Senior Windows SysAdmin - Secure, HA Operations

Nationwide IT Services; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid holidays

PTO (sick/vacation)

Commuter benefits

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Educational reimbursement

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to ensure the stable, secure, and efficient operation of enterprise software systems, network connections, information-management systems, servers, and applications. This is an onsite position as part of a proposal effort.

The administrator plans, installs, configures, maintains, supports, and optimizes network software and communications links across multiple locations; resolves complex issues; leads day-to-day system

Qualifications

• Ten years of specialized experience across multiple hardware and software disciplines.
• At least four years of hands-on experience with enterprise software and related systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
• Certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.
• Tier 5 investigation and Secret clearance.
• DoD-approved 8570/8140 baseline certification (IAT II or IAT III).
• Microsoft Administrator Associate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on Windows Server engineering and administration, Active Directory, server builds, monitoring, file services, migrations, patching, Group Policy, hardening, PKI, automation, and 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 across multiple locations.
• Analyze and resolve end-user software, system-performance, access, application, and network-connectivity issues.
• Conduct capacity, availability, and performance analyses and recommend configuration changes and technology refresh actions.
• Automate recurring system-administration activities through approved tools and scripts.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce system-administration procedures, operating guides, configuration documentation, and troubleshooting runbooks.
• Conduct system-administrator training and knowledge transfer.
• Direct and coordinate the work of other system administrators.
• Apply advanced knowledge of application networking, load balancing, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Perform vulnerability management, including assessment and remediation reporting.
• Monitor system health, security, utilization, and reliability; investigate incidents; perform root-cause analysis.
• Recommend technology direction and infrastructure improvements.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

System administration

Vulnerability management

Security hardening

Education

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in a technical discipline

Tools

DoD 8570/8140 baseline (IAT II/III)

Tier 5 investigation / Secret clearance

Microsoft Administrator Associate (preferred)

Job description

Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to ensure the stable, secure, and efficient operation of enterprise software systems, network connections, information-management systems, servers, and applications. This is an onsite position as part of a proposal effort.

The administrator plans, installs, configures, maintains, supports, and optimizes network software and communications links across multiple locations; resolves complex issues; leads day-to-day system