Network Administrator

Job Description

**Candidate must be local to South Carolina**

Job Description – Network Administrator (Consultant)

Location: Columbia, SC 29201 (Hybrid - 2 days onsite per week)

Contract Duration: 12 Months (Possible Extension)

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for ongoing development and support to migrate SC Department of Social Services

• file and application storage to cloud storage solution.

• Monitor and support SC DSS Agency Azure/cloud storage solutions to identify and resolve performance issues.

• with agency employee devices, client/partner endpoints, and the SC data center.

• Monitor and assure successful integration of application services hosted at the SC Department of Administration’s

• Add and remove individuals and groups from the list of authorized users, archiving files, overseeing password protection and other security measures, monitoring usage of shared resources.

• Understand the interactions between systems, applications, and services within the environment, and evaluate the impact of changes or additions.

• Analyze systems and perform usability testing to ensure performance and reliability, enhance scalability, and meet security requirements.

• Determine and communicate the implications of cloud storage decisions on subsystems and components and help determine how best to mitigate or take advantage of these implications.

• Determine and communicate the requirements and capabilities of Microsoft’s Azure cloud storage solutions and components within the context of the larger systems, projects, and teams.

• Support an architectural framework for MS DevOps information system development, maintenance, and enhancement efforts.

• Work closely with Agency Security, End User Support, Network Services, and Network Communications teams to design and implement Azure infrastructure to meet customers’ business needs related to storage, networking, and security.

• Work closely with Agency Security team to monitor and implement security countermeasures to prevent and mitigate network and client vulnerabilities within the Agency’s Microsoft cloud tenant. Secure resources to meet the desired security level to meet State and Federal requirements for Agency programs.

• Available to work off hours and on weekend to implement scheduled maintenance.

• Mentor less experienced peers.

• Perform tasks efficiently and work together with team to ensure project success.

• Administer enterprise storage systems by managing user/group access, security controls, capacity needs, and lifecycle processes for shared data.

• Deploy and maintain system agents, monitoring tools, and supporting software across servers and workstations to meet security, auditing, and operational requirements.

• Utilize virtualization platforms and remote administration tools to access workstations and servers for system data collection, troubleshooting, and environment assessments.

• Administer the Agency’s fax communication systems, ensuring reliable operation, security, access control, and integration with Agency workflows.

Required Skills

• 2-4 years of experience Azure Cloud and Virtualization; Microsoft 365, Office 365

• 2-4 years of experience MS Active Directory

• 2-4 years of experience knowledge of open-source frameworks such as ASP.Net

• 2-4 years of experience in PowerShell

• 3+ years of experience with Proofpoint.

Skills

• Datacenter and network infrastructure experience.

• User and group management, authentication, and security policies (GPO).

• Familiarity with JavaScript, HTML5, and SQL Server.

ENVIRONMENTS AND TOOLS

• PowerShell

• Microsoft Active Directory

• Microsoft Azure cloud tenant

• MS365

• SharePoint Online

• Office365

• MS Teams