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System Administrator – SCCM (Onsite)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a System Administrator with SCCM expertise in their Vancouver, Washington location. This position will field telephone calls, voicemails, and emails from internal IT clients, resolve or refer IT issues, track issues using a central incident management application and may run various diagnostic programs for troubleshooting or monitoring purposes.

This position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you feel this position is aligned with your professional experience, we want to hear from you!

Key responsibilities for System Administrator:

• Configure applicable software and systems, maintaining local documentation, installing/updating/removing software, applying change control processes and procedures, planning, and preparing for future growth, troubleshooting, and resolving issues, and perform training related to the following software and systems:
  • SCCM (Microsoft Configuration Manager)
  • Antivirus-antimalware
  • Central time distribution
  • Data storage services
  • Display infrastructure
  • File services
  • Laptops and portable devices
  • Linux infrastructure
  • Non-production workstations
  • Patch management
  • Print services
  • SMTP relay services
  • Software deployment services
  • Virtualization infrastructure
  • Windows infrastructure
  • In-house developed applications
• Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
• Configure, monitor, and maintain virus protection software.
• Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use.
• Load computer tapes and disks and install software.
• Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
• Administer network security measures.
• Implement and integrate new system architecture into an existing environment
• Deploy highly available technologies such as replication, load balancing, geographic clustering
• Install and configure server hardware including operating system and additional software to configure for optimal use.
• Identify standard monitoring requirements and scripting or applying additional setting requirements.
• Troubleshoot hardware and system level problems.
• Confer with network users about how to solve existing system problems.
• Document implementation guidelines and installation guidance.
• Interpret architecture and design configurations from vendors or other teams to enable clear implementation standards and guidelines.
• Research, develop, test, and document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems for final review and approval by manager/staff.
• Respond to help desk client support calls utilizing change management software to manage the process of completing the tasks.

Requirements/Qualifications for System Administrator:

• U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver's License required.
• An Associate or Bachelor's Degree in in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly related technical discipline is preferred:
  • With an applicable Associate or Bachelor's degree: 3+ years of experience is required.
  • With a degree not in applicable fields or no degree: 5+ years of experience is required.
• Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
• A practical knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully perform Active Directory administration and troubleshooting
• Windows operating system installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using PowerShell.
• Administration of print servers, network printers, and basic troubleshooting of printer services.
• A working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully troubleshoot Windows operating systems using text-based logs, windows event logs, and various utilities.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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