Sr. Tech Analyst, Ops & Infra (Microsoft Admin)

Position Description:

We are a global organization in the Minneapolis area committed to building our IT talent and best practices. Developing, retaining and engaging key IT talent in driving our company's growth is integral to our business operations. There is great opportunity in IT. Our IT organization is focused on providing world-class information access and processes, developing customer-focused tools that provide competitive advantage, and integrating state-of-the-art technology into product and service platforms.

Overview:
Provides support of application data, development tools, data collection, languages or operating systems unique to business units (BU) in order to meet BU internal and external user requirements.

Responsibilities/Relationships:
- Liaison on tools, applications.
- Performs research, analysis, design, and implementation of technical solutions to meet current and future user requirements.
- May have development and quality control responsibilities for application technical design and implementation, client operations design, telecommunications design, database design, and system conversion.
- Has project responsibilities in all or some of the following areas: project planning, work plan development and staffing.
- Provide technical assistance on projects throughout the environment.
- Performs the help line assistance function, as required, establishing urgency of the problem and owning the problem through resolution keeping the client informed of progress.
- Coaches and mentors junior staff. Provide technical assistance and work direction to aid other employees.


Position Requirements:

Qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree, with a technology or business emphasis, or equivalent education/experience.
- 5 years

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Implement and support Production, Test, and Office Server builds
- Perform frequent server health checks and implement patches to insure current revision level
- Administer active directory domains, Exchange 2003 mail systems, and corporate system group policies
- Perform daily maintenance of desktop computers
- Review current system practices and recommend technology solutions that improve team efficiency
- Trouble shoot both Server and desktop hardware and software issues
- Provide Emergency Support on an as needed basis (24 x 7) due to unexpected service outages
- Deploy, administer and manage Microsoft OS servers and desktops as well as services offered on these systems
- Responsible for off-hour and remote via VPN support
- 3 plus years system administration experience with state-of-the-art systems
- MCSA Certification
- Windows 2003 and Active Directory management: Must have a thorough understanding of windows networking (TCP/IP, DNS. WINS, DHCP, etc.)
- Group policies, FSMO roles, Kerberos authentication, and Global Catalogs
- Automation of desktop management and scripting is a huge plus
- Microsoft SQL Server database administration: Complete understanding of high availability solutions including clustering, log shipping, and replication; understanding of SQL security roles
- Coordinates the installation and configuration of new Windows based servers
- Performs analysis of current installed server base, to ensure all server systems are in compliance with Enterprise standards for licensing and configuration
- Coordinates the group's effort to perform routine server hardware maintenance such as applying updates, service packs, and patches
- Participates in special projects as needed


Position Attributes:

EOE M/F/D/V


Business Unit:

0CCIA - Carlson Companies, Inc.

If interested, please apply online at http://track.jobviper.com/ViewJob.asp?id=552067-3-13