Senior Consultant

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview & The Role

Peraton is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting the U.S. Senate program. The ideal candidate will provide objective advice, expertise, and specialized skills with the aim of creating value, maximizing growth, or improving the performance of their clients.

Day to Day Work Responsibilities

• Support Enterprise instances of Exchange Messaging, Active Directory, and Mobility Management.
• Work as part of a cohesive, high-performing, and reliable team of Engineers.
• Promote knowledge sharing amongst teams.
• Provide advanced technical consulting and advice to team members and customer on troubleshooting efforts, system management, tuning, and modification of solutions.
• Deliver high-quality IT services using consistently-applied methodologies and best practices, based on IT Service Management principles.
• Maintain state-of-the-art expertise on the hardware and software in use by the US Senate.
• Required to be onsite full-time and provide second and third-tier operational support for lab and production systems.
• Actively research, test, document, and implement customer software and hardware solutions, with strong troubleshooting skills.
• Monitor Active Directory, Exchange, Mobile Device Management, and perform regular system maintenance.
• Discover, test, and implement operational improvements and optimizations for the customer environment.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years' experience or Associate's degree and 7 years' experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 9 years experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Five (5)+ years' experience in Windows AD administration.
• Five (5)+ years' experience in Microsoft Messaging products (Exchange).
• Experience working in an Enterprise level environment.
• Experience working on Federal Government projects.
• Microsoft PowerShell experience required.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Teams/Skype for Business.
• Experience responding to System Alerts.
• Experience supporting AirWatch/Workspace ONE or similar Mobility Solutions.
• Capable of reviewing and editing documentation.
• Must be flexible to support after-hours work.
• Experience with Microsoft Office365/Teams and Azure is a must.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Good team player.

Key skills/competency

• Active Directory Administration
• Exchange Server Management
• Microsoft 365/Teams
• Azure Services
• PowerShell Scripting
• Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• IT Service Management (ITSM)
• Troubleshooting & Support
• Systems Integration
• Government Contracting