Systems Administrator II

System Administrator

Candidates must be WI residents or willing to relocate to WI at their own expense prior to starting. This position can work 100% remotely (within the state of WI).

Job description:

This System Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning and support of the Agency infrastructure core server applications and systems. Job activities will include daily operational support for numerous different technologies and core agency systems. Including but not limited to; Microsoft Office 365 components, SharePoint administration, HID smart card 3rd level support, VMware, Cisco Unified Communications servers, and Active Directory services.

• The System Administrator will seek to ensure that the uptime, performance, resources, and security of applications he or she manages meet the needs of the users and ensure that Agency compliance is met.
• This Administrator will have an integral liaison role in working with the Department of Administration (DOA), Division of Enterprise Technology (DET) infrastructure teams to maintain system integrity in the administration of servers, provisioning of file services, data backup and recovery.
• The System Administrator will also be required to maintain an inventory of Agency servers, backup policies, installed applications, and end user program access or use.
• They will need to have excellent communication skills to assist with operations work and project tasks.

Top 3-4 desired skills required for the position:

• Third level support experience with VMWare Horizon view.
• System Administrator experience with MS Servers.
• System Administrator experience with Active Directory.
• Experience with O365 administration.

Skills/knowledge:

• The Candidate should have advanced level knowledge of core Microsoft technologies.
• These include but not limited to: Active Directory Domain Services, DHCP, DNS, Group Policies, Distributed Files services and security, certificate creation and renewal, and numerous Windows Server Operating systems 2012 and 2016.
• Knowledge of VMware and PowerShell scripting is a must have.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure clouds services and support is a nice to have.
• Having knowledge and practical use of multifactor authentication for Digipass, HID Smart Cards, or Microsoft’s MFA.
• The candidate will follow industry standard best practices and methodologies and provide knowledge transfer to other staff through both direct and indirect communication.
• The candidate should have experience creating technical documentation, policies, and procedures.