Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This System Administrator 3 position will work with assigned teams to provide hardware maintenance lifecycle support, infrastructure maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, emergency response, client support, system energization/acceptance testing, and performance analysis and trending. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay rate: $45.64 – $65.20

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions – employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks, Brio Health

Responsibilities:

• With Manager technical lead oversight, use professional level skills/ knowledge to perform system administration of the following systems, including the following:
• Configuring applicable software and systems, maintaining local documentation, installing/updating/removing software, applying change control processes and procedures, planning, and preparing for future growth, troubleshooting, and resolving technical issues, and performing system-related training for the following systems:
• Linux Server administration.
• Manage and develop Configuration Management servers/environment.
• Support, develop and maintain on prem GIT servers/repositories/environment.
• Implementation and maintenance of least privileged and role-based access control models.
• Patch management.
• Software deployment services and package management.
• VMware Virtualization infrastructure (e.g., virtual machines, virtual appliances, virtual host infrastructure).
• Support of various Linux operating systems and environments (e.g., CentOS, RedHat, etc.).
• Support of in-house-developed applications.
• Drive and support DevOps best practices.
• Configuration management technologies and best practices (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Salt, Chef etc.).
• Proficient coding/scripting experience (Bash or Python).
• Source control management (GIT).
• Infrastructure in predominately air-gapped or isolated environments.
• Design and support baseline hardening configurations and exceptions for Linux OS.
• Design and maintain patching, repository, and software management solutions.
• With Manager oversight and approval provide the following support:
• Research, test, and draft / document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems; organize, store, and dispose of superseded documents in accordance with Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards.
• Perform regular assessments of newly discovered vulnerabilities on a wide range of operational network devices, computer systems devices and various software packages. Document patch and vulnerability applicability assessments and recommend vulnerability mitigation options. Report any concerns to the manager.
• Respond to support calls utilizing change management software to process and complete the tasks necessary for resolution of technical client issues; unusually complex issues may include involvement of the appropriate manager or team lead.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
• Provide advice and recommendations for process / procedural changes that may become necessary due to system changes, upgrades, etc. to appropriate manager / team lead / stakeholders.
• Provide input and recommendations, to the manager, technical lead, and staff, regarding computer infrastructure decisions, and create tasks to fulfill management-directed goals.
• Support and assist the team lead and North American Electric Reliability Corporation – Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) subject matter experts (SMEs) with implementing, analyzing, and reporting on the operational compliance of all Control Center cyber assets.
• Develop, draft, and recommend improvements to the Control Center’s procedures and processes for compliance with the company and NERC-CIP standards and policies.
• Develop, draft, and recommend improvements to the Control Center’s procedures and processes for Grid Modernization project, as well as other capital and expense projects.
• Assist management with the implementation and promotion of approved operational compliance process improvement efforts, specifically as relates to the administration of the above referenced systems.

Requirements:

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.
• 8 years of experience is required with an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in applicable fields.
• 10 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
• Experience includes a minimum combination of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
• Working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully support and maintain a virtualized and converged computer environment.
• 5 years of experience with the following:
• Working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully support, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux Infrastructure.
• Experience in researching vulnerabilities and deploying security patches in a large IT infrastructure environment.
• Troubleshoot a wide variety of issues across multiple applications, network devices and operating systems.
• Experience using specific technologies such as SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, VMware Aria Suite, Load balancers, LDAP/AD, DNS, centralized patch/package management tools such as RHEL Satellite, NSX.
• Some knowledge of Windows infrastructure, i.e., active directory, group policy, PKI, et al
• Some experience working in cloud or private cloud environments.
• Experience administering computer systems in a 24/7 high availability operational environment.
• Experience performing and analyzing scans using tools such as Nessus.
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

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