Prestigious Firm, located in Chicago, has an immediate opening for a Senior Microsoft Messaging/Exchange Engineer. Candidate is responsible for operational support of and project initiatives involving the messaging environment. This position provides maintenance, support, and enhancements of the messaging systems including Exchange, Outlook, Blackberry/BES, Postini, and email archiving. Candidates should be team players with excellent communication skills and have the ability to manage a multitude of assignments independently.Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Analyzing, planning, testing, and implementation of Messaging application software Actively pursuing new technologies to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the Messaging systemsMonitoring and analyzing the Messaging systems to ensure 100% uptime operational availabilitySupport high availability technologiesPerforming root cause analysis and providing recommendations to improve efficiencies and resolve problems Resolving problems with Messaging systems and technologiesEscalating problems to vendorsProviding troubleshooting training to the User Support team Implementation and maintenance of disaster recovery solutions Documenting system uptime and usage metricsMaintaining documentation of processes, procedures, troubleshooting guides and change management logs Provide 24x7 On-Call support on a rotating basisFlexible to work overtime as requireEducation and/or Experience: Required:Bachelors degree and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experienceStrong expertise (5+ years) in Messaging systemsProven troubleshooting abilitiesSpecific Messaging experience including:Expertise in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007 (to include monitoring, clustering, backup/restore, and attached storage)Expertise in BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.xExpertise with PostiniStrong understanding of message routing technologiesExperience with SMTP gateway tools and appliances is preferredExperience with MessageOne EMSGood working knowledge of Active DirectoryExperience with Quest MessageStats, ActiveGroups, & Spotlight on ExchangeUnderstanding of IronPort Email GatewayUnderstanding of TLS/SPN connections to firm clientsUnderstanding of Outlook Web Access (OWA)Strong understanding of technical networkingStrong knowledge of Windows 2000, 2003 and XPStrong planning and analysis skillsStrong documentation skillsStrong understanding of MS Office Suite and Document Management SystemsStrong understanding of email clients To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here