Systems Engineer - Subject Matter Expert Herndon Must Have: Powershell, Hyper-V, VMWare As a Windows Systems Engineer, you will work as part of a small team and lead the full life cycle of-going systems enhancements and bug fixes Your responsibilities will include duties such as the following: * Providing a high quality, secure , and resilient infrastructure that supports the customers' business needs * Creating, modifying and maintaining Windows Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for the enterprise (this includes updates based on security needs, user change requests and internal performance adjustments) * Recognizing and recommending new or emerging technology or software to satisfy functional requirements and processes * Providing highly technical and/or specialized guidance concerning automation solutions to complex information processing problems related to the subject field * Performing quality control check planning, integration, validation of field deployment via applications, patches security updates and other customer deployments * Performing script verification checks, reviewing event logs, reviewing back logs, training and documentation maintenance * Navigating in development and production systems for validation purposes of engineering scripts * Providing technical guidance, training and leadership for current and new operations and engineering personnel * Providing Tier 3 and Tier 4 technical support and leadership in a complex, mission critical windows based environment Required Skills * Strong knowledge and hands on experience with Windows 10 * Strong experiences with creating, modifying, maintaining, testing and troubleshooting Windows Group Policy Objects * Hands on experience with Microsoft System Configuration Manager (SCCM and MECM,) MDT and OSD deployment methods * Experience in scripting languages (i.e. Powershell) * Working knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory * Experience with VMWare and Hyper-V * Understanding of the engineering life cycle, including requirements gathering, solutions design, testing, documentation and implementation * Knowledge in multiple current technology areas, including client (thick and Thin) and server computer operating systems networking hardware, protocols, and administration and systems integration across multi-tiered highly security IT environments * Solid troubleshooting skills * Ability to self - learn act on own initiative and work in a dynamic environment * Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure * Strong verbal and written communication skills * Strong customer service skills * Other duties as needed to support the mission Education Candidate must have a minimum of one of the following * 10 years of job related experience and HS diploma GED * 8 years job related experience and associates * 4-7 years job related experience and a bachelors * 3 years job related experience and Masters Degree * 2 years job related and PhD Desired Skills Experience with DevOps and Agile Experience with Cloud Technologies Core hours 9-3Pm Herndon