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Job Title:System Consultant (Network & Infrastructure)
Location:Remote (U.S.)
Employment:Contract-to-hire: 6 months as 1099/C2C, then conversion to W2.
Overview:Join our team as a System Consultant, where you’ll work with customers and internal architects to design, implement, and support the infrastructure behind our public safety product suite—on‑premises and in Azure.
Responsibilities
- Work with customers and internal teams to translate requirements into secure, scalable infrastructure designs.
- Deploy and integrate servers, virtualization, storage, and networking into customer environments.
- Administer Windows Server, failover clusters, and Microsoft SQL Server.
- Maintain platform components (hypervisors, storage, firmware, and core services).
- Implement and validate backup and recovery solutions.
- Coordinate with vendors to procure, stage, and deploy hardware.
- Administer virtual environments (internal and customer-facing).
- Administer firewalls and related security controls at customer sites.
- Set up and troubleshoot VPN connectivity between Azure and customer locations.
- Monitor environments, respond to alerts, and troubleshoot issues to resolution.
- Apply reliability, security, and performance best practices across on‑premises and Azure deployments.
- Recommend tools and technologies that improve delivery and operations.
- Keep up with new technologies and apply them to drive continuous improvement.
- Explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Create and maintain documentation and repeatable processes to improve delivery at scale.
Requirements
- Experience deploying and supporting infrastructure in customer environments (on‑premises and/or Azure)
- Hands-on administration of Windows Server, Active Directory, and Microsoft SQL Server (including clustering/HA/AlwaysOn)
- VMware administration plus server and storage fundamentals (SAN/enterprise storage)
- Working knowledge of networking and security concepts (firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, secure connectivity)
- Ability to troubleshoot across systems, prioritize issues, and drive problems to resolution
- Clear communication skills and comfort working directly with customers and cross-functional teams
- Strong documentation habits and a mindset for building repeatable, scalable processes
- Azure networking experience (site-to-site VPNs, routing, and connectivity troubleshooting)
- Scripting/automation experience (PowerShell, T-SQL, Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience with monitoring/alerting platforms and SNMP-based tooling
- Familiarity with load balancers, DNS, and SSL/TLS certificate management
- Experience with backup tooling and recovery testing
- Familiarity with endpoint protection / anti-malware tools
- VMware: setup, configuration, and support
- SAN/enterprise storage administration
- Windows Server & Active Directory administration
- Server hardware: HPE, Dell, Cisco
- High availability and disaster recovery (Microsoft/VMware)
- Designing for highly available, mission-critical environments
- DNS
- Load balancers
- SSL/TLS certificates
- VPN technologies
- Endpoint protection / anti-malware
- Backup solutions
- Scripting and automation: T-SQL, VBScript, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform
- SNMP-based network management and monitoring tools
- SQL Server tuning and administration
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