Microsoft Systems Engineer

Job Title: Microsoft Systems Engineer

Location: Washington, DC

Contract Length: 3 months +

The hiring manager works as the infrastructure manager and is aware what the market offers for years of experience

Top Skills:

5-7 years’ experience (there is no room for ramp up time);

MCSE 2008 or higher, if not needs 7 years of experience);

3 years’ experience with system management tool such as Big Fix of SCCM;

PowerShell Scripting (must be able to automate some of the functions);

Group Policy Administration; COMMUNICATION (8/10+); I will also be completing 1 manager reference prior to submission due to the speed of hire.

***Candidates must pass a 10 year federal, state, and county background check. There is also an employment verification that will also need to be verified for the past 3 roles or 10 years of employment. If they are unable to complete any of the following criteria they will not be submitted for consideration.

What they will be doing:

· Creating Baseline Golden Images

o A golden image is a template for a virtual machine (VM), virtual desktop, server or hard disk drive. A golden image may also be referred to as a clone image, master image or base image.

· Responding to security and scan and compliance reports by hardening the operating system as designated following HIPPA guidelines

· Developing functional process diagrams for Windows client/server services

· Providing Windows administration support focusing on the design, implementation and maintenance of Windows client/server services

· Developing comprehensive test cases to include testing scenarios for both normal and degraded (e.g., disaster recovery, continuity of operations, data recovery/spills, etc.) operations, pass/fail criteria, performance criteria, capacity planning, measurement criteria, results analysis procedures, and results/status reporting criteria

· Supporting the installation of new Windows client/server services components, if required

Key Technologies and Processes:

· Physical OOB and VMWare Virtual environment administration tool

· Windows Client/Server architecture, deployment, configuration and management Group Policy

· Break-fix Diagnostics

· Capacity management

· Performance tuning

· Cisco UCS, HP & Dell server technologies

· Monitoring and problem resolution

· Configuration management

· Optimization and resource management

· Security hardening

If you are interested in above position, please share your updated resume to gmahesh(at)usmsystems(dot)com or can directly call me on 703-880-4184.