Senior Systems Engineer II (Windows)

Job Title: Sr. Systems Engineer II (Windows)

Location: Pocatello, ID

Clearance: requires a Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI)

Overview

The Senior Systems Engineer II (Windows) is responsible for engineering, design, integration, deployment, testing, certification, patching, addressing interoperability issues, not only of the base operating system, but for all support libraries, components and application dependencies. In this role, you will be responsible for the MECM or SCCM platform and endpoint deployments across all enclaves and classification levels. This includes the maintenance of existing platforms, upgrades to new versions, enhancements such as enabling HA and clustering, new from-scratch deployments, and engineering of future solutions for improvements.

Relocation assistance and potential sign on bonus can be offered with this opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and provide ongoing support of the Windows Infrastructure.
• Serve as the expert for all Windows environments.
• Engineer, integrate, design and deploy various Windows components and expert knowledge in Active Directory, Group Policy, digital certificates, multi factor integration, DNS and DHCP.
• Create and maintain bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate distribution of Windows and network configuration, using tools that include Windows Deployment Services, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager, Hyper-V, SQL Server, Windows 2016/2019, and Windows 10.
• Provision/configure required software onto servers, such as web servers and databases such as SQL Server.
• Possess proficient understanding of networks, storage, and LAN/WAN systems and applications as well as their dependencies.
• Evaluate, improve, and maintain the information security throughout the Windows infrastructure.
• Work in hybrid environment of virtualized and cloud platforms.
• Monitor and correct critical server issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks.
• Use native, add on tools, and third-party tools to troubleshoot malfunctions, optimizations. The Contractor shall use tools include Resource Kits.
• Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools to include printing.
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes.
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Participate in the design of information and operational support systems.
• Provide 3rd level support.
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
• Ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval.
• Integrate systems with Windows as it applies to authentication and core services dependencies such single sign-on and Active Directory. Engineer and implement solutions for multi factor authentication with FBI standardized software and hardware.
• Document system configurations to include passwords, access controls, version number, and revision numbers, patch levels, and inventory to include hostnames, TCP/IP addresses, number of processors, and number of cores, memory, and license keys.
• continually transition knowledge to the government staff through training and assistance on how to use the technology using industry best practices.
• Build and maintain deployments and collections using MECM/SCCM.
• Maintain desktop image for enterprise on each security boundary.
• Provide endpoint management to workstations and servers.
• Perform patch management for servers, workstations, and infrastructure devices.
• WSUS administration.
• Configure and troubleshoot all components of an enterprise MECM/SCCM deployment, to include SQL Server backend, distribution points, collections, task sequences, etc.
• Support and update AV.
• Ensure servers, workstations and infrastructure devices have latest approved patches.
• Automate procedures using scripts.
• Troubleshoot and evaluate MECM/SCCM client logs and identify problems.

Qualifications

• Position requires a Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) prior to starting. If the candidate does not have a CI poly, one will be conducted after hire, and maintaining employment is dependent upon the candidate's ability to pass the CI polygraph.
• Bachelors Degree Preferred.
• 6 years of experience.

Black Bear Technology Solutions, LLC (B2TS), is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. B2TS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at B2TS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. B2TS will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.