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Working closely with the Implementation Manager, project stakeholders, and customer infrastructure, identity, database, network, and security teams, this role helps move implementations from discovery through production readiness and customer handoff.\nSuccess requires strong systems administration and troubleshooting skills, confidence working directly with customers, and disciplined follow-through.\nEssential Functions:\nDeployment & Configuration\nInstall, configure, and validate SPHEREboard components (application services, connectors, agents, and data collectors) and integrate them with directory services, identity platforms, databases, cloud platforms, and other enterprise data sources.\n\nExecute implementation activities within the approved scope, project plan, security requirements, and change-management processes.\n\nValidate data ingestion, normalization, completeness, and visualization within SPHEREboard before promoting integrations to production use.\n\nCustomer Partnership & Communication\nServe as a trusted, customer-facing technical partner from discovery through transition to operations, aligning technical work to the customer's business and security objectives.\n\nLead customer workshops, working sessions, and status calls, translating complex technical concepts, risks, and decisions into clear language for technical and business audiences.\n\nCommunicate progress, dependencies, risks, and blockers promptly; flag scope changes or unsupported approaches early and close the loop on commitments.\n\nTechnical Discovery\nGather technical, security, and operational requirements; identify integration points, dependencies, and risks; and confirm readiness of customer-provided servers, service accounts, firewall rules, and certificates.\n\nTroubleshooting & Issue Resolution\nTroubleshoot end to end across identity systems, operating systems, networks, DNS, ports and firewalls, permissions, certificates, application services, databases, connectors, and source data.\n\nUse logs, queries, system utilities, and controlled testing to isolate root causes and distinguish product issues from environmental or configuration issues.\n\nEscalate complex problems to Engineering, Product, Cloud, Security, and Support teams with complete evidence, business impact, and reproducible details.\n\nData Analysis & Validation\nDevelop and troubleshoot SQL queries, views, stored procedures, and data mappings needed to support implementations and validate results.\n\nReconcile source inventories against ingested data and produce validation summaries demonstrating coverage, data quality, and readiness for customer acceptance.\n\nDocumentation & Delivery\nCreate and maintain implementation documentation, including environment details, configuration records, runbooks, test evidence, and support procedures.\n\nProvide customer administrator training and knowledge transfer, and share deployment lessons with Product and Engineering.\n\nWork under the direction of the Implementation Manager to execute assigned work and report status accurately.\n\nRequirements:\n5+ years of experience in Windows infrastructure engineering or administration, including roles in systems engineering, application implementation, professional services, or enterprise technical support.\n\nDemonstrated experience working directly with enterprise customers on technical deployments, integrations, upgrades, or complex issue resolution.\n\nHands-on Windows Server administration experience, including IIS and .NET application hosting, services, permissions, file systems, logs, and command-line troubleshooting, plus working knowledge of Linux/UNIX.\n\nExperience with Active Directory, including domain service accounts and the rights and permissions they require, plus familiarity with identity technologies such as Microsoft Entra ID, LDAP, or Okta and a practical understanding of identity and access management concepts.\n\nWorking knowledge of PKI, including requesting, installing, and binding CA-signed certificates with correct CN and SAN entries.\n\nStrong network, firewall, and DNS troubleshooting skills, grounded in enterprise networking and security fundamentals such as TCP/IP, ports, proxies, and TLS.\n\nExperience installing and configuring Microsoft SQL Server.\n\nProficiency with SQL for data analysis and troubleshooting, including joins, filtering, reconciliation, and validation within relational databases.\n\nStrong PowerShell scripting skills for automating repeatable technical tasks; experience with Bash, Python, or a similar language is a plus.\n\nExperience configuring and using monitoring and alerting to track system health and respond to issues.\n\nExperience working within bank change-management processes.\n\nStrong analytical, organizational, documentation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow issues through resolution.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and a customer-service mindset suited to both technical and nontechnical audiences.\n\nPreferred Experience:\nExperience implementing or supporting identity governance, privileged access, security, compliance, or data-governance platforms.\n\nSQL Server high availability experience.\n\nFamiliarity with technologies such as CyberArk, ServiceNow CMDB, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Oracle, or other enterprise infrastructure and database platforms.\n\nExperience with both SaaS and self-hosted enterprise software deployments, particularly in regulated or security-conscious environments.\n\nBachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nRelevant technical certifications in Microsoft, Linux, cloud, networking, databases, security, or identity and access management.\n\nWhy Join Us:\nJoin a high-growth company shaping the future of identity security.\n\nBe part of a collaborative culture that values innovation, transparency, and teamwork.\n\nWork in a dynamic environment alongside talented colleagues, customers, and industry partners.\n\nEnjoy a competitive compensation and benefits package with opportunities for professional growth.\n\nAbout SPHERE:\nSPHERE is the global leader in Identity Hygiene. We are dedicated to reshaping modern identity programs by embedding this foundational fabric, enabling organizations to quickly reduce risks. We work through an identity lens that protects an organization’s accounts, data, and infrastructure. Our solutions deliver immediate time-to-value by leveraging automation to discover, remediate and secure identities, now and forever. Driven by our core values of passion, empathy, and authenticity, our vision drives us to continually innovate, helping our clients to sleep better knowing their attack surface is drastically reduced, thwarting the plans of bad actors every single day.\nTo find out more about SPHERE and our solutions, please visit www.sphereco.com\nSPHERE is an equal-opportunity employer. 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