Windows/Linux Administrator - Denver, CO

Windows/Linux Administrator

Location: Denver, CO Position Type: contract Rate: DOE US Citizen, Green Card, GC EAD and H4 EAD only No Third-party agencies corp to corp.

Our client is looking for a Windows/Linux Server engineer to join our Public Works team for a short-term implementation engagement. The position will play a fundamental role in designing and implementing several foundational IT services while driving a cultural change at the City as well. This role will primarily be focused on Windows Server Administration, Active Directory Administration and Red Hat Server Administration, and various other process improvement. Utilizing their experience, the ideal candidate will collaborate with Public Works Traffic Management Operations, Technology Services Operations, Applications, Security and Network teams to implement solutions following best practices and standards, mentor junior staff members, and establish processes and documentation supporting these solutions. Additional duties will include documentation of current environment.

Expected Responsibilities:

• Maintain Active Directory to include GPO and user account administration
• Manage servers to include access and patching
• Document current server infrastructure
• Responsible for backup of servers
• Analyze current processes and identifying efficiency improvements
• Facilitate meetings with stakeholders to collect and validate information about current state environments
• Facilitate meetings with stakeholders to collect design requirements for future state systems and processes
• Serve as a mentor to junior team members, contributing to studies and proposals, generate intellectual capital, providing training as necessary and building and maintaining trusted relationships with co-workers and peers
• Perform operational support duties on Linux and Windows systems as needed
• Use SolarWinds to monitor servers

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Science, or Operations Management preferred.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills – elicitation, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
• Analytical and conceptual thinking skills with innovative capacity.
• Ability to handle complexity and ambiguity, and provide structure to complex problems
• Proven written and verbal communication skills. Experience in soliciting key data; transmitting information accurately and understandably.
• Ability to effectively present and explain information to various group sizes and levels of knowledge.
• History in adaptive personal skills, adapting to changes in the work environment, managing competing demands, and ability to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and plan work activities, using time efficiently and developing realistic action plans.
• Ability to deal with confidential and sensitive information and records with a high degree of discretion, diligence, and good judgment.
• Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and monitors own work to ensure quality, presents complex architectural models and technical approaches and decisions effectively.
• Ownership of assigned tasks from initiation through completion
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team