Specialized Recruiting Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for a long-term contract assignment in Durham, NC.
This is a full-time role (40 hours/week) performed on a Hybrid basis, with a maximum of 1-2 days/week on-site in Durham as needed.
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you would collaborate closely with the software development teams in support of automation products.
The compensation range for this contract is $45-$55/hour, depending upon qualifications.
Responsibilities Include: • Create and maintain OS images for deployment of products to customer sites. • Research and recommend hardware to meet product requirements and customer needs. • Formally control and release hardware in corporate mfg inventory management • Manage the license purchasing and activation processes in cooperation with manufacturing, procurement and R&D. • Design and implement deployment infrastructure with manufacturing, R&D and customer support • Create, test and deploy regular updates to address security hotfixes, driver updates and relevant new OS features. • Design, develop and maintain scripts and tooling to automatically configure security on top of base OS. • Work closely with product owners to design, develop and maintain BD product deployment scripts, packages, etc. • Work closely with IT infrastructure to remotely monitor and maintain deployed environments in the field. • Document processes and procedures to ensure repeatability.
Desired Qualifications: • Current experience with OS/App security best-practices and standards. • PC workstation and server hardware build/configure/upgrade. • Windows automated deployment and administration tools. e.g. Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) • Experience with PC disk imaging. Acronis, Macrium, etc. • Deployment using PXE boot and WinPE • Scripting/automation with PowerShell and CMD batch. • General Windows system administration. Group Policy, Registry, UAC, NTFS permissions, network & firewall configuration, user management, file shares, hardware drivers. • Windows centralized administration. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMC/SCCM), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Active Directory • Familiarity with OS virtualization. e.g. VMware, HyperV. • Familiarity with app virtualization - Docker • Linux familiarity a plus. Bash script, init.d, etc.
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