Systems Engineer - Contract ( Endpoint/Configuration Management )

Simplex; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

W2 contract

On-site in Austin

Contract-to-perm potential

Job summary

Agency in Austin, Texas is seeking a Hands-on Systems Engineer to join a small team. The role focuses on maintaining and configuring Microsoft environments, with an emphasis on vulnerability and endpoint management.

Expect hands-on work, collaboration with senior engineers, and a six-month contract with potential for permanency, based in Austin downtown area. The ideal candidate works autonomously, communicates well, and has experience with Dell hardware and related upgrades.

Qualifications

• Hands-on systems engineering with Microsoft environment experience.
• Autonomous worker able to collaborate with senior engineers.
• Experience with vulnerability management and endpoint/configuration tooling.
• Familiarity with Dell hardware environments and related upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, improve, and configure the Microsoft environment per user/project needs.
• Build and manage policies, tools, and processes for recovery of critical IT infrastructure.
• Perform upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting on systems and hardware (Dell).
• Handle vulnerability management, endpoint protection, and configuration management.

Skills

Hands-on Systems Engineer

Microsoft Suite

Vulnerability management

Endpoint security

Configuration management

Dell hardware

Communication skills

Job description

We are working with a successful Agency in Austin, Texas, to find a Systems Engineer to join a small team.

The project is to maintain, improve, and configure systems for the Agency. This is an Infrastructure project, and you will work directly with the Senior Systems Engineers in the Agency.

The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously on this project and collaborate with the Senior Engineers already on the team. You will have great communication skills, and most importantly, you will be a hands-on Systems Engineer familiar with the Microsoft Suite of products.

This role with focus on Hands on hands-on configuration management, Endpoint, and vulnerability management, including analytics around prevention.

This will be a six-month contract with the potential of a permanent position at the end. You will need to be and will be based in Austin, or commutable to downtown. This position is on-site in central Austin.

Responsibilities

• You will maintain, improve, and configure the Microsoft environment according to the needs of the users and projects.
• Build a portfolio of policies, tools, and processes used to recover or continue operations of critical IT infrastructure situations
• You will be required to perform upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting on the system and Hardware (It's a Dell Hardware Environment )
• Vulnerability management, endpoint, and configuration management.

Bonus points

• A Microsoft Certification in Systems Engineer (MCSE)
• Government or state experience helpful but not essential.

Benefits

This will be a W2 contract, and we can not sponsor or engage C2C