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Client: FL State Government Agency Position: Systems Administrator Advanced Term: Aug 2026 - June 2027 with extension Pay: $70/Hr - $72/Hr  Location: ON SITE -Tallahassee, FL Work Authorization: USC and GC ONLY   Education: Bachelor’s Degree or technical institute degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field.   Experience: 5 – 8 years of professional experience in information systems engineering or a related field is required. 3 – 5 years of IT work experience in infrastructure/network environments in systems operations, support, maintenance, and administration. 3 – 5 years of professional experience supporting middleware such as API Management, IT Service Automation tools, and batch job services is highly desired. 2 – 3 years of experience in the following areas: Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022. IIS Administration. Network communications, including TCP/IP and DNS, Samba/CIFS file sharing, and NTFS permissions. Strong professional experience in AWS cloud systems is required and strong professional experience in Microsoft Azure and other cloud systems is highly desired. Professional experience in the administration of Microsoft software is highly desired.   Responsibilities: ·        Coordinate server configuration and administration with multiple parties (SDC, FDOT, and contractors). ·        Make recommendations for future server and software upgrades. ·        Monitor systems and applications to ensure security, availability, and performance. ·        Establish systems by evaluating network performance issues, including availability, utilization, throughput, goodput, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; and establishing connections and firewalls. ·        Maintains network and systems performance by performing systems monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting systems and application problems; escalating problems to vendor. ·        Build and manage relationships in a matrixed environment. ·        Find opportunities to refactor solutions to obtain better performance, cost, and efficiency. ·        Create and manage Azure DevOps projects, git repositories, and pipelines. ·        Oversee and configure Azure DevOps organizational settings. ·        Recommend and assist with the building and hosting of complex application solutions. ·        Understand, deploy, and manage AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or other cloud services. ·        Support other IT staff, including developers.