Senior System Engineer

Avanade is the perfect stage to bring your thoughtful, energetic, and curious approach to technology consulting.
Our talented Infrastructure Community consists of some of the most dedicated and passionate in the field and we plan to grow! With Avanade, you will be focusing on the Azure cloud and working with the newest (Microsoft) technologies on exciting client projects. This opportunity is made more purposeful with our focus on positive outcomes for how humans work, interact, and live. If you like pushing boundaries by outsmarting challenges, read on!

Our Azure Infrastructure team plays an instrumental part in doing what Avanade does best: delivering outstanding, complex projects with global impact and helping our clients transform their businesses through digital innovation.
We are a fast-growing, diverse group of more than 100 passionate enthusiasts and specialists in Microsoft technologies. We actively encourage learning, focus on progress and acknowledge, and reward quality. We’re ambitious, curious, and want to bring on more people with a similar passion for technology.
At Avanade, everyone has a career advisor who works with you to create a plan and guides you in choosing from the many training opportunities we offer, as well as being a mentor in making sure you thrive and feel valued. We have a strong focus on the career and development opportunities of all our people, and making sure our employees are proud of working at Avanade is central to us!
Together we do what matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• We are looking for a seasoned IT professional to join our Engineering & Networks team. You will play a key role in managing and supporting enterprise-grade infrastructure systems, with a strong focus on Microsoft technologies.
• This position requires deep expertise in Active Directory administration, Citrix environments, ADFS, Windows Server management, and scripting with PowerShell.
• Full administration and troubleshooting of Active Directory (including forests, domains, sites, DCs, DNS, replication, Kerberos tickets, cross-domain issues, etc.)
• Develop and manage PowerShell scripts for automation and troubleshooting
• Administration of Citrix environments (installation, upgrades, configuration, troubleshooting)
• Management and troubleshooting of Relay Admin environments
• ADFS administration (on-premises) and configuration of Azure Enterprise Applications for SSO
• Full administration and operation of physical and virtual Windows servers
• Management of DFS (Distributed File System) for file server infrastructure
• Certificate Authority administration- Incident and problem resolution within the Wintel infrastructure
• Ensure all procedures and operations are properly documented.

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• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Active Directory administration.
• Strong troubleshooting skills (Kerberos ticket analysis, signature traffic analysis, domain relationship issues, etc.)
• Event ID error analysisGPOs (Group Policy Objects), DNS and DNS forwarding, Deep understanding of:
• Proficient in Windows Server OS environments
• Solid experience with Citrix administration
• Proficient in PowerShell
• English proficiency: B1 or higher
• Microsoft Certified Engineer or related certifications
• Understanding of ITIL processes (incident, change, and problem management)
• Experience in enterprise infrastructure environments

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