
• Work closely with other departments to address system and infrastructure concerns.

Skills Preferred:

• Knowledge of Linux administration.

Experience Required:

5+ years of the following:

• Entra
  
  ID and app management.
• Entra  and identity synchronization.
• Power Shell scripting or other automation scripting.
• SSO, SAML/OIDC and authentication protocols, NTLM, Kerberos, OAuth etc.
• Upgrading and configuring system software and hardware components.
• Administering, managing, and maintaining Group Policy in a Windows Server environment.
• Maintain Azure resources, user access, services.
• Active Directory administration.
• Windows Server administration.

Experience Preferred:

• Strongly prefer that candidate have experience with Linux admin.
• Ubuntu or Red Hat preferred.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or equivalent work experience.
• Microsoft AZ103/104 certification is required.

Additional Information:

• Candidate will work 100% onsite in Montgomery, AL.
• No remote work will be considered at this time.