Senior Systems Administrator
Tech Providers,· Apr 9, 2025 · 19mo agoPosted 566 days ago
Montgomery, AL
In office
Full-time
Senior
$137K–$195K est.
5+ years exp
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Job description
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 and servers 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 EntraID and app management
• Experience with Entra ID Connect and identity synchronization
• Experience in PowerShell 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:
• EntraID and app management
• Entra ID Connect and identity synchronization
• PowerShell 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 RedHat 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.
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