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Job Title: Systems Architect
Job Type: Contract (Through 6/30/2026 with likelihood of extension)
Job Location: Tallahassee, FL (On-Site)
Job Overview:
Our client is seeking a contractor to aid in the administration of its Servers and Storage infrastructure both in the cloud and on-premises Data Centers. The contractor shall be proficient in the management and deployment of virtual and physical Windows, Solaris/Linux Servers, and Storage Area Network (SAN) design, deployment, and maintenance. The contractor shall assist with tasks related to Cloud Tenant design and Administration, Cloud migration, Cloud administration as well as the conversion of Server hosted applications to Server-Less applications.???
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Conduct a detailed assessment of Azure’s architecture, design, and security posture to identify optimization opportunities.
- Develop an implementation plan and execute the optimization opportunities discovered through the Azure assessment.
- Assist the team with all the operations related to the Azure, maintenance, and support.
- Develop a plan to convert server-hosted workloads to cloud-native solutions and services.
- Drive continuous improvement and optimization.
- Provide support on the day-to-day activities of the infrastructure team.
- Attend and participate in all assigned meetings.
- Complete a Project Report and a Project Timesheet on a weekly basis.
- Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and technical documentation to facilitate the transfer of knowledge to Department staff.??
Required Qualifications:
- A minimum of 10 years of IT work experience in IT infrastructure environments performing planning, architectural design, engineering (hardware and software), maintenance, support, and optimization.
- Significant experience with Solaris/Linux Servers
- Experience migrating server-hosted applications to serverless.
- Ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) with Department staff and vendors.?
- Experience with the maintenance and support of on-premises and Azure Cloud environments.
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Servers and Storage Area Networks.
- Experience configuring and administering Hypervisors such as VMware, Hyper-V and VBox.