Windows System Administrator

Must Have:

Candidate needs to be able to set these products up from scratch. This is not a job administering environments; it requires the candidate to build these environments without assistance. We need to be able to give the candidate a description of an environment and they should be able to provide a working environment back to test use cases.

1. Candidate must be able to build & setup Active Directory in a Lab environment
2. Candidate must be have experience working with virtual machines - Windows Server
3. Candidate must have experience with Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD
4. Candidate should have experience using Okta Workforce Identity
5. Candidate must have experience setting up Hybrid Identity between a cloud based IDP and on prem AD (any combination)
6. Candidate must be able to build/rebuild computers and perform factory resets on the following;

Windows Laptops, Desktops & VMs

macBooks & macOS VMs

iOS and iPad OS devices

Android devices

Preferred:

Experience with Linux and Chrome OS is a bonus

1. Candidate must have a basic understanding of networking and be able to manage a network in a lab setting including DNS, DHCP, subnetting & NAT
2. Experience with MDMs is a plus (ex. Intune, WorkSpace ONE, JamF)
3. Candidate must have an understanding of authentication and authorization and be able to explain how they work.

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Job Description:

Our client, the leader in the SaaS Identity space has an outstanding Product Lab Specialist opportunity to join their dynamic team. This is a fully remote contract role.

As Product Lab specialist, you will be tasked with building and maintaining a lab environment that will be used to test and demonstrate various use cases around Identity and Access Management. In this hands-on role, you will build integrations to help the Product Marketing teams evaluate competing products to help find opportunities for the client to deliver best of class solutions.

Contract Duration: 6-Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Knowledge in Identity & Access Management and client product offerings.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Solutions: Active Directory, AD Certificate Services, AD Federated Services, Azure AD (Entra Identity), Azure AD Domain Services
• Experience configuring Hybrid Identity (cloud + on-prem)
• Experience with Microsoft O365/M365 management and configuration
• Experience with Google Workspace
• Working knowledge of Identity protocols (e.g. SAML, OAuth, OpenID, SCIM)
• Experience with Endpoint Management systems (SCCM, Intune, Jamf, VMware) all devices types, install and configure desktops and servers on both hardware and virtual machines
• Knowledge of basic windows server administration (DNS, Networking, File Services, DHCP)
• Ability to manage networks on-prem: Subnets, VPNs, Firewalls
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP IaaS

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

• Build & maintain various lab environments.
• Consult with Product Marketing SMEs to collect requirements to design & implement the lab solutions.
• Test and document service limits and end user impact. Examples include schema extensions, app integrations, object limits, roles & permissions, access policies. as well as API request limits and throttling.
• Provide network administration and support of various lab environments
• Perform hands on technical implementation and troubleshooting.
• Effectively communicate technical information to non-technical audiences