We are seeking a talented and experienced
Senior IT Systems & Azure Administrator for a position with one of our clients!
The Senior IT Systems & Azure Administrator is responsible for implementing, operating, and maintaining enterprise Active Directory, Online Exchange, and cloud solutions using Office 365 and its related core technologies, including ADFS and Microsoft Azure. The person in this role will also be responsible for designing enterprise infrastructure solutions, exploring new technologies, improving the current IT infrastructure, and integrating new solutions into existing systems.
What You'll Do
- Must have hands-on experience delivering Azure Single Sign-On integrations;
- SME for Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS), Azure RBAC, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and other O365 workloads;
- Experience delivering messaging and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 within complex environments, including migration from other environments such as Gsuite;
- Must have real-world experience helping to manage and maintain AD, GPO, Intune, and Microsoft Security Stack;
- Implement and manage security measures to protect our systems and data;
- Work in collaboration with the SOC/SIEM and Security team on security incidents;
- Experience with automating various AAD and Mailbox tasks and generating custom reports via PowerShell and/or Azure CLI;
- Troubleshoot and resolve Azure-related issues and incidents;
- Understanding of system dependencies and interrelation to the business;
- Ability to perform capacity planning and analysis of infrastructure systems;
- Able to analyze complex cross-functional and cross-platform issues;
- Self-starter with a strong aptitude for rigorous testing and validation of work;
- Collaborate in corporate and site projects and activities as directed.
What You'll Bring
- Extensive experience designing, developing, and testing complex infrastructure solutions to support distributed scalable and highly available applications;
- O365 and Cloud technologies;
- Microsoft Exchange Server Administration;
- Infrastructure Automation via Scripting or Automation Toolset;
- Understanding of DNS, SPF, and DMARC records
- Email Security Solutions utilizing Microsoft Defender.
- Multi-factor authentication utilizing Azure AD MFA;
- Proactively respond to internal and external technical communities;
- Ability to prioritize work based on department and production objectives;
- Study contractor products to determine those which best meet company needs; present information to management resulting in the purchase and installation of Microsoft stack and third-party software;
- Good written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable communicating in person and via phone/e-mail with peers, management, contractors, and vendors.
Preferred Qualifications
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent experience;
- Minimum 5+ years of experience managing Microsoft Active Directory, MS Exchange, and Windows platforms;
- Microsoft Azure Certification is very desirable.