Senior Windows Engineer

The Windows Engineer will provide technical expertise and support implementation of SCOM, SCCM, and Windows administration.

*This position requires US citizenship.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Service delivery - respond, diagnose, and remediate issues affecting production availability in a dynamic environment.
• Maintain environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels.
• Work with diverse teams to build out and integrate required server infrastructure following the best practices and in accordance with documentation.
• Configure, build, manage, and maintain Windows servers.
• Determine and document Windows server performance.
• Document recommended Windows troubleshooting process.
• Develop and perform software deployments for the installation of applications using various software development, automation techniques, using SCCM application deployment, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), SCCM Operating System Deployment (OSD), PowerShell, and Visual Basic.
• Develop and document a software deployment workflow.
• Perform direct query-based deployment of patches, Microsoft updates, device drivers, and applications to windows servers on the network using approved automation tools and producing success failure reports for the deployment.
• SCCM - review environment to determine and document features that can be utilized or enhanced.
• SCCM - review environment and demonstrate the ability to implement the following:
  • Package Development
  • Package Deployment and Control
  • Monitoring Deployment
  • Creating Deployment Status Reports
• Recommend and document SCCM server resources.
• Provide direct end user support for windows issues as needs.
• Communicating day-to-day activities, operational challenges, and provide feedback.
• Subject matter expert on Enterprise class monitoring systems including System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
• Perform upgrades, patching, testing plans, implementation plans and configuration of new and existing technologies.
• Perform administrative tasks from the System Center Operation Manager console
• Provide application support for the SCOM platform and create and maintain monitoring and notification rules.
• Administer SquaredUp platform.
• Assist with Windows failover capabilities.
• Mitigate Windows vulnerability reports.
• Perform other official duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Thorough understanding of virtualization technologies using VMware, Windows-based Servers, and server security hardening practices.
• Experience with SCOM 2016 or higher, SCCM, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft IIS, SQL Server, Patch and Vulnerability identification, evaluation, remediation, and work-off/closure of security findings.
• Experience in the following:
  • Responds, diagnoses, and remediates issues affecting production availability in a dynamic environment.
  • Maintains environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels.
  • Works with diverse teams to build out and integrate required server infrastructure following the best practices and in accordance with documentation.
  • Develops and implements engineering/deployment practices for server management.
  • Installs, configure server management and software deployment solutions utilizing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
  • Researches current server configurations to provide capacity planning and performance monitoring/tuning of systems. Generate reports and analysis on server disk space and utilization.
  • Monitors use and availability of server resources using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
  • Maintains security software deployment on server configurations and remediates any detected vulnerabilities.
  • Troubleshoots server related issues and take appropriate actions.
  • Maintains and modifies server standard operating procedures to meet business needs.
  • Develops, generates, and maintains detailed technical documentation, training manuals, procedures, operating manuals and document implementation or deployment plans.
  • Evaluates and make recommendations for the selection of server management software and hardware products.
  • Collaborates in a team environment with 3rd party vendors, clients, project management team, account managers, and engineers to optimally perform job responsibilities.
• Flexibility to work in 24x7 shifts, Candidate should be willing to participate in rotating on-call duties.
• Must demonstrate willingness and aptitude to continually learn and adapt to dynamic industry product lines and certification requirements.
• Candidate must have a high degree of professional expertise and technology experience as well as prior experience overseeing a team of engineers.
• Self-Starter, with the ability to take on task and with minimal supervision.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

**This position is contingent upon contract award to Gunnison Consulting.

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Employee Benefits

Gunnison employee benefits meet or beat other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including:

• Annual Review & Raises
• Bonuses
• Profit-sharing! (uncommon in the industry)
• Certifications and training allowance $2,500/year per employee!
• 401k matching
• 3 weeks of personal leave your first year (160 hours can roll over every year)
• FTO - Flex Time Off - Additional 40 hours for employees to use throughout the year.
• 11 paid holidays each year
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• And more!

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.

In 1994 Gunnison Consulting Group began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for 25 years.