Senior Windows Engineer

MANTECH•Laurel, MD

1d•$128,000 - $214,400•Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH is hiring a motivated, customer-oriented Senior Windows Engineer to join its team in Laurel, Maryland. The role supports enterprise infrastructure capabilities for a global workforce performing defense missions. The work supports the Enterprise Infrastructure Services organization and its Enterprise Information Technology platform, with Data Center & Compute Services working with customers, Integrated Product Teams, and vendors to deliver selected services. The engineer provisions, manages, and supports Windows servers across online and air-gapped networks; sustains and improves Windows infrastructure; deploys monitoring tools; investigates outages and implements preventive fixes; and supports hardware, software, and appliance deployments, upgrades, and security patching. The position also translates user requirements and system architectures into technical specifications, provides Tier 1–3 support for client, server, and network issues, and manages OS patching, hardware maintenance, and account information. Core hours are 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with attendance outside those hours as needed for meetings, deployments, and team activities. The system administration team provides onsite coverage from 6:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with schedules coordinated among team members.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of relevant experience, associate’s degree and 15 years of relevant experience, or high school diploma and 20 years of relevant experience.
Active CompTIA Security+ certification.
Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy Object (GPO) administration.
Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
Experience with VMware virtualization and VDI deployments using Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon).
Experience implementing and maintaining Privileged Access Management tools such as Centrify to enforce security controls and meet compliance standards.
Must have a TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PowerShell for task automation and configuration management.
Experience managing secure computing environments to adhere to DISA STIGs and NIST 800-53 controls.
Experience with network monitoring to track health, availability, and infrastructure performance.
Experience in a heterogeneous environment including multiple releases of Windows and Red Hat Linux, and with tools such as JIRA and Confluence.

Responsibilities

Provision, manage, and support Windows servers across online and air-gapped networks.
Sustain and improve the organization's Windows infrastructure as part of a collaborative systems team.
Deploy monitoring tools to detect system anomalies and prevent service disruptions.
Perform root cause analysis on outages and implement preventive fixes.
Support hardware, software, and appliance deployments, upgrades, and security patching.
Translate user requirements and system architectures into technical specifications.
Provide Tier 1–3 help desk support for client, server, and network issues.
Manage OS patching, hardware maintenance, and account information.