Systems Administrator at Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Systems Administrator to maintain multi-user IT systems and coordinate with network administrators. The role includes developing and monitoring IT policies, performing maintenance, and ensuring system configurations are documented.

Strong teamwork and problem-solving are essential. The position requires a BS/BA in an IT-related field and hands-on experience with Red Hat, Windows, virtualization, VMware, VDI, and storage systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS or related field.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time to meet program needs.
• Strong IT skills across a range of software packages.
• Experience with Red Hat, Windows, virtualization, VMware, VDI and storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily briefing with the end-user to provide status of the systems
• Perform on-site System Administration support to the end-user personnel and assist the end-user engineers
• Perform System Administration tasks for routine, emergency, test and exercise events in accordance with manuals
• Perform user account maintenance to include the creation, management, and deletion of user accounts
• Perform On-The-Job-Training (OJT) and one-on-one assistance on the systems
• Monitor mission systems’ operational performance and link status to detect issues
• Collect data (logs) of disruptions and support resolution and forensics
• Perform backups and archive of the systems
• Recovery and restoration of the systems per manuals
• Startup, reboots, and shutdowns per manuals
• Record maintenance activities using the tracking system
• Support remote site maintenance and troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting and resolution of emergent system issues
• Provide technical assistance and on-job training to end-user engineers

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Problem determination

IT skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Information Security/CS/Systems Engineering or MIS

Tools

Red Hat Systems Administration

Windows Systems Administration

Virtualization Systems Administration

VMware ESXi & vSphere

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Storage (NAS, SAN or similar)

Job description

Systems Administrator at Lockheed Martin in Abu Dhabi, AZ, AE.

Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

About the role

The Computer Systems Administrator helps maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Provides on-going operations and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) equipment and software, sets up administrator and service accounts, system performance tuning, update installations, and maintenance of system configuration/installation documentation. Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery. Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in daily briefing with the end-user to provide status of the systems
• Perform on-site System Administration support to the end-user personnel and assist the end-user engineers with administering the system
• Perform System Administration tasks for routine, emergency, test and exercise events in accordance with Technical Manuals, Operating Instructions, and checklists.
• Perform user account maintenance to include the creation, management, and deletion of user and group accounts, profiles, and policies.
• Perform On-The-Job-Training (OJT) and one-on-one assistance on the systems
• Perform active monitoring of mission systems’ operational performance and link status to detect issues that may cause disruption of services
• Perform data collection (including application, system, and security logs) of any unexpected service disruption and upon request provide data to the end-user to support deficiency resolution and post event forensics.
• Perform error detection and fault correction of the systems
• Perform backups and archive of the systems in accordance with Technical Manuals, Operating Instructions, and checklists.
• Perform recovery and restoration of the systems in accordance with Technical Manuals, Operating Instructions, and checklists.
• Perform startup, reboots, and shutdown of the systems in accordance with Technical Manuals, Operating Instructions, and checklists.
• Record scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities using the approved tracking system.
• Support remote site maintenance activities to include scheduled and corrective actions
• Perform troubleshooting and resolution of emergent system issues
• Perform technical assistance, guidance and on job training to end-user engineers in identifying system problems, analysis, system coding and test verification
• Perform technical assistance in documentation and management of system problem reports.
• Support similar OM&S activities for OPs and Lab environments

Required skills, qualifications and experience

Bachelors degree (BS/BA) in IT, Information Security, Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering or MIS related field.

Ability to work well in a team environment

Ability to prioritise tasks and manage own time to meet program needs

Problem determination & resolution Good IT skills in a range of SW packages would be an advantage

Experience with the following:

• Red Hat Systems Administration
• Windows Systems Administration
• Virtualization Systems Administration
• VMware ESXi & vSphere
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
• Storage (NAS, SAN or similar)

Desired Skills

Microsoft Active Directory Windows Security permissions Knowledge of RedHat Linux and Unix Operating system Knowledge of Network Interfaces, Addressing, and naming services operation Knowledge of Computing and Networking Security Management Processes Knowledge of Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) VMware Horizon VMware vSAN Windows Server 2012 & 2016 Windows 10 & 7 Application Servers JBoss, Tomcat