For a large insurance company: Windows Systems Administrator Location: Atlanta, GA 30005 Duration: 4 months Job Description: Candidates for this role must have strong experience in Windows 2003/2008 trouble shooting, Scripting skills such as VB, Powershell a plus, Strong server optimization and tuning skills/experience. Skills: Bachelor of Science or equivalent related experience. Minimum of 5 years of solid work experience in Windows server administration and management. At least 3 years experience in LAN systems/design installation and operation, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Requires a knowledge of diverse LAN technologies and operations, and in-depth knowledge business requirements and area workflow processes. Excellent consultative and communication skills, analytical ability and judgment. The ability to work effectively with client and IT management and staff, consults and vendors. Requirements - Microsoft certified professional for Windows 2003/2008 server - Citrix Experience Required - 5 plus years of experience working with Windows 2000/2003 /2008 operating systems and daily server administration and maintenance are required. - Good working knowledge of VMware and support experience - Good understandings of Clustering and failover technologies are required. - Good knowledge of User/Share level Permissions, Active directory and Domains - Certified Security Professional. - Strong understanding of server Security Harden practices. - Sound understanding of IIS Web server technologies, security and configuration. --Good understandings of SAN storage technologies and data replication tools are recommended. - Experience building and configuring Client servers. - Working knowledge configuring disk arrays and familiarity with Client Intel and AMD chipsets. - Dual Datacenter experience and good understanding of Disaster Recovery concepts are required. - Possess good troubleshooting skills resolving hardware and OS related issues. - Must have excellent interpersonal skills to work with teammates, vendors and customers. - Good oral and written communications skills are required. - Good documentation, organizational and administration skills are also required - Experience with monitoring and tuning system/server performance. - Good scripting skills are required to automate tasks and aid in troubleshooting Must have good documentation skills