Information Systems Architect - Consultant (MS SCCM System Administrator)

Job Description:
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• 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 TECHINCAL REQUIREMENTS.
• IMPROVE ENDPOINT COMPLIANCE, SECURITY POSTURE, AND OPERTIONAL 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 ENTRPRISE 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+ YEARS EXPERIENCED 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 3^RD 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+