Windows Administrator - West Columbia, United States - SPECTRAFORCE

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    SPECTRAFORCE West Columbia, United States

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    Job Title: Windows Admin

    Location: Columbia, SC Hybrid

    Duration: 12 Months (Temp to Perm Hire)

    I/S Partially onsite -Typically on-site Thursday but with flexibility

    Is a C2 clearance needed? Yes

    Top 2-4 REQUIRED technologies:

    Windows operating admin experience, Server administration, Vendor management, operational health

    Top 2-4 PREFERRED/NICE TO-HAVE Technologies

    RedHat admin experience

    A few sentences describing what a typical day would be like in this role

    • Cross Platform tools is a team that specializes in the full lifecycle of supported tools including road-mapping ownership, implementation, operational support, and compliance remediation.
    • The specific products supported by Cross Platform Tools typically span across various lines of business and have been identified as being implemented across multiple computing platforms which include various operating systems installed on both servers and workstations.
    • A typical day in on the team could consist of troubleshooting an issue identified by a customer, working with a vendor to ensure best practices are occurring, evaluating a new version or enhancement to one of our tools, or remediating an issue identified on an endpoint that reports into one of our tools.
    • Our customers typically consist of other IT professionals; however, we do assist non-technical end users as well when needed.
    • Overall, we are a close-knit team of professionals who try to take every opportunity to knowledge share with one another and empower the business through outstanding communication, implementation, and support of our business-critical tools.
    • Our tools span from certificate management, and endpoint protection such as antivirus and whitelisting, patching, inventory, and identification of phi and phi. Please add a few bullets of what youre NOT looking for technology/experience wise (this really helps the vendors in their search and narrowing down the candidate pool)

    Duties: Write or debug programs to maintain and control computer systems software, such as operating systems, networked systems, and database systems. Provide technical and disaster recovery support for systems software. 40% Research and analyze systems software problems and implement workable solutions or escalate as appropriate. 40% Install, test, and maintain systems software including installing updates, upgrades, and patches, initiating tests of system programs and observing results to detect errors or work stoppage, and modifying code to correct errors. 10% Assist in internal and external audits being performed across multiple lines of business for multiple platforms. 5% Participate in planning and execution of disaster recovery procedures. 5% Cross train in all areas of systems programming in order to efficiently perform on-call rotation.

    Skills: Required Skills and Abilities: Strong analytical and logical thinking skills. Comprehension of advanced data storage techniques, basic database philosophy, database management, and advanced programming techniques. Understand the requirements for maintaining production systems and the effect of systems changes. Solid understanding of currently utilized programming productivity tools and their use. Solid understanding of quality assurance and implementation strategies of systems software. Able to acquire knowledge of programming languages and tools used in the department. Able to analyze software specifications for completeness and compatibility with operation systems. Required Software and Other Tools: Standard office equipment. Work Environment: Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer.

    Education: Required Education: Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Information Systems, or other job related field or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associates degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree Required Work Experience: 4 Years IT experience including varied programming experience.

    About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of human connection, defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at:

    Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

    Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at if you require reasonable accommodation.

    At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This positions starting pay is: $35.00/hr.