Pay Range: $50 – $55.07/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits:

• Medical insurance in compliance with the ACA.
• 401(k).
• Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.

Job Description:

• The Technical Architect Specialist is the expert on Windows Server administration, along with the responsibility to ensure the availability of the products for the application teams and end users.
• Will also be responsible for evaluating, preparing, and recommending technical solutions, as well as troubleshooting complex problems with a wide variety of applications.
• The Technical Architect Specialist position requires significant expert experience and skills in the products being supported.
• The Technical Architect Specialist will usually also have significant experience in the operating environment(s) (e.g., HP/UX, Windows, Linux, etc.) on which the product is implemented.
• The Technical Architect Specialist is responsible for collaborating with System Specialists, Programmers and vendors to ensure and enhance the use of the product and effect migration to new versions of a product.

Role Description:

• Responsible for functioning as the Technical SME on an enterprise-wide system.
• Responsible for implementations of products/services that involve significant Commonwealth and federal oversight.
• Provides direct technical expertise to Executive applications involving national security.
• Delivers support and design for industry specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
• Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts.
• May function as a niche SME.
• Demonstrates expertise in teaching/conveying technical and/or functional courses/concepts.
• Develops appropriate work programs and use to effectively schedule tasks/assignments.
• Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services/products.
• Actively contributes as an expert or actual designer.
• Provides accurate estimates for design and programming efforts for system changes and enhancements.
• Confirms that technical architecture will support all changes required by product enhancements.
• Anticipates, identifies, tracks, and resolves issues and risks affecting own work and work of the Application Team.
• Develops contingency plans as necessary.
• Applies specific expertise to ensure that products meet defined customer objectives.
• Anticipates and resolve issues specific to the team.
• Determines time estimates and schedule for own work and resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Determines server sizing and configuration, printer configuration, bandwidth analysis and capacity planning.
• Monitor the availability of updates/upgrades to server hardware, tests and installs updates/upgrades. (SCCM/SCOM)
• Superior interpersonal and customer service skills required including ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• High level of proficiency in effective problem solving required.
• Identifies and tracks issues, risks, and action items.
• Participates in product design reviews to verify that design meets quality standards and functional/technical requirements.
• Performs impact analyses on production fixes and enhancements to establish priorities.
• Provides basic product support and provide accurate and complete answers to detailed product questions in a timely manner.
• Provides effective on-site product support as needed.
• Accurately sets severity of identified defects.
• Provides input to training and / or documentation materials regarding latest technical and functional design changes.
• Documents all work for future reference.
• Reviews the system test approach and conditions used as the basis for detailed test scenarios.
• Follows quality standards.
• Analytical and customer service skills.
• Communicates accurate and useful status updates.
• Able to work in a team environment.
• Completes assigned tasks.
• Strong communication skills; both written and spoken.

Skills:

• MS Windows Server experience in a large organization setting.
• Microsoft IIS configuration and support.
• HTTP Server/Apache support.
• Knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Knowledge of Active Directory.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking.
• PowerShell.
• Windows Troubleshooting.
• VMware experience.