Systems Engineer

At Lifescale Analytics we help achieve data driven decisions by leveraging strategic technologies to create innovative solutions that ultimately help our clients to navigate their ever-changing data have an opportunity for a System Administrator. The candidate MUST reside in Tallahassee or the surrounding area and report in the office 5 days a week. Telecommuting will not be considered Travel and relocation expenses will not be covered by the client or employer. This job is to be performed onsite Monday-Friday during business hours.

Applicants responding to this position must be a US Citizen and will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information. Must have lived in the US for the past 5 years.

The Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas at hiring or in the future including but not limited to H-1B EAD or OPT visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

Scope of Services:

• In search of a Systems Administrator to play a key role in assisting the Office of Information Technology (OIT) in the oversight management troubleshooting and execution of cloud services and platforms to support the clients infrastructure applications data and other business needs.
• The duties of this position can be broad and may include such tasks as adding and removing individuals from the list of authorized users archiving files overseeing password protection and other security measures and monitoring usage of shared resources.
• Architect design facilitate lead coordinate and direct technology initiatives on multiple fronts across a variety of disparate areas within the organization.
• This could include Infrastructure administration application development data management & analytics cybersecurity external hosting identity and access management infrastructure network security hardening privacy and compliance.
• Oversight and management of Microsoft 365 environments and other Microsoft platforms identity platforms and a multi-cloud environment.
• Selects develops integrates and implements network management applications for Internet components.
• The Systems Administrator will be responsible for working on projects systems and/or issues of medium to high complexity and will be expected to provide daily operations support maintenance and administration for Servers.
• This position requires ownership of complex issues in order to support Department business.

Primary Job Duties/Tasks:

The activities this candidate will be tasked with include but are not limited to the following:

1. Support and expand FDOT infrastructure.
2. Coordinate server configuration and administration with multiple parties (SDC FDOT and contractors).
3. Make recommendations for future server and software upgrades.
4. Monitor systems and applications to ensure security availability and performance.
5. Establish systems by evaluating network performance issues including availability utilization throughput goodput and latency; planning and executing the selection installation configuration and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.
6. Maintains network and systems performance by performing systems monitoring and analysis and performance tuning; troubleshooting systems and application problems; escalating problems to vendor.
7. Build and manage relationships in a matrixed environment.
8. Find opportunities to refactor solutions to obtain better performance cost and efficiency.
9. Create and manage Azure DevOps projects git repositories and pipelines.
10. Oversee and configure Azure DevOps organizational settings.
11. Recommend and assist with the building and hosting of complex application solutions.
12. Understand deploy and manage Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud services.
13. Understand deploy and manage Microsoft Power Platform.
14. Understand and manage Microsoft 365 services.
15. Supports other IT staff including developers.
16. Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree or technical institute degree in Computer Science Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

• 2 3 years experience with: Server 2012 Rand 2022.
• 2 3 years IIS Administration.
• 2 3 years of network communications including TCP/IP and DNS Samba/CIFS file sharing and NTFS permissions.
• 2 3 years of strong professional experience in Microsoft Azure cloud systems is highly desired.
• 2 3 years of experience with other cloud providers such as AWS or GCP is highly desired.
• 2 3 years of professional experience in the administration of Microsoft software is highly desired.
• 3 5 years of IT work experience in infrastructure/network environments in systems operations support maintenance and administration.
• 3 5 years of professional experience supporting middleware such as API Management IT Service Automation tools and batch job services is highly desired.
• 5 8 years of professional experience in information systems engineering or another related field is required.

Job Specific Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

The submitted candidate must be able to apply specific knowledge skills and abilities in the following areas:

1. Strong analytical skills to determine an organizations needs develop strategies to meet those needs and evaluate effectiveness.
2. Ability to categorize work set priorities and determine short and/or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
3. Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems effectively regardless of technology platform.
4. Ability to document and automate administrative tasks to reduce manual work
5. The ability to context switch between multiple subjects & tasks.
6. Ability to effectively communicate and share knowledge with others.
7. Proficiency in working in a fast-paced complex and dynamic business environment.
8. Proficiency in networking principles and cloud-based network architectures.
9. In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure Services.
10. In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Server products.
11. In-depth knowledge of Microsoft 365 services.
12. In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform.
13. In-depth knowledge of Linux (Redhat and Ubuntu).
14. Strong grasp of IT infrastructure and application development technology and architectures.
15. Strong grasp of Linux administration including Linux patching.
16. Knowledge of assessment and analytical processes and practices.
17. Skill in strategic planning.
18. Skill in researching compiling and analyzing data to report findings and develop improvement solutions.
19. Skill in system administration and hosting across a wide range of solutions.
20. Ability to research identify and implement innovative solutions.

Personal Attributes:

1. Able to be trusted with sensitive information.
2. Experienced at working both independently and in a team-oriented collaborative environment.
3. Advanced interpersonal written and oral communication skills.
4. Ability to conduct research into issues and topics assigned.
5. Can conform to shifting priorities demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
6. Must be able to learn understand and apply new things quickly.
7. Highly self-motivated and directed.
8. Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
9. Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

General Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

The submitted candidate must be able to apply common knowledge skills and abilities in the following areas:

• Initiative: Must be able to comprehend assignments organize workload and meet deadlines with little direction. Must be able to monitor and analyze situations to determine the next step.
• Communication: Can clearly convey information in both written and verbal formats to individuals or groups in a wide variety of settings (i.e. project team meetings management presentations etc.). Must have the ability to effectively listen and process information provided by others.
• Customer Service: Works well with clients and customers (i.e. business office public or other agencies). Able to assess the needs of the customer provide information or assistance to satisfy expectations or resolve a problem.
• Decision Making: Makes sound well-informed and objective decisions utilizing critical thinking skills and analysis.
• Flexibility: open to change new processes (or process improvement) and new information. Can adapt in response to new information changing conditions or unexpected obstacles. The ability to receive and give constructive criticism and maintain effective work relationships with others.
• Interpersonal: Shows friendliness courtesy understanding and politeness to others
• Leadership: Motivates encourages and challenges others. Can adapt leadership styles in a variety of situations.
• Problem Solving: Able to identify evaluate and use sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternative actions and make recommendations as accordingly.
• Team Building: Encourages inspires and guides others toward accomplishing the common goal as an equal member of the team.
• Quality Assurance: Knowledge of ideologies techniques and tools for quality assurance and control. The ability to put ideologies techniques and tools into practice.