Senior Systems Administrator (ADV00045H) - ERC

Job Title

Senior Systems Administrator (ADV00045H) - ERC

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX 77058 US (Primary)

Job Description

For more than 30 years, ERC has been delivering the advantage needed to solve our customers' and the nation's toughest challenges. ERC is a trusted partner to the Defense and Space communities. We provide the advanced engineering, innovative technology, and subject-matter expertise to deliver the mission results our customers need to keep the nation safe and secure. Our unique solutions enhance readiness, optimize performance, and help ensure success in the air, on the ground and in space.

An essential part of our success is our corporate culture built on respect, empowerment, and collaboration. Our culture elevates our people, ensuring they provide best-in-class service and solutions to our customers. We always strive to do the right thing. We believe that are our people are our best asset and human connection our greatest strength.

Our ~2,000 employees work on the most critical missions in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force (USAF), NASA, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We provide support for Test and Evaluation (T&E), Modeling & Simulation, Agile Software Development, Systems Engineering, and more. Our teams' current projects range from engineering and logistics support for vital space hardware to platform and weapons modeling, simulation, and engineering.

Your role:

Senior Systems Administrator - Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration.

What you'll do all day:

• Serve as the backup to the lead systems administrator
• Perform daily maintenance and operations tasks related to system administration in a multi-server environment
• Provide maintenance and performance tuning of the virtual environment utilizing VMware 5.5 or greater, support tools
• Oversee patch remediation and software deployment
• Ensure all backup/restore operations are effective
• Maintain and enhance system security across the environment
• Monitor systems and produce required reports to maintain documented service levels
• Provide support for local and shared services (account management, storage arrays, disaster recovery, etc.)
• Update documentation and maintain configuration control for the environment
• Manage multiple projects for improvements to the infrastructure
• Perform physical server installation into the server racks and removal from server racks
• Perform server hard drive replacements
• Provide Active Directory support for user permissions
• Complete server shutdown and power ups during hurricane season or general scheduled power outages
• Make any approved software install requests
• General server and network configuration
• Perform other duties as required

You will love this job if you:

• Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks
• Enjoy a fast-paced work environment
• Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians
• Are good at communicating with people
• Have a positive attitude
• Enjoy multitasking

Minimum requirements for this position:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Typically has a BS degree in a computer or system science discipline from an accredited college or university and five (5) years of progressive, relevant experience, or an MS degree in a computer or system science and four (4) years of progressive experience, or Ph.D. degree in a computer of system science discipline
• The candidate must also have a strong background in understanding Windows domain architecture, Active Directory, systems/network security, and load balancing in order to perform day-to-day duties
• Must have knowledge of Windows Server 2012 and above, VMware 5.5 and above
• Must have prior work experience working in Linux (Ubuntu version 18.04+) administration
• Must have Perl scripting knowledge and proven experience

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• BS degree in a computer or system science discipline from an accredited college or university and seven (7) years of progressive, relevant experience
• Experience in one or more of the following technologies: VM Ware 5.5 and up, Cloud-based server administration, Website development (Perl, Sharepoint, MS SQL, WordPress) and/or C# with Visual Studio

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• Continuing education assistance.
• Professional development allotment.
• Multiple healthcare benefit packages.
• 401K with employer matching.
• Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday schedule

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