Overview
The Nuclear Energy Agency is seeking an experienced IT Systems Architect to design, implement, and govern a secure, resilient, and cost-effective hybrid infrastructure centered on Microsoft technologies, including Linux systems. This role manages the lifecycle of Windows Servers, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Azure services.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the target-state architecture for a hybrid Microsoft ecosystem.
- Oversee and define solution designs for identity, access, storage, and compute.
- Develop reference architectures and standards for Windows Server, Microsoft 365, and Azure services.
- Deploy and optimize Hyper V–based virtualization.
- Administer VMware virtual machines and optimize Microsoft licensing.
- Plan and execute server lifecycle management.
- Manage Azure subscriptions, resource groups, policy, RBAC, and tagging.
- Define and apply backup and recovery procedures.
- Provide end-to-end administration and operational oversight of Microsoft 365.
- Manage Entra ID, conditional access, identity protection, MFA, SSO, privileged identity management (PIM).
- Establish device compliance and configuration policies.
- Provide Tier 2 support for incidents and problems.
- Mentor and enable the IT Support team.
- Participate in calls for tender, and change advisory processes.
- Maintain comprehensive architecture documentation, inventories, topology maps, and SOPs.
- Establish governance for resource naming, tagging, cost allocation, backup, and data retention.
- Carry out other related duties assigned by the NEA IT Systems Manager.
Required Experience
- 3 - 5 years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering with a focus on Microsoft technologies.
- At least 5 years of experience with Windows Server (2019/2022/2025), Active Directory/Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, ADFS, AD Certificate Services, file/print services.
- At least 3 years of experience administering Microsoft 365 in a hybrid environment.
- Preferred: Hyper-V experience: Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster.
- Preferred: Experience with Microsoft Azure.
- Preferred: Exposure to VMware vSphere/ESXi.
- Preferred: Experience with Linux systems.
- Preferred: Proficiency with PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Preferred: Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/ARM/Terraform).
Qualifications
- A university degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent work experience.
- Certifications: Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert; Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, ITIL v4 Foundation.
