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February 2008 - Posts

  • Active Directory Administrator postion at T-Mobile!!!

    To Apply Click HERE

    This position is located in the Seattle, WA area   (will also entertain candidates in the Dallas, TX area)

    T-Mobile USA is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging, and data services capable of reaching over 268 million Americans where they live, work, and play.  In a world full of busy and fragmented lives, we at T-Mobile USA, Inc. have the idea that wireless communications can help.  The value of our plans, the breadth of our coverage, the reliability of our network, and the quality of our service are meant to do one thing; help you stick together with the people who make your life come alive.  That’s why we’re here.

    System Administrator 4, Microsoft

    T-Mobile USA is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging, and data services capable of reaching over 268 million Americans where they live, work, and play. In a world full of busy and fragmented lives, we at T-Mobile USA, Inc. have the idea that wireless communications can help. The value of our plans, the breadth of our coverage, the reliability of our network, and the quality of our service are meant to do one thing; help you stick together with the people who make your life come alive. That's why we're here.

    As a Systems Administrator 4, Microsoft you will lead in the design, development, and support of the Windows core network infrastructure for T-Mobile USA applications. This position will lead the team to drive the design and build-out secure architectures. You will be involved in providing top level technical support for development, implantation, and integration of new systems. As these systems are brought on-line you provide incident resolution; secure operations; provide status reports and performance analysis. Respond to escalated emergencies or system downtime is also required.

    Primary Duties and Responsibilities
    *  Display strong inter-personal, verbal and written communication skills
    *  Display strong project management skills and ability to meet deadlines with little to no supervision
    *  Expertly understand and apply advance system administration, management and performance tuning techniques
    *  Act as lead and direct other resources in support of project and operational activities
    *  Provide 24 x 7 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation with other team members.
    *  Provide advanced troubleshooting for applications and systems, determining cause and effect
    *  Function as technical liaison for Windows related project activities
    *  Lead design reviews, define standards, recommend and establish policies
    *  Provide mentoring to fellow administrators, system programmers, and others
    *  Evaluate hardware and software requirements and be able to justify purchase decisions
    *  Configure and tune hardware and software to insure optimum performance and resource utilization

    Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
    *  Be responsible for communicating all system performance degradation to management
    *  Develop and maintain technical documentation for system environment
    *  Maintain strict change control of system infrastructure
    *  Measure capacity and performance trends to determine long-term needs
    *  Provide systems metrics, root cause analysis, and proactive monitoring
    *  Create, test, and update disaster recovery plans
    *  Provide other technical services as necessary for the successful completion of projects
    *  Work hands on, provide troubleshooting, and acquire new skills rapidly
    *  Work order and problem ticket resolution and tracking via Remedy
    *  Evaluate hardware and software requirements and be able to justify purchase decisions.
    *  Configure and tune hardware and software to ensure optimum performance and resource utilization
    *  Provide mentoring to fellow administrators, system programmers and others
    Position Requirements

    Technical Skills
    *  Bachelors degree preferred, and 7 years equivalent experience supporting Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008 in an operations/production environment
    *  In-depth understanding of current MS technologies
    *  Extensive experience in designing systems and security strategies
    *  Extensive experience with a deep understanding of Active Directory
    *  Extensive experience designing and maintaining Group Policies (GPOs)
    *  Extensive experience with a deep understanding of  DNS, DHCP, WINS, and TCP/IP networking
    *  Extensive experience & knowledge of scripting languages (VBscript, Powershell, Perl, SQL, etc.)
    *  Extensive experience in hardening Microsoft systems
    *  Extensive experience with various monitoring tools (MOM and HP Openview)
    *  Extensive experience with Microsoft PKI preferred
    *  Extensive experience in a SAN or NAS based environment
    *  Extensive experience with HP and IBM  hardware preferred
    *  Extensive experience with EMC, HP, and NetApp disk arrays preferred 

    Skills Required
    *  Demonstrated experience with superior judgment, problem resolution, cross team collaboration and the ability to work under critical deadline pressure
    *  Excellent written and oral communication skills
    *  Excellent interpersonal skills
    *  Ability to conduct research into Windows issues and products
    *  Acts as a key contributor in complex and critical environments
    *  Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
    *  Highly self motivated and directed
    *  Keen attention to detail
    *  Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
    *  Strong customer service
    *  Anticipates customer needs and identifies solutions
    *  Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
    *  Experience with managing enterprise environments is highly valued
    *  Knowledge of scripting languages (PERL, SQL, Visual Basic, C shell, etc) is beneficial
    *  Experience in a SAN or NAS based environment
    *  Strong inter-personal and communication skills - ability to work well with both peers and customers under pressure and deadlines
    *  Ability to identify and solve problems quickly and completely - able to network efficiently in order to locate subject matter experts as needed
    *  Excellent organizational skills - proficient in managing multiple priorities
    *  Works independently and proactively engages when necessary
    *  Applies knowledge of business and functional priorities to address complex problems and non-standard situations
    *  Anticipates customer needs and identifies solutions
    *  Proactively interacts with customers to deliver improved customer service
    *  Makes operational and strategic decisions based on varied inter-departmental sources and applies organizational consensus to solve problems
    *  Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
    *  Routinely seeks/uses expertise to translate external research into new approaches
    *  Explains difficult concepts and persuades others to adopt a new point of view
    *  Engages cross-functional teams to enable a more collaborative effort
    *  Grasps and communicates big picture enterprise wide issues to team
    *  Provides leadership, mentoring and guidance to others
    *  Advanced project leadership and organizational skills with demonstrated ability to lead effective project teams
    *  Design effective lifecycle templates or engagement models
    *  Demonstrate advanced analytical and logical thinking
    *  Provide an in-depth knowledge in multiple functional area’s (SME)
    *  Advanced understanding of applications architecture
    *  Advanced understanding of customer/project life-cycle
    *  Advanced verbal and written presentation skills at all audience levels
    *  Demonstrates strong conflict resolution skills
    *  Strong technical and analytical skills with the ability to think creatively and develop new solutions.
    *  Task management, participating on team projects from beginning to end. Activities include: developing and managing task and resource schedules; documenting, tracking, and resolving issues; documenting project status and communicating project status to management.
    *  Ability to manage a diverse workload and work under time constraints. Expect heavy workloads during project development and implementation.
    *  Analyze new and emerging technologies and apply them to meet current and future business requirements.

    T-Mobile USA offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, as well as matching 401(k), generous paid time off programs, mobile phone and service discounts, tuition reimbursement, free parking – not to mention a fun and business casual work environment.
    T-Mobile is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce.
    Posted Feb 29 2008, 04:02 AM by myitforum with 10 comment(s)
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  • Today's Articles; February 28, 2008

    System Center Configuration Manager
    Visio 2007 ConfigMgr Connector Released
    by Anthony Clendenen - 2/28/2008
    The Visio Add-In incorporates a generic filter mechanism based on custom XML schema provided as part of this framework. Any new provider can be written using the framework as well as the generic schema.

    SMS 2003
    Proventia Desktop breaks Ron's Web Console
    by Christopher Stauffer - 2/28/2008
    We have been seeing a problem crop up at several agencies that affected the SMS Web Console (originally authored by Ron Crumbaker).

    System Center Operations Manager
    Visio 2007 ConfigMgr Connector Released
    by Anthony Clendenen - 2/28/2008
    The Visio Add-In incorporates a generic filter mechanism based on custom XML schema provided as part of this framework. Any new provider can be written using the framework as well as the generic schema.

    System Center Essentials
    SCE 2007 Microsoft Enterprise Management Group PowerShell Commands
    by Don Hite - 2/28/2008
    To find a list of all the commands available to you from the SCE 2007 PowerShell console you can run the following commands...

    Windows PowerShell
    PowerShell cmdlet to add mailbox permissions
    by Ying Li - 2/28/2008
    As you may already be aware that in Exchange 2007, when you create a mailbox

    Windows
    Active Directory Site Coverage
    by Marcin Policht - 2/28/2008
    By default, Active Directory employs automatic coverage to provide authentication services to sites without local domain controllers. This mechanism can be modified.

    SQL Server
    SQL Query To Locate SMS Clients That Have Generated New SMSID’s
    by Don Hite - 2/28/2008
    Here you will find a SQL query to list SMS client resources that have generated new SMS ID’s along with their Resource ID and the timestamp that the change was generated.

    Exchange Server
    PowerShell cmdlet to add mailbox permissions
    by Ying Li - 2/28/2008
    As you may already be aware that in Exchange 2007, when you create a mailbox

    Web Technologies
    HTA Script To List SMS Or ConFigMgr Collection Members
    by Don Hite - 2/28/2008
    This script will allow you to choose a collection name from a drop down menu list and list the collection member names to the active window.

    Active Directory and Group Policy
    Active Directory Site Coverage
    by Marcin Policht - 2/28/2008
    By default, Active Directory employs automatic coverage to provide authentication services to sites without local domain controllers. This mechanism can be modified.

    Hardware and Gadgets
    Is your Zune really getting turned off?
    by Christopher Stauffer - 2/28/2008
    If you are still burning though your battery after the latest update try this.

    Miscellaneous
    When your disaster recovery solution turns into a disaster
    by Mike Terrill - 2/28/2008
    About a year and a half ago I decided to add a network attached storage device to my home network mostly for a backup solution.

    Microsoft Deployment
    Error in SMS Provider log during MDT TS Import-Custom Boot Image
    by Mike Terrill - 2/28/2008
    Recently, I was doing a little Configuration Manager/Microsoft Deployment Toolkit testing and ran into an error while doing an import of a Microsoft Deployment Task Sequence.
    Posted Feb 28 2008, 01:33 PM by myitforum with no comments
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  • The myITforum.com party at MMS 2008 - bigger and better

    We’re finalizing our plans for the myITforum.com party at MMS 2008.  Look for an official invitation posted to the site soon.  Here’s an example from last year’s invitation.

    The party will be on Tuesday night (April 29th) of MMS 2008, in a nice big ballroom to accommodate 500 people!  That’s right, we’re doubling attendance for the party this year.

    The party will last from 6:30pm until between 8:30pm-9:00pm.  The myITforum.com party at MMS is always a popular event. 

    Once again, we’ll be handing out party tickets (buttons) on a first-come first-serve basis at the myITforum.com booth #235.  So, it’s important to get in line right before the Comdex opens up on Monday evening (5:30pm)

    We’ll have plenty of give-aways at the party and the booth, so stop by the booth often and make sure to get a party ticket.  We’ll also be having our annual myITforum.com awards and having weigh-ins for the myITforum.com Biggest Loser contest.

    But, it’s not just about the give-aways.  Enjoy putting faces with names and rekindling old acquaintances as you mingle with the best-of-the-best of the myITforum.com crowd.

    You don’t know what you’ve missed until you attend a myITforum.com party!

    I hope to see you there!

  • Today's Download; February 27, 2008

    Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is the driving force behind companies building integrated workflow and collaboration systems. With SharePoint, businesses leverage in-house expertise; build teams...

    Using System Center products with Exchange Server 2007 improves the operation of your computing environment and improves your business workflow. Read this datasheet and find out how System Center Operations...
  • Today's Articles; February 27, 2008

    System Center Configuration Manager
    ConfigMGR 2007 Installation and Design Directions
    by Christopher Stauffer - 2/27/2008
    After I received a large request group for the install directions that I have created, I decided to alter my internal doc so that they can be released to the public.

    SMS 2003
    VBS Script To Enumerate SMS SP3 Installed Executables And Send To Excel
    by Don Hite - 2/27/2008
    Sms_InstalledExecutable is a new WMI class provided by the installation of SMS Service Pack (SP) 3 that allows for you to see or enumerate Installed executables or .Exe file information. The VBS script here will ...

    System Center Operations Manager
    The Boris Yanushpolsky MP Viewer Updated
    by Don Hite - 2/27/2008
    Boris Yanushpolsky has released an update to his MP Viewer version 1.3 which is available from his Blog page.

    System Center Essentials
    Latest Management Pack Authoring Guide now Available for Essentials 2007
    by Gwen Zierdt - 2/27/2008
    Despite the fact the latest and greatest Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack Authoring Guide doesn't mention it anywhere, the document does apply to creating and editing Essentials 2007 Management Packs.

    Scripting
    VBS Script To Enumerate SMS SP3 Installed Executables And Send To Excel
    by Don Hite - 2/27/2008
    Sms_InstalledExecutable is a new WMI class provided by the installation of SMS Service Pack (SP) 3 that allows for you to see or enumerate Installed executables or .Exe file information. The VBS script here will ...

    Windows
    Customizing Security Settings of Windows Services
    by Marcin Policht - 2/27/2008
    The ability to start and stop Windows services is by default limited to the members of local Administrators group. There might be situations, in which you want to loosen up this restriction and delegate permissions to manage services to arbitrarily selected groups or users.

    Active Directory and Group Policy
    Customizing Security Settings of Windows Services
    by Marcin Policht - 2/27/2008
    The ability to start and stop Windows services is by default limited to the members of local Administrators group. There might be situations, in which you want to loosen up this restriction and delegate permissions to manage services to arbitrarily selected groups or users.
  • Official myITforum.com MMS 2008 booth news

    It’s official.  Due to last year’s overwhelming response to our small, meek booth back in the corner of outer Bulgaria, we’ve been placed in the center of the Comdex this year.  The myITforum.com booth number for this year is #235.

    Memorize it.  Write it down.  Do whatever you have to, just don’t miss the opening seconds of this year’s MMS 2008 Comdex opening.  If you remember last year, you’ll soon realize why.  More to come…

    I know a few vendors are already fighting over who gets to be next to us.

    Here’s what it looks like:

  • New England Area SMS User Group meeting - February 27th, 2008

    Our next meeting will be Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at the Microsoft Waltham offices.

     

    Registration info and directions are found here:

    Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=125430
    Event Code: 125430

     

    Microsoft has graciously reserved their Waltham Office for our meeting and will also be present for Q & A. Come with any questions, or share your the details of plans with Systems Center.

    One of our members has recently become a Microsoft employee.  He will be at our meeting for a quick introduction and a poll of interest on topics for the Microsoft Virtualization products and documentation. Come on by to see who it is :) 
     
    1E will be providing the pizza, and in this meeting Ed Aldrich will demonstrate 1E's Power & Patch Management Pack, Nomad Enterprise, and Shopping.

  • Today's Downloads; February 26, 2008

    Find out how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 delivers best-of-breed, end-to-end monitoring and management of your Microsoft Windows infrastructure. Read about the benefits and core capabilities...

     

    Microsoft System Center solutions can work together to provide an integrated, end-to-end management solution for your Windows Server 2008 environment. Learn about the benefits of managing Windows Server...

     

    Read this datasheet to find out how Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager provides a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center that enables increased physical server utilization...

     

    Microsoft SQL Server 2008 delivers a safe, secure, and reliable platform for running your most mission critical, line-of-business applications. It is the platform for building scalable business intelligence...
  • Today's Articles; February 26, 2008

    System Center Configuration Manager
    ConFigMgr 2007 Admin User Interface Log File Descriptions
    by Don Hite - 2/26/2008
    Here you will find a list of the available ConFigMgr 2007 Admin User Interface (UI) log files taken from Microsoft for your reference.

    SMS 2003
    DP on x64 OS
    by Brian Mason - 2/26/2008
    How to make x64 OS servers work as SMS DP's

    System Center Operations Manager
    Enable SQL 2005 broker service for SCOM 2007 - Who is that
    by Ying Li - 2/26/2008
    SCOM 2007 uses SQL2005 broker service to perform discoveries, so before you use the Discovery Wizard to install agents, you need to set the Enable_Broker value.

    System Center Essentials
    Essentials 2007 no longer part of Cougar release
    by Gwen Zierdt - 2/26/2008
    It's official. Essentials 2007 is no longer going to be part of the next release of Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008), currently code named Cougar.

    Windows PowerShell
    PowerShell Command to Obtain List of Zero Sized files
    by Shaun Cassells - 2/26/2008
    Use this PowerShell script to retrieve a list of files with zero bytes.

    Windows
    Resetting Directory Services Restore Mode Password
    by Marcin Policht - 2/26/2008
    Directory Services Restore Mode password is needed when performing such operations as Active Directory database restores or offline defragmentation on Windows Server 2003 (and earlier) domain controllers. Here are different ways of managing its changes.

    SQL Server
    Exporting And Importing SQL 2005 Registered Server Information
    by Don Hite - 2/26/2008
    Here you will find the steps necessary to export and then import SQL 2005 registered server information from one database server to another.

    Active Directory and Group Policy
    Resetting Directory Services Restore Mode Password
    by Marcin Policht - 2/26/2008
    Directory Services Restore Mode password is needed when performing such operations as Active Directory database restores or offline defragmentation on Windows Server 2003 (and earlier) domain controllers. Here are different ways of managing its changes.
  • Need 10 BDD Project Leaders

    LRS is now offering a new Academy! This newest Academy is an opportunity to work with two great technology companies at the same time, LRS and our confidential client! LRS will train students (interested, qualified technology professionals) on how to architect Automated Desktop Deployment solutions using *our client's products* and Microsoft technology during the first 4 weeks of their employment with LRS. After the 4 weeks of training, we will put you on assignment with our confidential client for a 90 day contract to hire period where you will design and implement automated deployment solutions to reduce the cost of deployment for these customers.  This is an opportunity to work with some of the most experienced engineers working with automated deployment tools.  Consultants may be expected to travel as much as 70% of the time but will be home on the weekends.  Consultants are expected to live within a reasonable distance to a major airport. When not traveling, you may be working from home. Dress is business casual most of the time, with rare occasions where business dress attire is required.

    At the end of the initial 3 month LRS engagement with our client, you may be offered conversion to become their employee.    To date, all of our successful consultants have been offered conversion at the end of the initial consulting period! LRS is paying a competitive hourly rate, guarenteed a minimum of 40 hours per week through training and during the 90 day contract period. If there is overtime while on assignment, it is paid out as well.


    Preferred Skills:
    ·         Consulting experience with Microsoft or a Microsoft partner
    ·         2000/2003 MCSE
    ·         Automated Desktop deployment experience especially Microsoft BDD

     

    Technical Requirements:
    ·         At least 1 year consulting experience in a Lead/Architect/Design type role performing solutions development (preferably deployment solutions) for large clients
    ·         At least 5 years of hands on Windows server experience in a 1000 user or larger environment
    ·         At least 1 year of automated deployment experience in a 1000 user or larger environment with Ghost, Powerquest, RIS, or similar product.
    ·         At least 1 year of systems management tool experience in a 1000 user or larger environment   with SMS, Landesk, Altiris, Unicenter SDO, or similar
     
    Contact:

    O: 913.339.9200 x2312 |

    Melissa.Holmes@lrs.com | www.lrs.com
    Posted Feb 25 2008, 08:22 PM by myitforum with no comments
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  • Imaging/Application Certification Packager

    Analysts International is seeking qualified candidates for an excellent long term contract position with a big name client in the Central Kentucky area.  This is a one year contract with year to year renewal (open ended).  Client is seeking a strong desktop imaging/application certification packager to join their team.   

    Applicants must have experience in enterprise desktop CREATION and deployment via Microsoft BDD / OSD / SMS systems.
    Experience in Windows XP/2000 driver and application installation / troubleshooting / repackaging a plus.
    Position is responsible for CREATING building, maintaining, and supporting desktop imaging for 13 sites.  Additional level 4 desktop and project support on request.
    Must have excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
    Applicant must have experience with the following technologies and systems:

    Microsoft SMS 2003 (multi site deployment)
    Microsoft OSD
    Microsoft BDD 2007
    VM Workstation 5-6
    Windows XP, 2000, Windows PE 2004/2005/2.0
    Wise Studio 7
    Microsoft Installer 3.1
    VB Script

      Additionally:

      Must be a strong self starter with ability to be a jack of all trades with regards to Microsoft products.
      Must have desktop imaging skills specifically using SMS OSD and Microsoft BDD, experience with Ghost or Drive Image Pro is a benefit.
      Must have experience with custom scripting of Microsoft USMT and working level or greater knowledge of VBScript, WMI, and Window's registry.
      Windows 2000 and XP in depth troubleshooting knowledge.
      SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 administrative skills
      Experience with Softgrid is a big plus

        We offer competitive salary & benefits (if required).  Please submit updated resume to jganucheau@analysts.com for immediate consideration.
        Julie Ganucheau

        Sr. Technical Recruiter, Analysts International