Octo Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Windows Systems Engineer to join our growing team in support of a federal healthcare enterprise environment, including medical research and administration. This contract provides a full range of infrastructure support to a federal agency including server architecture design & maintenance, application hosting and administration, providing fixes & upgrade patches, and ensuring cyber security compliance protections. Responsibilities: Work hands-on designing and troubleshooting servers running Windows Server 2012 and 2016 in multi-tiered federal agency on-premises and cloud environments Consult and assist developers to develop Windows server and application hosting solutions Advanced engineering and administration of web and application servers including IIS and Apache Debugging application and server performance issues Monitoring servers along with resident applications and providing/implementing solutions Installation and configuration of enterprise server software in a dynamic customer environment Communicating with infrastructure, security, and agency leadership about work that is active, completed, and in backlog status 10+ years of systems administration experience with Windows servers Ability to work hands-on to design and troubleshoot Windows servers Advanced experience with Active Directory Advanced experience with IIS web server administration Understanding of server security and how it relates to applications security; including SSL/TLS Familiarity with ITSM, SDLC, and DevOps Experience with PowerShell, BASH, Perl, or other scripting Strong communication skills and a self-motivated attitude Ability to work with issue tracking software and independently resolve issues Professional experience working in an enterprise data center environment with load-balanced, multi-tiered application infrastructures Desired: Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure administration Exposure to hardware load balancers such as F5 BigIP Exposure to server management systems like BigFix or LANrev Exposure to server and application deployment automation systems like Jenkins and Docker Experience with server vulnerability remediation following agency, DHS, and/or DoD STIG guidelines including working with SSL, DNS, and cyphers issues Education: Undergraduate Degree (Preferred) or Equivalent One or more of the following certifications or Equivalent desired: Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) ITIL Foundations certification About Octo Consulting Group, Inc. Octo Consulting Group (Octo) is an industry-leading, award-winning provider of digital services for the federal government. Octo specializes in providing agile software engineering, user experience design, cloud services, and digital strategy services that address government's most pressing missions. Octo delivers intelligent solutions and rapid results, yielding lower costs and measurable outcomes. Our team is what makes Octo great. At Octo you'll work beside some of the smartest and most accomplished staff you'll find in your career. Octo offers fantastic benefits and an amazing workplace culture where you will feel valued while you perform mission critical work for our government. Voted one of the region's best places to work multiple times, Octo is an employer of choice! Octo Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information. Octo Consulting Group's commitment to diversity and inclusive selection practices includes ensuring qualified long-term unemployed job seekers receive equal consideration for employment. Other Considerations: This position is W-2 only; no Corp-to-Corp or 1099 candidates. Relocation will not be offered. Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation. Individual's primary workstation is located in an office area. The noise level in this environment is low to moderate. Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of time; frequently required to move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC, copier, fax, telephone, cell phone, etc. Occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 10 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include use of computer monitor screens up to 80% of time. For more information please visit: www.octoconsulting.com www.octoconsulting.com/careers