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Work at Home Microsoft Exchange Administrator

(Michigan) MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER ADMINISTRATOR - CLMIJB1

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This position requires you have a Microsoft Certification in Exchange 2007.

This position requires ENTERPRISE experience with MULTI-SITE Exchange Environments.

Please do not respond if you cannot meet these two requirements.

OPPORTUNITY

There is a terrific opportunity available for the right individual experienced with Microsoft Exchange Server Administration. The opportunity is provided by Exiis Corporation, a Microsoft Certified Partner focused on Communication and Collaborative solutions across the enterprise. At Exiis Corporation, you are empowered to make your own decisions, participate in mission-critical meetings, and encouraged to speak out even when others think you may be wrong. Our incredible approach to team-centric, solutions-based answers has made us one of the most sought after IT solutions providers.

At Exiis Corporation, you will be working with the best qualified and most intelligent team members you will ever meet. You will also be working with many high-level business executives, sharing ideas, establishing goals, and improving their business processes. While we appreciate and recognize talented individuals without formal education, we have determined a formal education is essential to this position.

OVERVIEW

In this highly charged position, the Microsoft Exchange Administrator is responsible for continuing maintenance of sever clients and ensuring 99.9% uptime availability utilizing various hardware and software devices and tools. You will be called upon to participate in meetings and post sales support, implementation of Microsoft Exchange Server in a variety of client organizations with varying number of end-users. Enterprise solutions will include a wide, broad knowledge of various storage and clustering solutions as well as multiple, redundant Exchange servers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Our work environment includes client “on-site” work, “off-site” work, and “remote-support” services. In many cases, you will work from the comfort of your own home, under the direction and control of a project manager. On many occasions, you will be participating in remote support services, application development, and solutions-based services. Occasionally, you will be required to perform “off-site” services at the client’s site, which will require company paid travel expenses.

EDUCATION

• MCSE on Windows Server 2003

• MCTS (Exchange Server 2003 or 2007), MS Certified Technology Specialist

• BS in Computer Science desired, but not required

Requirements.

• 5+ years as a Microsoft Exchange Administrator/Architect AT THE ENTERPRISE LEVEL—Please, do not respond if you have not managed, configured, or supported multi-site environments.

• Participate in the design and review of a distributed Microsoft Windows infrastructure.

• Provide top tier support administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting Exchange 2003 / 2007 and mail gateways in a distributed Exchange environment and ensure best practices are implemented.

• Provide top tier support administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting for Windows 2003 Active Directory (AD) and ensure best practices are implemented.

• Manage and Monitor Windows OS servers and Microsoft systems.

• Manage and troubleshoot Group Policy at all levels (local, OU, site, etc)

• Write and maintain VBS scripts to automate and troubleshoot systems as necessary.

• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to systems design, systems configuration, testing and evaluation, and network configuration.

• Respond to server monitoring system alerts to evaluate and remedy identified problems.

• Be available for after-hours and weekend support of critical servers as necessary.

• Participate in the development, testing, and implementation of disaster recovery procedures for critical systems.

• Evaluate, analyze and audit production systems processes and equipment, and help develop and implement solutions to aid with the continuity of operations.

• Participate in the identification of vulnerabilities and their mitigation.

• Research, evaluate and recommend new technologies.

• Maintain effective communications with vendors, peers and clients in support of assigned projects.

• Participate in the development of written project plans, task schedules, test and evaluation plans, and system design documents.

• Experience with migrations from Lotus, MAC, and IBM environments to Exchange Server 2007.

• Experience deploying all 5 of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles.

• Experience with Unified Messaging and Integration procedures.

• Experience with Blackberry Enterprise Server and Devices.

• Experience with Windows Mobile Devices.

• Experience with Microsoft Outlook Clients

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience with Cisco Unified messaging integration with Exchange

• VI3 (VMWare Certification)

• Expertise with Mail Marshall Mail Gateways and Spam filtering.

• Knowledgeable with KiXstart login scripts

• High proficiency with Dell server hardware and Blade technology.

• Experience in design and implementation of integrated load-sharing multi-tier system architecture

Employer Posted:Monday, October 06, 2008