Windows Server System Administrator

Location: Greensboro, NCPerforms hands-on vulnerability remediation, patch deployment, and secure configuration hardening for Windows Server environments. Ensures remediation is executed within formal change control, validated through Qualys Vulnerability Management, and reported against service level agreement requirements.

Essential functions include: Reviewing Qualys Vulnerability Management findings for Windows servers and defining remediation plans including patch sets, sequencing, and change window alignment. Testing and deploying patches using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager where applicable, and manual methods where required. Creating new Software Update Groups (SUGs) each month for workstations and servers, segregated by OS and environment if needed (e.g., prod, dev, test).Scheduling and configuring deployments for new SUGs, defining appropriate maintenance windows, user notifications, and reboot behavior. Implementing Windows Server hardening baselines including security configuration standards, legacy protocol reduction, secure remote management posture, and audit logging alignment. Validating remediation closure through health checks and Qualys rescans; documenting exceptions and compensating controls when required. Troubleshooting patch failures and service impacts; supporting restoration and root cause analysis. Maintaining operational metrics for patch compliance, remediation success rate, vulnerability aging, and repeat findings; supporting service level agreement reporting.

Required Qualifications: Three or more years of direct, hands-on Windows Server administration and patching in production environments. Experience executing changes under formal change control with rollback planning and post-change validation. Hands-on experience using Qualys Vulnerability Management for validation and remediation closure.

Preferred Qualifications: Hospital information technology experience strongly preferred; broader healthcare experience preferred. Certifications highly desirable: Microsoft Windows Server certifications, CompTIA Security+, ITIL Foundation, or equivalent.

Work Schedule: Expectations: Participation in scheduled after-hours maintenance windows as required.

Education: Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical field and or equivalent experience. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator.