Sr. Systems Engineer

Sr. Systems Engineer

System Engineer

Arlington, VA

Asset Management

JO-1802-562

This position is responsible for the design, implementation and level three support of the Enterprise E-mail services platform and all related sub-systems, such as email archive servers and storage, OWA, BES, Lync, ActiveSync, Active Directory, Group Policy changes for messaging, and maintaining/administrating internal and external DNS. This position will also be responsible for the planning and execution of future upgrades and scalability improvements.

The ideal candidate is a messaging architect with subject matter expertise in the areas of Microsoft Exchange, Lync, Active Directory, VMware and Cloud-based technologies and Mobile Device Management (Mobile Iron and others).

Job Responsibilities

• Provide advanced level management of an Exchange 2013 environment
• Perform day to day operations in an enterprise Exchange 2013 environment, including change, release, performance and availability management
• Monitor availability and functionality of Exchange & Lync.
• Work with other technical teams including network and telephony engineers and vendors, as necessary, to support all messaging and collaboration environments
• Identify and recommend future technology upgrades needed by the organization
• Drive and document best practices for the messaging environments

Candidate should have prior experience in

• engineering/scoping, installing, configuring and maintaining Lync Server, Microsoft Exchange, and Windows Server environments
• Strong understanding of network protocols that support messaging
• Previous experience in designing and implementing core infrastructure environments within enterprise-level organizations
• Good awareness of ITIL based standards and principles are a plus
• Ability to interact with all levels of an organization in a professional, diplomatic, and tactful manner
• Keep up to date on iOS releases and communicate details about the upgrades and what the changes will mean to end users

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent work experience

ITIL v3 Certification, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and/or Microsoft Certified Exchange System Administrator

7+ years of experience desired with a proven skill-set and enterprise experience across various Microsoft and related technologies

Expertise in the Exchange 2007/ 2010/ 2013 administration - end to end

Strong understanding of Microsoft and VMware core infrastructures, Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy and PowerShell

Working knowledge of Storage Area Networks and Network Attached Storage

Working knowledge of enterprise-class backup and replication technologies

Understanding of O365, (Cloud exchange), Azure administration and mail box migrations

Experience with 3rd-party load balancers, reverse proxy devices, and SQL Server

Familiarity with Web servers administration and relevant interface, .Net exposure, Spam filter solutions, Symantec Enterprise Gateway

Good exposure to PowerShell scripts, automation

Proven thorough facility with developing strategy as well as writing, communicating, facilitating and presenting to all levels of IT, internal staff and management

Capable of creating best practice methodologies and tools, policies and procedures, whitepapers, and other standard business communications

Ability to effectively present information to top management