Federal - Desktop Infrastructure Consultant
Location: Arlington Virginia
Description: Accenture is currently seeking to employ Federal - Desktop Infrastructure Consultant right now, this career will be placed in Virginia. More details about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Location: Arlington, VA/Washington DC
Travel: 100%
Accenture Federal Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accenture, h! elps U.S. federal agencies build the government of the future. With 4,000 dedicated US employees, Accenture Federal Services is uniquely positioned to support federal agencies in shattering the status quo, achieving profound efficiencies and relentlessly delivering results. Accenture Federal Services is a long-time and trusted resource for the federal community. Every cabinet level agency in the United States-and 20 of the country's largest federal government agencies-have worked with Accenture Federal Services to achieve outcomes and move toward high performance. Join us and you can help our federal clients achieve what matters most, powering the services that touch the nation every day.
Job Description:
This position will be responsible for providing Infrastructure solutions. The candidate will also be responsible for the configuration and ongoing support for the global Desktop environment, performs and presents technology performance analysis, capacit! y planning, and proactive health checks.
Key Respo! nsibilities may include:
The position will require eagerness to participate on a team designing, building, documentation and/or testing WT&C focused solutions. Apply Accenture methodology, Accenture reusable assets, and previous work experience to delivery consistently high quality work. Deliver written or oral status reports regularly. Stay educated on new and emerging market offerings that may be of interest to our clients. 100% travel requirement.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
3 years of professional experience in 3 of the following 5 areas:
Client Operating Systems (e.g. Microsoft Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Linux/Unix
Directory Systems (e.g. Windows Server 200x, Active Directory, Novell NDS, Sun1)
Messaging Technologies (e.g. Microsoft Exchange 5.5/200x, Lotus Notes)
Collaboration and End User Productivity (e.g. Microsoft Office 200x, SharePoint, Groove, InfoPath, WWF, Office Communi! cator Server)
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Build (VMWare View, Citrix XenDesktop, etc.), Application Virtualization Build (Microsoft App-V, Endeavor, InstallFree, ThinApp, etc.), Thin Client Deployment (Wyse, HP, etc.)
Full End-user computing life cycle experience (architecture, design, build, implementation, remote management, patch management experience related to the above
Minimum of 1 year of professional experience in 2 of the 3 following areas:
Desktop transformation and messaging environment implementations
Thin Computing Technologies (e.g. Terminal Services, Citrix, Wyse, VMWare)
Desktop Management (e.g. Microsoft SMS, Altiris)
Minimum of 1 year of technical architecture design, evaluation, and analysis
Minimum of 2 years of Project Management experience (Project and Resource planning using MS Project)
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree
Preferred Skills:
Previous Consu! lting or client service delivery experience
Architectural expo! sure to Red Hat LINUX, UNIX, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, IIS Server, J2EE, .NET and other technologies (Quest Software, Remedy and
BMC)
Hands-on experience with VBScript, TCP/IP, XML, C++, JavaScript
Technical/Team Leadership Experience
Personnel Development Experience (hiring, resource planning, performance feedback, etc.)
Professional Skill Requirements:
Excellent Communication skills
Attention to Detail
Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducte! d online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require now or in the future sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
US Citizenship is required.
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This career starts available on: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:52:46 GMT