Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
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Your Role and Responsibilities
Position Location: Radford, VA or Ft. Belvoir/VA
5 days onsite
- Work with Government engineers to develop and maintain the architecture.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of the Windows based services.
- As new applications are hosted on the solution, utilize IaC for the provisioning of the customer Windows resources.
- Maintain patching services for all Windows hosts to patch from.
- Serve as overall subject matter expert on Windows Administrator technology and market capabilities/trends.
- Manage objects stored in Active Directory as delegated by Active Directory administrators.
- Perform Active Directory user account, and member server management tasks in assigned OUs.
- Provide daily administration of the Windows based Virtual Machines.
- Harden the Windows based services per commercial best practices and the required government cybersecurity controls.
- Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of any Windows issues.
- Coordinate and perform major OS version upgrades of virtual machines needing upgrades.
- Develop and maintain system, infrastructure, and process documentation (system diagrams, network topology, software configurations, device configurations, standard operating procedures).
- Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents.
- This position requires a Secret Security clearance or higher (US Citizenship is required)
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Required Certifications:
- Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IA Tech Level II certification
- Must have (or obtain within 6 months of hire) Windows administrator related computing environment certification (i.e. MCSA, MCSE, or equivalent) as defined in DoD 8570.01-M
Position requires a Secret Security Clearance
- Senior level experience with Windows Server and Active Directory administration.
- Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across the entire technology stack - network, storage, server, and applications.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) process