Windows Administrator

Dechen Consulting Group (DCG) is a rapidly expanding, innovative IT Professional Services and Management Consulting company with a track record of more than twenty-five years in delivering skilled professionals to our clients across diverse sectors. We are currently seeking SaaS and Google Cloud for a W2 contract opportunity in Dearborn, MI. This role has the potential to extend over multiple years, with the chance to transition to a direct hire position with our client. We provide healthcare, vacation, relocation assistance, and visa sponsorship/transfer. This is a W2 position, not C2C. THIRD PARTIES NEED NOT APPLY. This role offers excellent prospects for career progression!
Position Description:

• This position is part of the Descriptive Analytics team. It is an Engineering and Operations position for our strategic visualization platforms in on-premises, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Google Cloud instances.
• Our analytics platforms include Looker, Qlik Sense, Alteryx, WebFocus, and Power BI.
• The selected candidate will also assist with the management of cloud-based platforms and the development of tools to automate processes used to operate these platforms.

Duties:

• Evaluate, engineer, test, release and manage existing and upcoming analytics technologies for Enterprise consumption in Google Cloud, SaaS, and on-prem environments.
• Develop Onboarding, Operational and Disaster Recovery procedures consistent with Client's IT Policy
• Work with both Enterprise Architecture and other stakeholders to gather requirements and provide customer-focused, feature-rich, resilient platforms.
• Develop new tools and processes (and simply or eliminate others) to ensure effective implementation using technologies such as PowerShell, Terraform, PowerApps, etc.
• Along with other team members, operate and administer various analytics platforms, including helping end users with infrastructure questions.
• Monitor and analyse usage data to ensure optimal performance of the infrastructure; implement permanent corrective actions as needed.
• Provide training, consultation and L2/L3 operational support.
• Follow ITIL processes for request, incident, change, and problem management.
• Provide product consultation for dedicated deployments.

Skills Required:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of platform engineering and documentation processes (Run Books, 'how to' guides, etc.)
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, and a sense of curiosity to understand how things work.
• Ability to coordinate issue resolution with vendors on behalf of Client.
• Interpersonal skills and interest in making users successful with our platforms.

Skills Preferred:

• Cloud platform experience preferred, including Terraform scripting and Tekton pipeline CI/CD experience.
• Google Cloud Services and their management
• Familiarity with system monitoring tools and methods in use at Client (Dynatrace, Splunk)
• Understanding web and app server security configurations, including SSL certificates
• Linux System Administration desired
• Understanding of basic database connectivity for technologies like Big Query, Cloud SQL (PGSQL, etc.), Teradata, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, SAP systems, etc.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerShell and Git/GitHub
• Understanding of Product Life Cycle (including release cadences for service packs, patches, etc.)
• Familiarity with the Agile development framework (including Rally)

Experience Required:

• 10 years Windows Server admin experience
• 3 years of experience with Analytics platforms
• 2 years of experience deploying and managing large, shared application platforms.

Education Required:

• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or a related field

We Are a People-Focused Company with a deep emphasis on family values and look forward to working with you.