Senior Windows & Cloud Systems Administrator – Secret

Nationwide-IT-Services; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services in Columbus, OH seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to ensure stable, secure enterprise systems across locations. Onsite role within a proposal effort, planning, configuring, maintaining, and optimizing servers, networks, and applications.

Responsibilities include incident response, capacity planning, automation, and mentoring other admins. Requires Tier 5 clearance, DoD 8570/IAT II/III, and Microsoft certifications. Competitive benefits and salary range provided.

Qualifications

• Ten years of specialized experience in information processing involving multiple hardware and software disciplines.
• At least four years of concentrated, hands-on experience installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and resolving issues with enterprise software and related systems.
• Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.
• Tier 5 investigation and Secret clearance.
• DoD-approved 8570/8140 baseline certification at IAT II or IAT III.
• Computing-environment qualifications for Server Admin M and Domain Admin Z in cloud or Microsoft OS.
• Microsoft Administrator Associate preferred.
• Experience administering enterprise servers, applications, network services, user accounts, system resources, and security configurations.
• Experience leading or directing other system administrators across multiple systems or locations.
• Vulnerability management, secure configuration, patching, remediation validation, and system-security practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, customer-service, technical-writing, training, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on Windows Server engineering and administration, AD, server builds, monitoring, file services, migrations, patching, Group Policy, hardening, PKI, automation, security incident response.
• Plan, install, configure, maintain, support, and optimize enterprise server platforms, network software, applications, and communication links.
• Organize and direct the configuration, operation, administration, and sustainment of information-management systems.
• Provide local and remote maintenance support for operational systems deployed at multiple locations, including general maintenance, upgrades, new server installations, and application deployments.
• Analyze and resolve end-user software, system-performance, access, application, and network-connectivity issues.
• Conduct capacity, availability, and performance analyses and recommend system configuration changes, upgrades, resource adjustments, and technology refresh actions.
• Automate recurring system-administration activities through approved tools and scripts to improve administrator efficiency, consistency, and accuracy.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce system-administration procedures, operating guides, configuration documentation, and troubleshooting runbooks.
• Conduct system-administrator training, skills assessments, knowledge transfer, and end-user training.
• Direct and coordinate the work of other system administrators responsible for daily operations, system and resource optimization, user assistance, maintenance, and issue resolution.
• Apply advanced technical knowledge of application networking, load balancing, high availability, redundancy, and fault tolerance.
• Perform vulnerability management, including vulnerability identification, assessment, prioritization, remediation, validation, and reporting.
• Monitor system health, security, utilization, and reliability; investigate incidents; conduct root-cause analysis; and implement corrective actions.
• Recommend technology direction, system architecture, modernization priorities, and infrastructure improvements that support business and mission objectives.

Education

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Nationwide IT Services in Columbus, OH seeks a Senior Systems Administrator to ensure stable, secure enterprise systems across locations. Onsite role within a proposal effort, planning, configuring, maintaining, and optimizing servers, networks, and applications.

Responsibilities include incident response, capacity planning, automation, and mentoring other admins. Requires Tier 5 clearance, DoD 8570/IAT II/III, and Microsoft certifications. Competitive benefits and salary range provided.