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Senior Windows Hosting Administrator - .NET for the Operations Group
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement the Windows server based Telephony and Speech Applications Hosting platform.
- Deploy the appropriate Microsoft technologies for the hosting platform for the management and monitoring of a wide variety of .NET Windows Servers and Applications. The Windows Servers include Microsoft Speech Server, Microsoft SQL Servers, Live Communication Server, Sharepoint Server, CCF, Active Directory, Domain Controllers, etc.
- Provide the necessary technologies, tools, scripts and procedures for the installation, deployment, configuration, management and monitoring of the Windows servers and applications.
- Lead other administrators in management of MS deployments and instruction on MS best practices.
- Automation of installation of MS operating systems and third-party software.
- Advise on best practices for MS configuration management, packaging and deployment of internally developed software.
- Securing MS servers, e.g. installation of host intrusion detection systems like Tripwire and configuration URL filtering systems, and investigating security issues.
- Monitoring of MS systems and MS-based platforms, such as MSS, using MS, third-party, or in-house developed tools.
- Create and maintain documentation, including Network Operations Center procedures for technical support, debugging, notification, and escalation.
- Identify tasks which require automation and automate them.
- Write scripts and programs to integrate the Windows environment with the rest of the Vail platform facilities.
- Architect and implement a reports portal for delivery of reports to our customers.
- Provide input on future technological directions.
Requirements
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
- MCSE
- 5-8 years of .NET Windows Server management and administration experience, preferably in a hosting environment.
- Deep knowledge of a variety of Microsoft technologies.
- A solid understanding of a MS operating systems; understanding of paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices and what device drivers do, filesystem concepts, can use performance analysis to tune systems.
- Excellent scripting knowledge in the Microsoft Windows Server environment such as WMI and VB scripting.
- Experience with Microsoft Speech Server and Microsoft SQL Server is a definite plus.
- A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understands principles of routing, client/server programming, the design of consistent network-wide filesystem layouts. Ability to troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve network and distributed application problems.
- Experience with host security and host intrusion detection systems.
- Experience with network security (for example, building firewalls, deploying authentication systems, or applying cryptography to network applications) a plus.
- Strong inter-personal and communication skills; capable of writing proposals or papers, making presentations to customer or client audiences or professional peers.
- Familiarity with most aspects of UNIX systems administration preferred; for example, configuration of mail systems, system installation and configuration, printing systems, fundamentals of security, installing third-party software.
- Experience taking advantage of open-source projects and software when architecting solutions.
- Ability to solve problems quickly and completely; ability to resolve arbitrary network and system problems preferred.