Information Systems Architect Consultant

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Works under limited supervision in the administration, designing, deploy, maintenance, security, monitoring and support of agency's mdt and mecum/scum 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 infrastructure, event logs, analyse, 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

Mandatory Skill:

1. 5+ years of experience in enterprise MECM/SCCM and MDT administration
2. 5+ years of experience in Windows operating system, software, and image deployments & refreshes
3. Skilled in multiple OS image development & implementation
4. 5+ years of experience in software update points (SUP) and WSUS integrations with SQL server configurations
5. Experience with active directory, ENTRA AD/ADDC HYBRID, M365 administration, Microsoft Intune (co-management) and ENTRA defender for endpoint (MDE) management

Desirable Skills:

1. Expert with windows infrastructure, logging, and event Handling
2. Candidate must be able to demonstrate working knowledge of client settings, deployment strategies, and 3rd party software support
3. Expert of compliance settings baselines, and client health.
4. Expert with PowerShell, scripting, logon scripts, and logon optimizations
5. Expert with automated deployments of OS, drivers, GPOS, task sequences
6. Microsoft Certified Professional
7. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
8. Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
9. Microsoft Azure Administrator
10. Network+