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Network Architect

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), an award-winning public pension fund, is offering a great opportunity for the right person who has excellent Microsoft technical experience and communications skills.

IMRF is seeking a Network Architect who possesses a strong understanding of architecting and configuring Microsoft Windows OS technology. This position has a focus in AD Forests, Domains, Trusts, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Organizational Units. The position will join an existing department of over twenty infrastructure technology staff and will report the the Network Services Team Lead. This team supports our mission critical business systems, workstations, telecom, SQL, security, VMware, core switching, firewalls and load balancers.

IMRF has an enterprise-wide modernization initiative in progress, which will completely replace our current applications with Line of Business, CRM, ECM, and BI applications integrated in a flexible Service Oriented Architecture. Key technology platform components of the new solution include VMware, SQL Server, Windows Server, Cisco networking, enterprise SAN, and Avaya VOIP.

Our technology efforts support IMRF’s vision of providing the highest quality retirement services to our members, their beneficiaries and employers. The successful candidate will enjoy the challenge of joining the infrastructure team that is critical to achieving that vision.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate in assessing current and expected Microsoft Windows infrastructure needs, configuration, maintenance, and optimization.
• Weeknight and Weekend work is performed as an overtime function scheduled as needed. Our outage windows are scheduled weeknights after 6pm and all weekends.
• Monitor and manage network/server security and performance in SolarWinds and other automated tools.
• Participate in the patch management of all Microsoft servers.
  • Weeknight and Weekend work is performed as an overtime function scheduled as needed. Our outage windows are scheduled weeknights after 6pm and all weekends.
• Design and deploy Group Policy Objects as requested to ensure compliance of company policies for servers and user end-point devices.
• Own and lead discussions in business and technical information technology solution implementations, upgrades, enhancements and conversions. Recommend solutions as appropriate.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Active Directory, GPO's, Certificate Services, and password/identity management systems.
• Review domain level rights and privileges and perform changes to the same where appropriate.
• Create and update technical documentation of Infrastructure procedures as needed.
• Plan and execute Active Directory Domain level upgrades.
• Serve as a technical expert for the tier 1 server/workstation support group.
• Assist in management and support of internal and external DNS systems, internal DHCP architecture and scoping.
• Perform Microsoft server maintenance, upgrades, and apply configuration and security standards/policies within a defined Change Management process.
• Work with stakeholders and other technical teams to collect business and technical requirements and design/deliver enterprise level solutions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from a four-year college or university in Computer Science or a related technical field

AND

• 15+ years of experience in IT support and networking

Certifications that pertain to area of emphasis are preferred:

• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
• Former MCSA, MCSE

Visit our website: www.imrf.org for more information and to apply online.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) is the second largest-and best funded-statewide public pension system in Illinois. IMRF partners with local units of government to provide death, disability and retirement benefits for working and retired public employees. IMRF has more than 170,000 active members and 142,000 retired members working for over 3,000 different units of government, including school districts (non-certified teaching staff), counties, cities and villages, and park district and libraries. IMRF receives no funding from the State of Illinois.