We are a Fortune 500 company based in Pleasanton, CA. We currently have a full-time need for a Senior Systems Engineer III with a heavy focus in Active Directory architecture.
This person will be responsible for a 5000+ users AD environment with numerous global locations. This team is responsible for day-to-day operations of our Microsoft production environment, along with managing OCS, blackberry, and various other collaboration tools.
As a member of the systems engineering team, this position will:
Provide the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the Active Directory environment.
Provide daily maintenance, software and hardware upgrades and protect against hackers, virus, intrusion, or breaches to applications and operating systems.
Optimize the enterprise directory services system.
Design, develop, implement and ensure consistency, compatibilities and reliability of all directory services systems and application interfaces.
Assist with the support and operation of DNS, LDAP, Meta and Virtual Directories.
Create and maintain documentation as it relates to systems design, systems configuration, testing and evaluation, and network configuration.
Work with project managers and business owners to determine business requirements for new system capabilities and take responsibility for service delivery aligned with requirements.
Research system engineering products and services and determine applicability to RHIs computing environments, creating recommendations for implementation.
Architect complex business systems using mixture of standard and custom hardware and software to meet business needs.
Lead process improvement efforts by providing constructive feedback, suggesting alternatives, and driving continuous process improvement.
Create and implement a disaster recovery procedure for all Active Directory environments.
Participate in primary on-call rotation supporting the Office of Data Center and Infrastructure and be available for after-hours and weekend support of critical servers as necessary
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Information Systems
Current MCSE certification on Windows Server 2003/8
Experience with installation, configuration, and maintenance of Microsoft systems
7+ years experience working in a large IT organization (100+ people) with a branch-based operation
5+ years Active Directory 2003/2008 experience
5+ years Windows Server 2003/2008 experience
2+ years project management experience in the creation and design of medium and large scale systems
Experience supporting an Enterprise-level Active Directory environment including configuration, implementation, administration, and troubleshooting in a 1,000+ user environment distributed across multiple locations
Expert in use of Microsoft operating systems, servers and clients
Expert in VB and PowerShell Scripting
Experience supporting VMware or virtual server environment
Experience with PKI, DHCP, DNS, FRS, LDAP queries
Expert in integration of related technology with business and computer systems
Ability to setup and maintain an Active Directory forest
Experience with implementing and applying technology control processes such as change management, availability management and production acceptance to improve service delivery
- Compensation: up to 135k DOE (Full Benefits, 401k Matching, Tuition Reimburstment)
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