Sr. Microsoft Engineer Job in Atlanta 30309, Georgia US
Position Title: Senior Networking Architect Consultant
Reports To: Infrastructure Practice Manager, Director of Consulting, and CTO
Summary:
This position is to provide consulting services to customers who are planning to implement a platform using Microsoftrsquo;s networking and infrastructure technologies. This position will be based in Atlanta, but future projects may present opportunities for travel within the US.
Skills:
bull; Ability to perform in a pre-sales role, working with a sales professional to assist in closing deals.
bull; Ability to analyze customer needs, document requirements, and design technical solutions for enterprise environments
bull; Strong written and verbal skills from both business and technical perspectives
bull; Migration/upgrade experience with messaging platforms (to Exchange)
bull; 7+ years experience
Tools:
bull; Expert knowledge of Microsoftrsquo;s current networking platform and supporting technologies including:
o Server hardware and configuration
o Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems
o Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010
o IP addressing and naming services (DHCP, DNS)
o Active Directory and group policy management
o Virtualization using Microsoft Hyper-V (and/or VMware)
Nice to have:
bull; Microsoft certification is highly desirable
bull; Previous consulting experience
bull; Powershell experience
bull; Microsoft firewall experience (ISA)
bull; Microsoft security software (Forefront)
bull; Microsoft ldquo;identity managementrdquo; solutions (MIIS, ILM, FIM)
bull; Microsoft ldquo;cloudrdquo; solutions (BPOS, Office365, Live@edu)
bull; Microsoft Lync (previously known as OCS)
bull; 3rd party migration tools (e.g. Quest)
bull; Knowledge of Single Signon solutions
bull; Microsoft SharePoint 2010 experience
bull; Virtualization using VMWare
bull; Backup/Restore experience (Microsoft DPM, AvePoint)
Soft skills:
Our consultants work with face-to-face with our customers, so besides being technically competent, our successful consultants have these important soft skills:
bull; Strong presence, personality and leadership
bull; Articulate, confident, poised
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