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ID #19724336
State Minnesota
City Minneapolis / st paul
Job type Contract
Salary USD BASED ON EXPERIENCE BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Source The Ascent Services Group
Showed 2021-09-16
Date 2021-08-19
Deadline 2021-10-18
Category Et cetera
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Systems Administrator-Senior-(Windows Server And VM Ware)

Minnesota, Minneapolis / st paul, 55401 Minneapolis / st paul USA

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Job ID#: 21-08769Job Title: Systems AdministratorType: 3-Month Contract Location: Minneapolis, MN Description/Comment:Provide technical expertise and oversight to implementation, management and operational support of assigned systems administration function. This includes execution and oversight of provisioning, installing, configuring, tuning, operating, and maintaining systems hardware and software and the related infrastructure. Lead, through close collaboration with architectural and operational support teams (internal and external vendor partners), the research, ideation, system planning and improvement to enable continuing innovation within infrastructure and technical services. Responsibilities:

  • Maintain, monitor and manage assigned hardware and/or software systems, to include execution and/or oversight of vendors for the following: establish and maintain network and user environments, storage and security, and/or end-user computers and other computer peripherals; install and configure software, systems and updates as needed; install, configure and administer server hardware and software, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. per standards and requirements.
  • Lead and drive definition, implementation and enforcement of systems administration operational processes, procedures, policies and associated documentation.
  • Ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems and related procedures adhere to standards, methodologies and policies, enabling the productivity and effectiveness of employees, clients and vendor partners. Establish back-up processes, procedures and requirements and provide oversight to ensure compliance.
  • Research, identify, and drive the implementation of innovative approaches to system administration tasks with a focus on automation, error reduction and service improvement.
  • Regularly and proactively evaluate production issues to identify needs, issues or gaps and drive/implement solutions to improve performance and overall health of the environment.
  • Oversee daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as back-ups.
  • Create, implement, maintain and champion best in class monitoring and reporting processes. Create, implement and maintain a process to ensure appropriate updates, status reports, and usage/performance data is available, on an ad hoc and regular basis.
  • Provide level-2 support and serve as escalation point for assigned systems directly and by providing direction and mentorship to more junior members of the technical operations team (both internal and vendor partner resources).
  • Provide solutions or collaborate with vendors to resolve issues. Assist in and lead troubleshooting and diagnosis for system failures. Recommend fixes/improvements to prevent recurrence. Instruct users in the correct use of equipment or software as required.
  • Provide oversight, technical direction, and expertise to other technical members of project and support teams (may include employees, contractors, and /or vendor partners and their resources) to drive strategic initiatives.
  • Provide governance oversight to ensure adherence to standards, methodologies, policies and procedures.
RequiredMust have enterprise knowledge of:
  • Active Directory GPO management
  • Microsoft InTune/Microsoft Endpoint Manager configurations policies
  • Configuration Drift monitoring
  • PowerBI reporting
Strong Preference for a candidate who has migrated from AD GPO to InTune configuration policies for Windows 10 devices and users. Familiarity with ADMX administrative templates and Intune Group Policy Analytics is also strongly preferred. ContactZak HornungTechnical Recruiter

If this is not a fit for you or you are not interested, Ascent Services Group offers an excellent Referral Bonus! We look forward to hearing from you! About Ascent: The Ascent Services Group (ASG) is a nationally recognized technology staffing and consulting firm whose fundamental business is providing staffing services to Small, Medium, and Large Enterprise clients in our core market verticals: Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology and Life Sciences. As consultants for ASG, you will have access to many of the top clients within the industries we serve. Our goal is to deliver innovative talent through proven best practices and effective resource optimization. Become one of ASG s candidates and experience the difference!IND05

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