Systems Administrator

Location: Montgomery AL

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract (Convert to Merit)
• Contract Duration: 1 year
• Pay Rate: $40.00$60.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This is a hands-on enterprise systems administrator role for a candidate who can operate across Windows Server Microsoft 365 identity endpoint management virtualization/hypervisors data protection and recovery storage automation and infrastructure support. The strongest candidates will be comfortable owning day-to-day operations while also improving reliability security recoverability and service structure.

The Systems Administrator Intermediate is responsible for supporting configuring maintaining troubleshooting and improving enterprise server cloud collaboration identity endpoint-management virtualization backup/recovery and related infrastructure services. The position works within the Office of Information Technology systems administration function and supports business objectives through reliable secure and supportable technology services. Responsibilities include Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity administration Windows systems management endpoint configuration hypervisor and virtual-machine operations Druva and other backup/recovery services patching automation monitoring incident resolution system documentation and infrastructure lifecycle activities. This is a hands-on systems administration role requiring broad technical capability across multiple enterprise environments.

Position Snapshot

• Job Classification: Systems Administrator Intermediate professional level.
• Primary Function: Enterprise systems administration infrastructure operations system integration troubleshooting lifecycle management and technical support.
• Core Technologies: Windows Server Microsoft 365 Active Directory/Entra ID Exchange Intune MECM/SCCM Group Policy DNS/DHCP PowerShell and related enterprise services.
• Infrastructure Scope: Virtualization/hypervisors virtual machines clusters server hardware storage backup/recovery data protection monitoring patching and hybrid/cloud services.
• Backup & Recovery: Druva or comparable enterprise data-protection platforms; backup policy administration restore operations retention recovery testing and resiliency support.
• Virtualization: VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter Microsoft Hyper-V Nutanix AHV or comparable hypervisor technologies; experience with at least one enterprise platform expected.
• Service Model: Tier 2/Tier 3 support incident/change/problem participation runbooks documentation monitoring maintenance vendor escalation and continual improvement.

• Demonstrable experience supporting Microsoft 365 and Windows-based enterprise environments including administration configuration troubleshooting and service operations.
• Hands-on experience with Active Directory Group Policy Windows Server DNS identity/access concepts and enterprise troubleshooting across multiple technical environments.
• Working experience with Microsoft Intune and/or MECM/SCCM for endpoint configuration deployment policy patching or client-management activities.
• Working knowledge of enterprise virtualization/hypervisor technologies and virtual-machine administration.
• Working knowledge of enterprise backup/recovery concepts including backup policies restores retention monitoring and recovery validation.
• Ability to perform complex troubleshooting across operating systems hardware virtualization storage identity endpoint-management cloud/SaaS and network-dependent services.

• Hands-on Druva experience including Druva Data Resiliency Cloud or comparable Druva services used for enterprise backup SaaS/workload protection endpoint protection recovery retention monitoring or reporting.
• Strong administration experience with one or more hypervisor platforms such as VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter Microsoft Hyper-V/Failover Clustering Nutanix AHV or comparable enterprise virtualization technologies.
• Experience with high availability clustering VM templates host maintenance snapshots resource allocation capacity planning performance tuning and hypervisor/guest upgrade activities.
• Experience with hybrid Microsoft 365 deployments Microsoft Entra ID directory synchronization using AD Connect or comparable synchronization technologies and hybrid identity troubleshooting.
• Strong PowerShell scripting experience for Microsoft 365 Active Directory Windows Server virtualization reporting configuration and operational automation.
• Experience with enterprise storage technologies including SAN NAS cloud storage file services replication snapshots capacity management and storage-related troubleshooting.
• Experience with Azure and/or other public-cloud infrastructure services including virtual machines identity networking dependencies storage monitoring or hybrid connectivity.
• Experience with PKI/certificates service accounts privileged-access processes security hardening vulnerability remediation logging and audit requirements.
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring alerting configuration management IT service management ServiceNow or comparable ITSM tooling and formal incident/change/problem processes.
• Working knowledge of Linux/UNIX administration or mixed-platform environments is beneficial.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a focus in Information Systems Computer Science Engineering Cybersecurity or a related discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience supporting and administering enterprise systems Microsoft platforms server environments or related infrastructure services.

• Medical Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

• Background check requirement: ALEA Check.
• Interview format: Video or in-person based on location.
• Confirmation required as to whether candidate is eligible for conversion to Merit.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking financial services technology life sciences biotech utilities and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-15465

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