Overview

Systems Administrator

Onsite | Springfield, VA | Day Shift / Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and (alt) Wednesday 0530-1730

Active TS/SCI w/ CI Poly Clearance Required

Summary

Our client has been a leading enterprise Content Services Platform (CSP) to Federal, Civilian and DoD agencies since 1995. They are best known for providing knowledge management, geospatial, and declassification solutions. They also help with digitization, system integration, application installation/configuration, content loading/organization, training, and ongoing support services.

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for a Systems Administrator to join their internal team! The Systems Administrator is responsible for the operations, maintenance, and monitoring of data center operations and supporting infrastructure. This is a mid-level position into a 24/7 Data Center operations group. The Systems Administrator actively provides tier 2 network monitoring and systems administration & support for critical CONUS and OCONUS operations. The Data Center Ops team is responsible for detailed operations documentation and reporting of events with follow through until resolution. The team operates 24/7/365 and must follow operational procedures and guidelines established by leadership to include some knowledge of business structure and interdependencies between departmental applications.

• Conducts real-time, pro-active monitoring of all compute and local area networking resources within the data centers (including Virtual Infrastructure, data center LAN, virtual servers, Storage solutions, databases) across multiple sites
• Identify, analyze, responds, triages, and troubleshoot/resolve system alerts indicating issues with data center components
• Conducting hands-on administration of virtual machines, hosts, and devices via vCenter, remote desktop protocols, and other virtualized management interfaces. Administration consists of but is not limited to: assessing all virtual resources, consoling into virtual machines, creating/deleting virtual snapshots, fully triaging virtual server issues, and restarting virtual machines
• Support diagnoses and troubleshooting of problems/issues with the virtualization environment including Microsoft Windows and Linux O/S systems
• Provide systems diagnostics and availability monitoring and reporting/escalation services
• Perform incident capture, verification, diagnostics, and escalation
• Within established procedures, responds to end user requests for technical support and assistance
• Provides first response for all associated, technical engineering lanes within the data centerManages, records and tracks compute configuration changes as approved by Configuration Change Control Boards
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures and operational reporting protocol for the purpose of communicating system and network health with upper management, government customers, mission partners, ASPs, and agency executives
• Interact with vendors to coordinate the maintenance and replacement of hardware that effects high and critical systems and environments
• Maintain extremely accurate, high-level reporting of all issues
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned
• Provide systems diagnostics and availability monitoring and reporting/escalation services
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the ITEMS Data Center Services baseline capabilities, design, and objectives
• Maintain current industry knowledge of development concept, practices, and procedures
• Perform incident capture, verification, diagnostics, and escalation
• Position is expansive and additional responsibilities can be added

Requirements

• 2 years of directly related experience in systems administration of preferably Windows and Linux OS system
• Direct technical experience in Virtualization administration, preferably VMWare
• 5 years of experience working in one or more of the following areas: Data center Operations, Network Ops Center Operations, Enterprise-level network monitoring and/or virtual infrastructure monitoring
• 2 years providing Operation and Sustainment support for the virtualization environment
• Familiarity with current data center infrastructure
• High level understanding of data center components

Preferred Requirements

• Desired solid understanding of the ITIL framework

Education/Certification Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience is required
• Must have current 8570 IAT II Level Certification (CNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, Sec CE, SSCP) or higher

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Poly is required.

Other DutiesPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. -------------- About UsNorthern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company. Equal Opportunity Employer StatementPrecision Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.