SCCM System Administrator

Role & responsibilities

Must-Have

• Advanced skill set and enterprise experience across various Microsoft device management and related technologies, to include architecture experience in MECM (formerly known as SCCM)

• Experience in collaborating with other system and network architects, security engineering, and infrastructure engineering to plan and deliver various solutions within the Patch management team

• Hands-on experience in designing, configuring and implementing/ upgrading of MECM (System Center Configuration Manager) products and other Microsoft System Center and Infrastructure solutions

• Extensive architecture and engineering experience of device management (server) with Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (MECM) in a large-scale enterprise

• Deep understanding of MECM components, roles, interactions, and system dependencies.

• Significant experience with delivery optimization using BranchCache (Distributed Cache and Hosted Cache) design principals

• Experience designing and supporting large scale OS patch operations, Vulnerability Remediation creating patching strategies, fixing broken clients, checks and balances to ensure consistent high patch compliance

• Experience in extending MECM (SCCM) infrastructure to newly created domains, Windows Server infrastructure from acquisitions & mergers

• Experience in Application Packaging, Testing and Deployments

• Experience in creating strategies, processes for application deployment and to ensure timely clean-up of unused configurations, stale objects.

• Ability to trouble-shoot and mitigate MECM configuration issues and complex WAN issues related to patch replication and deployment.

• Understand security best practices, policies and standards to design highly secure on-prem/ cloud architectures

• Strong understanding of the mechanics and processes for developing end to end provisioning processes in SCCM to including images, software deployment, and patching.

• Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management, as well as both the business and technical communities

Good-to-Have

• Knowledge of standard ITIL processes such as life cycle management and ITSM.

• Proven scripting experience using PowerShell or equivalent tools, along with an understanding of Microsoft API s and tool integration.

• SQL knowledge as it pertains to the design of the SCCM database and reporting services (SSRS).

• Advanced understanding of network concepts including IP addressing, DNS, DHCP, etc.