Senior Windows Systems Engineer (Active Secret Clearance or higher)

Company: General Dynamics Information Technology
Location: Sterling
Posted on: January 7, 2021

Job Description:

Travel Required: Less than 10%
Requisition Type: Regular
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities

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  Leads, develops and mentors junior technical team members
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  Assigns tasks to team members based upon available skills/load in order to ensure scheduled deadlines are achieved
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  Interviews/selects personnel to fill vacancies and/or augment services as the program grows to scale
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  Actively and fully engage in the implementation of a DevSecOps system framework
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  DEV
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  Designs, develops, and deploys Windows servers hosted in virtualized environments (test and production)
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  Owns the design/configuration of Windows 10 desktop/laptop image. Consults with vendors to evaluate new firmware/hardware/software offerings
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  Assesses systems performance, explores opportunities for improvement and presents recommendations to program leadership
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  Designs program strategy for DR/COOP and updates as requirements/technology evolve
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  Develops technical architecture documentation that details procedures for installation, maintenance, security, configuration, and disaster recovery.
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  Defines performance metrics and implements a plan to monitor infrastructure to ensure services are being delivered as per service level agreements (SLAs)
  SEC
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  Creates risk mitigation strategies when vulnerabilities cannot be remedied and works with IT security to review and act on any directed changes
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  Supports information assurance process in a technical role by complying with technical controls, technical checklists etc.,
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  Validates solutions are within compliance specifications of CSfC, GDIT Cyber Team and USG sponsoring agency
  OPS
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  Manages laptop imaging process to fulfill orders
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  Coordinates maintenance activities including testing and scheduling for maintenance outages ensuring that all change records have been approved prior to maintenance events
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  Upgrades and manages all domain services and work with various system owners to coordinate systems upgrades, system backups as well as hardware refreshes
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  Responsible for operational availability of all the systems hosted within the MRN infrastructure
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  Establishes, maintains and executes operations procedures to leverage efficiencies and best practices
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  Establishes technical standards and ensure adherence to them for operations
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  Defines and manages performance metrics for technology and IT operations
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  Defines monitoring requirements for servers and applications as well as develops and deploys alerting strategies
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    Position Required Skills:
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    Experience and familiarity with virtualization technologies (ex. MS Hyper-V, VMWare, Citrix, Cisco UCS)
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    Extensive knowledge administering and managing Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2, 2016 and 2019 operating systems
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    Expert working knowledge of Active Directory, DNS and Group Policy to manage enterprise environment
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    Experience automating repeatable processes using PowerShell scripting
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    Experience with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
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    Experience working as a part of a small team and working directly with customers
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    Ability to architect and deploy Active Directory DC design, Schema, OU design, AD replication topology, and DC backup/restore procedures
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    Experience with Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) and AD Connect
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    Administration experience with Microsoft products such as: Data Protection Manager (DPM), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Exchange or Exchange Online
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    Strong communication skills
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    Knowledge/experience with cross-domain solutions
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    Perform proactive monitoring of system logs, services, scripts, and applications on servers' systems, storage arrays for internal and customer-facing applications
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    Software and hardware troubleshooting skills to resolve issues
    Required Education, Experience and Certifications
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    BS in computer science, computer systems, electrical, mechanical, network or other engineering disciplines, mathematics or statistics and at least 10 years of specialized IT experience in Microsoft Windows administration and engineering
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    Experienced in AWS, AZURE, Google Cloud Services, or other Cloud environments
    Desired:
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    Advance degree in Information Technology related discipline
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    Microsoft certifications
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    Experience troubleshooting network connectivity issues involving Firewalls, Load Balancers, and Proxy servers
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    Splunk implementation experience
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    ITIL Foundations V3 or V4
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      Other:
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      Desire to attend CSfC training and earn certification
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