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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Greetings and Happy
New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I'm looking for
someone - either you or someone you may know - to help a small
company with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- Root Cause
Analysis and remediation recommendations on a server outage when
the Domain Controller lost power;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- Depending on the
remediation recommendations, execute plan if company staff
doesn't feel comfortable with doing it themselves;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">- Follow-on project
involving upgrading their Exchange 2003 (I think - really old)
to current.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is a side gig
- no benefits, no salary, just beer money (a little more than a
six-pack). The RCA part might be good for 5-10 hours and the
Exchange piece??? That's why I need you! I don't care about
your rate as the company is paying you so you need to sell it to
the Boss. I'm here to introduce you. Speaking of
introductions, physical presence in Phoenix is important as the
owner is old-school and does business with a face-to-face
meeting and a handshake. The tech work can be done virtually.
Kick-off and final delivery meetings will be in-person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Client company is a
pleasure to work with and they are realistic about what they can
do and what they can't do. The IT staff consist of 2 full-time
programmers and the Operations Manager oversees the staff. The
lead programmer handles the Windows Updates, but he is not an
Engineer. Company provides 24x7 service to approximately 100
municipalities and growing, and they place value on
supportability, stability and security, which is why they want
to upgrade Exchange, and are very interested in the
investigating and fixing the cause of the outage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The company
outsourced their infrastructure build to another company who
came in, worked magic, and kept the secret sauce a secret. The
relationship deteriorated, and now they have stuff that works,
but they don't have all the skills necessary to upgrade it and
there is little documentation. I've been able to manage their
Windows DNS because that is not strictly a Microsoft technology,
but they need serious Microsoft admin/engineering skills to deal
with the Domain Controller and Exchange.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In summary:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I need a Windows
Server Engineer in Phoenix that can figure stuff out, document
solutions (or I'll document), and work magic without keeping the
secret sauce. A Windows Engineer that speaks Linux would be
ideal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you are
interested, or know someone who is, please respond to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:george@digitalgridllc.com">george@digitalgridllc.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="color:#1F497D">George</span>
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