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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Windows System Administrator

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Information Science experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 6 years of Information Science experience
OR 
High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Information Science experience

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

• Support the Service Owner, full time employees, and managed service provider in the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of the technology service
• Support the site for any Windows related activity impacting manufacturing systems.
• Ensure service offering is aligned with our key principles of service ownership which include: meeting the needs of the business, cost effectiveness, security, patching, scalability, compliance, reliability, and resilience
• Support monitoring, administration, maintenance, patching, security and troubleshooting of Microsoft technologies, including Windows Server Operating Systems, IIS, Active Directory, Group Policies, and Microsoft Clustering
• Contribute to server design decisions ensuring that application hosting solutions exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, reliability upon deployment
• Support the design, then implementation of enterprise Windows server solutions and IT projects while validating alignment with our strategic goals and technical standards
• Support projects from a technical aspect and provide guidance and direction to less experienced technical staff and Managed Service Providers including installations and upgrades of Operating System, backup/recovery strategies, and high availability configurations
• Contribute to monitoring security bulletins to obtain information of potential threats; analyze and support necessary security patch implementations to ensure ongoing system security
• Utilize software and hardware tools to identify, analyze, and diagnose complex problems and factors affecting performance, then investigate and resolve technical issues and assisting in Root Cause Analysis reviews

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an IS professional with these qualifications.

• Industry Certifications and experience with Windows server administration
• Direct working experience in installing, configuring, and administering:
• Microsoft Core Infrastructure technologies: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies
• Microsoft Server Operating System technologies: Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016
• Previous experience SCCM and Windows patch management experience, including demonstrated knowledge in supporting updates to server operating systems and applications
• Previous experience in Operating System Administration, Performance, Reporting and monitoring needs
• Previous Scripting and ITIL experience and managing regulated systems in the Pharma sector
• Understanding of operating system and network tools for troubleshooting performance issues
• Working knowledge of Clustering and HA configurations
• Solid data-driven problem solving and analytical skills

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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