Our client, a large government contractor with offices in Sterling, VA, is in need of a Top Secret Cleared Sr Windows Systems Administrator for a 6 month contract to hire position. The Systems Administrator will work onsite in support of Windows and VMware systems.
Day to day responsibilities:
- Test new releases of products to ensure compatibility and minimize user impact.
- Develop and document technical processes and procedures as needed.
- Interact, meet, discuss, and troubleshoot issues with vendors; evaluate vendor products, services, and suggestions.
- Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network, software, and system engineers, PC desktop technicians, project managers, end-users, and customer and IT management.
- Make recommendations to purchase hardware, software, system components.
- Analyze internal or external customer requirements and determine equipment and software requirements for solutions to problems by means of automated systems.
- Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.
- Provide backup and recovery services, manage file systems and disk space, manage virus protection on a routine basis.
- Maintain security audit and logging information on all classified networked and standalone computers, as directed by the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM).
- Prepare security documentation for input to Computer Security.
Required Skills:
- Associate’s degree and 7 years of experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience, or a Master’s degree and 3 years of experience; a High School diploma or equivalent with 9 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed degree.
- Active IAT Level II certification (ex: Security+ CE)
- Active DoD Top Secret security clearance
- Experience managing Windows Server OS.
- Experience with designing Windows domain architectures including but not limited to Active Directory, GPOs, Policies, and permissions.
- Experience with LDAP
- Experience with VMware
- ???????vCenter
- vMotion
- Encryption and maintaining VMs
- Knowledge of SANs
- Experience with the creation and deployment of system images in an enterprise environment.
- Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining computer hardware in a networked environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- DoD 8570 Certification in a primary OS (Windows, Linux, Cisco).
- Experience operating under and managing systems within NISPOM Chapter 8, DCID 6/3-ICD 503, RMF, STIG, JAFAN, or JSIG information system environments.
- Understanding of basic networking, including subnets, routing, and vLANs; Cisco experience and/or certification.
- Linux Operating System experience and/or certification for current versions
- VMWare experience with current version.
- Knowledge of environmental monitoring tools (HBSS/Solar Winds/Splunk).
- Mid to Advanced level Scripting experience
- Experience with Certification & Accreditation process