Senior System Administrator Jobs

Your Impact:

The Senior System Administrator position is a part of a team that provides full-time systems administration support and engineering services to a variety of systems. The team works together to perform system installation, set-up, administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, training, and user support to customer supplied systems. This includes logging, tracking, and monitoring health of systems, local and remote servers and workstations, respective satellite site equipment, and their Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Networks (WANs). In addition, the System Administrator will integrate and support associated feeder systems, as needed, to required external systems, services, and inputs.

The position is located in Los Angeles, CA. Some travel may be required.

This position is CONTINGENT upon contract award, the expected award date is April 2023. Our recruiting team will follow up with you on your application and will be starting the interview evaluation process immediately.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, setup, training, troubleshooting, user support, and maintenance of system hardware and software, and related infrastructure. The Systems Administrator shall also:

• Ensure system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures, adhere to organizational standards
• Be accountable for administering both Microsoft Windows Systems/Domains, Linux servers; and
• Provide support of Storage Area Network (SAN) products.
• Participate in technical research and development (R&D) discussions/activities to enable continued innovation;
• Perform general Local Area Network/Wide Area Network (LAN/WAN) management;

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, relevant engineering discipline, or a combination of relevant work experience/military equivalent and comparable technical certifications such as Microsoft Certified Professional; Linux Professional Institute (LPI), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA®) or Engineer (RHCE®); or Cisco (Professional or Expert) may be substituted for education. Five additional years of related work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Minimum Years of Experience: Twelve (12) or more years of systems administration experience supporting both Windows and Linux operating systems, Windows Active Directory domain, and enterprise virtualization for desktops and servers.

• Experience in 24/7/365 technical support and dedicated customer service to ensure efficient and reliable productivity to meet mission needs
• Position contingent upon ability to obtain poly
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, relevant engineering discipline, or a combination of relevant work experience/military equivalent and comparable Technical Certifications, and twelve (12) or more years of systems administration experience supporting both Windows and Linux operating systems, Windows Active Directory domain, and enterprise virtualization for desktops and servers. Five additional years of related work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Effective verbal and written communications; strong teamwork skills; and excellent interpersonal skills which are essential to relate with technically trained personnel.
• Experience in enterprise computer-based systems and applications with the ability to manage software applications, replace hard drives, memory modules, motherboards, power supplies, network equipment, etc.
• Experience logging, tracking, monitoring and troubleshooting systems, local and remote desktops, regional/satellite site equipment, and their Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN);
• Experience in program/project management and technical leadership; experience as a technical expert across multiple projects
• Experience with optimizing system operation and resource utilization, performing system capacity analysis and planning, resolving performance problems with the servers and networks
• Active Top Secret clearance; eligible for SCI access
• Experience using Storage Area Networks (SAN)/Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) and various types of removable storage media
• Experience in day-to-day administration and operation of complex networked computer-based systems distributed across geographic regions

Preferred:

• Technical Certifications such as Microsoft Certified Professional; Linux Professional Institute (LPI), Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA®) or Engineer (RHSE®); or Cisco (Professional or Expert).

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