Senior Systems Administrator III — VMware, Backup & Security

American Systems; Billings (MT); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Paid leave

Insurance programs

Education and training assistance

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a System Administrator (Systems) III to lead support for VMware, Storage, and appliance-based systems in a government contractor environment. You will own backup/restore operations, drive security hardening, patch management, and incident response in coordination with Cyber Security Specialists.

You will also oversee change management with the CAB, coordinate vendor actions for hardware/software upgrades, and maintain meticulous server inventories while delivering

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen; able to pass background check; obtain Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Lead OS installation, configuration, monitoring for VMware, Storage, and appliances.
• Provide expert end-user support during core hours; on-call after hours and weekends.
• Spearhead hardware/software change management with CAB as needed.
• Coordinate hardware repairs with vendors to resolve complex issues.
• Analyze new server hardware/software requirements and devise deployment strategies.
• Hardening servers to security baselines and supporting Cyber Security during incidents.
• Maintain inventory records for servers and equipment; develop standard procedures.
• Lead backup and restore efforts, manage backup health and annual restore tests.

Skills

VCenter

SAN Management

iLO/iDRAC

PowerShell

Perl

LDAP

DHCP

DNS

Scripting

Strong communication

Tools

Splunk

SolarWinds Orion

DataDomain

Veritas NetBackup

Active Directory

Azure AD

Ping Identity

ADFS

RSA SecurID

KMS

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a System Administrator (Systems) III to lead support for VMware, Storage, and appliance-based systems in a government contractor environment. You will own backup/restore operations, drive security hardening, patch management, and incident response in coordination with Cyber Security Specialists.

You will also oversee change management with the CAB, coordinate vendor actions for hardware/software upgrades, and maintain meticulous server inventories while delivering