Job Description Insight Global is hiring a Microsoft Systems Engineer with a Secret Clearance to join a leading government contractor supporting a program advancing communications and technology for America’s warfighters. This role is primarily focused on advancing automation across the government customer’s Microsoft systems and environment. This will be done via scripting in PowerShell and other tools across the environment. If you are looking for a role where you can make an impact and advance your technical skillset, this position will be great for you. Responsibilities include: - Develop solutions to automate systems administration tasks including troubleshooting, performing diagnostics, and resolving discovered issues - Develop automated maintenance scripts that automatically detect issues/anomalies within a datacenter and resolve those issues - Investigate and resolve issues that span multiple applications/technologies and require involvement from technical personnel across multiple groups - Develop automated test cases - Run automated tests, collect results and generate reports - Provide knowledge in systems engineering and information technology - Develop and/or revise system designs and architectures to improve efficiency, stability, effectiveness, supportability, and sustainability - Provide feedback on internal processes and recommendations for improvement - Contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related taskings as directed - Provide technical knowledge to design systems that monitor and manage DoD systems - Prepare technical briefs to present to engineering review teams - Provide technical knowledge to support and maintain Microsoft and other vendor IT enterprise products - Install test branches on physical hardware on lab equipment as first level integration tests - Verify install documentation is executable The compensation range for this position varies from $100,000 to $125,000 depending on a candidate’s years of experience and technical expertise. We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/. Skills and Requirements - 5+ years' experience in a systems engineer role automating complex IT infrastructure - DoD 8140/8570 Certifications to be qualified as an Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II - Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level Security Clearance or a higher level clearance - Advanced skills in scripting from scratch and experience automating systems administration tasks using tools like PowerShell - Experience with Microsoft PowerShell is critical as it is heavily leveraged to automate installation, configuration, hardening, and maintenance tasks - Domain expertise in Microsoft OS environments and enterprise Microsoft products such as Exchange, SharePoint, SQL and more - Ability to effectively install, configure, and administer in a multi-system and/or multi-application environment - Ability to create and test virtualized environments (VMWare, OpenShift, Hyper-V, AWS) - Strong documentation and oral communication skills to clearly communicate with all levels of users, engineers, managers, and organizations - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related Information Technology field - Demonstrated experience with: Git, GitLab, GitLab Pipelines, Artifactory, Confluence and Jira - Ansible development (Inventories, Collections, Roles, Modules, Playbooks, etc.) - Programming/scripting languages (Bash/Python/HTML/etc) - Knowledge of Data Science pipelines - Certifications : Microsoft certification (i.e., MCIT, MCSA, MCSE, etc.), Scrum\Agile, CISSP, SANS, ITIL