Microsoft System Center Engineering Specialist

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Job Description

• Design, deploy, and manage Microsoft System Center components, including:

  • SCCM/MECM (Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) for software deployment, patching, and imaging

  • SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) for monitoring of servers, applications, and infrastructure

  • SCORCH (Orchestrator) for automating workflows and routine IT tasks

  • DPM (Data Protection Manager) for backup and recovery (if applicable)

• Create and maintain custom monitoring and alerting rules, performance baselines, and dashboards

• Package and distribute applications and updates to Windows endpoints across the enterprise

• Design and implement compliance baselines and configuration items for endpoint policy enforcement

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues across on-prem and hybrid cloud environments

• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure patch management and endpoint health standards are met

• Develop and maintain documentation for configurations, procedures, and support runbooks

• Monitor System Center environments for performance, capacity, and availability, and apply tuning as needed

• Support system migrations, upgrades, and integration with other Microsoft technologies such as Azure AD, Intune, and Defender for Endpoint

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM)

• Strong experience with SCOM and performance/availability monitoring of Windows-based systems

• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for automation and task orchestration

• Familiarity with Group Policy, Active Directory, DNS, and Windows Server administration

• Experience with hybrid environments and integration between on-prem System Center and Microsoft 365/Azure

• Strong understanding of Windows client and server OS deployment strategies (including task sequences and MDT)

• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills

• Microsoft certifications such as:

  • Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate

  • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

• Experience with Intune, Azure Automation, or Defender for Endpoint

• Familiarity with ITIL practices and service management platforms like ServiceNow

• Experience with enterprise software packaging tools (AdminStudio, PSADT, etc.)

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

At Jefferson, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support the health and well-being of our colleagues and their families. It includes a wide range of benefits including competitive pay, health and retirement benefits, life and disability insurance, paid time off, educational benefits, financial and mental health resources and much more. Our diverse benefits offerings ensure you have the coverage and access to services you need to thrive both personally and professionally.