Sr. System Engineer

Short Description

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a senior Systems Engineer.

Complete Description

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a senior Systems Engineer.

The selected candidate will have:

• Expertise in Window Server 2019/2022 administrator
• Knowledgeable of DNS and DHCP technologies
• Provide day-to-day system administration on Windows 2008 2012,2016,2019,2022user account management, log/ event log review, active directory management, group policies, patching and system maintenance.
• Extensive systems administration experience on the Windows Server platform, with web/app server deployments and operations including IP,HTTP, HTTPS, load balancing, clustering, firewall rules, failover, monitoring, diagnostics, and performance tuning, etc.
• Experience in configuration, customization, and creation of workflows, plugin, web services, reports and Integration of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
• Extensive technical knowledge of Information Technology field and computer systems.
• Experience in configuration, customization, and creation of workflows, plugin, web services, reports and Integration of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
• Support in the areas of server and applications architecture, systems integration, and Internet/Intranet deployment for various .NET applications, as well as work in other aspects to support many other VDOT applications.
• Experience working with Operating System Configuration/Administration (Windows/Linux)
• Must document significant experience with Windows Server Operating system, IIS, SQL Server, Active Directory, PowerShell and client applications including Outlook, web browsers and Office tools
• Documents current systems, and develops recommendations of how to proceed with the applications.
• Strong troubleshooting abilities to get to the source of problems and think critically regarding possible solutions.
• Serves as a liaison or technical resource for the development team and partners within business units.
• Ensures compliance with all established architecture standards and SDLC and PMLC methodologies.
• Perform installations of software (including server upgrades and patching)
• Monitor servers to maintain/ensure system uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot application/database performance issues related to connectivity, access, security and etc.
• Experience managing/leveraging/utilizing SharePoint.
• Successfully participated in 3 + large scale software development efforts
• Strong ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and responsibilities.
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Certification(s) (a plus)
• PowerShell scripting experience (a plus)
• Programming / Scripting languages (a plus)
• TCP/IP networking - Window Server 2016 (a plus)
  

Professional Experience:

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Logical, clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work seamlessly within a team as well as manage individual tasks.
• Ability to react quickly to a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
• Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Independently perform a variety of complicated tasks.
• Work with a team of System Engineers.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both speaking and in writing.
• Review & refine existing processes to better align with agency/group priorities.
• Review the existing procedures and propose, execute, and/or direct necessary changes.
• Participate in on-call duties as necessary.
• Be able to work from-home and still provide expected level of support
• Be available to support after hours work as needed.

Required/Desired Skills