Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a mission-focused Systems Administrator IV to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Herndon, VA!

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring systems are fully operating at high availability, rapidly troubleshooting and resolving systems issues, and handling tickets and calls from the customer.

• Work closely with government Customers, contractor Project Lead, Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), Application Vendor, and Application End Users.

• Perform daily system monitoring and monthly Patching.

• Troubleshoot network and application performance issues and recommend appropriate action.

• Rapidly troubleshoot issues, resolving systems issues via a ticketing tracking system.

• If systems issues and circumstances warrant it, be willing to report to customer location during off-hours.
• Responsible for deploying software patches on a monthly basis at the customer location during off-hours.
• Understand system hardening and security through the implementation of Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and Patching.

• Have familiarity with SQL Server database environments on Windows servers.

• Responsible for creating or revising existing documentation.

• Ability to communicate complex system configurations simply and clearly in documentation.

• Create/revise, but not limited to, the documentation as follows: daily standard operating procedures (SOP), Security Test Procedures (STP) based off a Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM), System Install Procedures (SIP), System Administration Guide (SAG), System User Manual (SUM), and/or Interface Control Document (ICD).

Qualifications

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies:

• Must be a US Citizen; ability to obtain or eligibility for TS/SCI clearance adjudication, and ability to pass a CI poly.
• Must have a bachelor's degree in a field applicable to the position, and 8 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• A minimum 6 years of experience with systems administration.
• Strong experience with Windows operating systems.
• Experience with Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud experience.
• Experience with VMWare.
• Active Security (DoD 8570 Baseline certification for IAT Lvl 2).
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to anticipate problems & take decisive action.

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies:

• 8 years of systems administration experience.
• Exhibit leadership skills.
• Familiar with Microsoft Windows 2016 or higher.
• Familiar with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or higher.
• Familiar with Tomcat 8.5 or higher.
• Familiar with JAVA Open JDK/JRE 11 .
• Experience maintaining applications built on a SQL Server database in a Windows environment.
• Experience writing scripts to monitor system services, resources, data mine logs, etc.
• Experience writing/Editing PowerShell Scripts.
• Experience writing SQL and PL/SQL queries to generate system data reports, modify data as necessary, etc.

Security Clearance Level:

• Current CI Poly

Work Schedule:

• Full-time on-site

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual’s protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.