Systems Administrator

The Systems Administrator will join a software development team supporting the DOD customer. They will administer, configure, back-up and maintain the hardware and systems required to keep the current development environment available for use. This position will also recommend and develop new solutions to replace older products and position technology for future uses. The candidate will be part of migrating on-premise servers to a Azure cloud environment, which relies on Microsoft to include Windows Server, SharePoint, SQL Server, and .NET

Essential Functions:

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Windows servers, including web servers, DB servers, and network servers in support of business processing requirements.

Maintaining and troubleshooting a development environment that includes development tools like Microsoft DevOps, GITLab DevSecOps, Visual Studio and SQL Server management.

Develops and promotes standard operating procedures.

Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.

Schedules installations, upgrades, and patches and maintains them in accordance with established DOD IT policies and security guidelines.

Familiar with DOD policy and maintaining system compliance with IAVAs. Ability to track IAVAs and corresponding KBs (if applicable) and affected servers.

Familiar (experience preferred) with tracking and applying DISA STIGs and entering findings in a POA&M when necessary.

Monitors and performs troubleshooting of event logs.

Ensures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.

Maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation.

Qualifications/Basic Job Requirements

3+ years of experience

U.S. Citizenship, active DOD Secret (clearable to Top Secret)

Self-motivation and strong organizational skills

(MCSA or MCSE Certification in Windows Server) OR (Azure-Administrator Certification)

Security + Certification required

Experience with setup and monitoring of Backup Solutions

This position can be client-facing so superior oral and written skills are required.

Experience with virtualization, VMWare and Hyper-V

Experience with maintaining software development environments

Clearance Level:

Secret