Network Engineer

Title: Network Engineer Location: Columbia, SC (Remote) Duration: 12+ months

Job Description:

• Works under limited supervision in the administration, designing, deploy, maintenance, security, monitoring and support of agency's MDT and MECM/SCCM infrastructure.
• Ensure reliable software distribution, patching, reporting, and operating system deployment (OSD).
• Analysis of agency software versioning for business needs, as required, and leads in the implementation of software specifications to meet those needs.
• Configure applications deployments for endpoint devices to meet technical requirements.
• Improve endpoint compliance, security posture, and operational efficiency based on technical needs.
• Monitor performance of MECM/SCCM Infratrucuture, event logs, analyze, and perform routine security practices as needed.
• Provide operational support, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
• Updates MDT and MCM/SCCM environment with security controls
• Participates in the enterprise administration, planning, installation, maintenance, security, monitoring and support of the agency's endpoint computers, software deployments, and peripheral devices.
• Maximize security controls using industry best practices.
• Supports and adheres to change management processes.
• Awareness of security compliance changes processes.
• Identifies risks and communicates risks to the CIO and IT team.
• Develops technical documentation following agency policies; CJIS security guidance; state security standards.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

• Understanding of hardware and software inventory
• Skilled experience in MECM/SCCM hierarchy (CAS, primary, secondary sites configurations
• Experienced with boundary groups, site systems, distribution points, and content strategy
• Ability to communicate directly with the it team, business employees, and vendor partners.
• Good understanding of high availability environments
• Good understanding of hardware platforms and ability to troubleshoot, test deploy, and validate global issue resolutions
• Advanced with DNS, DHCP, PXE, and related protocols
• Good organization, attention to detail, and time management skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Self-management abilities
• Ability to comply with it policies, SOPS, disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response requests
• Good understanding of image testing, issue tracking, sign off, and industry standard SOE and imaging tools.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• 5+ year s experience in enterprise MECM/SCCM AND MDT administration
• 5+ years skilled in windows operating system, software, and image deployments & refreshes
• Skilled in multiple os image development & implementation
• 5+ years skilled experience in software update points (SUP) and WSUS integrations with SQL server configurations
• Experienced with active directory, ENTRA AD, M365 administration, MICROSOFT INTUNE (co-management) and ENTRA defender for Endpoint (MDE) management; skilled with discovery methods (AD SYSTEMS, USER, GROUP, ENTRA AD/ADDC HYBRID.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• Expert with windows infrastructure, logging, and event handling
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate working knowledge of client settings, deployment strategies, and 3rd party software support
• Expert of compliance settings, baselines, and client health
• Expert with PowerShell, scripting, LOGON scripts, and LOGON optimizations
• Expert with automated deployments of OS, drivers, GPOS, task sequences, etc...

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS/TRAININGS:

• Microsoft Certified Professional
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Administrator
• Network+