Sr. Systems Administrator (Onsite)

Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc.; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Job summary

Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc. is assisting a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider in Vancouver, WA, by seeking a Sr. System Administrator.

The role focuses on operational infrastructure for Control Center systems, including virtualization, Windows server maintenance, vulnerability assessments, and compliance with NERC-CIP standards. This onsite, one-year renewable contract covers hardware lifecycle support, change control, incident response, and documentation of procedures, with

Qualifications

• Degree preferred in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years experience with Associate/Bachelor degree, or 10 years without degree.
• Direct IT system administration experience required.
• Experience includes a mix of work-related and on-the-job training.

Responsibilities

• Configure software and systems, maintain local docs, and plan for growth.
• Administer servers and perform vulnerability assessments and remediation.
• Implement access control models (least privilege, RBAC).
• Support virtualization (VMware vSphere) and network virtualization (NSX, ACI).
• Maintain Windows infrastructure with AD, GPO, PowerShell; manage help desk issues.
• Develop procedures for server/workstation deployment; document changes.

Skills

VMware / vSphere

Active Directory

PowerShell

Group Policy

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Associate’s degree in applicable field

Tools

VMware NSX

Cisco ACI

Windows Server

Job description

Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Sr. System Administrator for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position will work within Operational Infrastructure subgroup within the Transmission Technology group in the Transmission Services business line. Provides hardware maintenance lifecycle support for the Control Center systems. Provides General Support System infrastructure maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, emergency response, client support, system energization/acceptance testing, and performance analysis and trending.

This onsite position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Sr. System Administrator:

• Configuring applicable software and systems, maintaining local documentation, installing/updating/removing software, applying change control processes and procedures, planning and preparing for future growth, troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, and performing system-related training for the following systems:
• Server administration
• Cyber Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Research
• Implementation, design, and maintenance of least privileged and role-based access control models
• Server Virtualization, i.e. , VMWare vSphere
• Network Virtualization, i.e. VMWare NSX, Cisco ACI
• Antivirus, antimalware, and malicious code prevention
• Storage services, i.e., Pure, vSAN.
• Laptop and workstation support
• Remote Desktop Services
• Support of in-house developed applications
• Windows file services
• Research, test and draft / document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems; organize, store and dispose of superseded documents.
• Perform regular assessments of newly discovered vulnerabilities on a wide range of operational network devices, computer systems devices and various software packages. Document patch and vulnerability applicability assessments and recommend vulnerability mitigation options.
• Implement, design, and maintain least privileged and role-based access control models.
• Research, test and document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems for final review and approval by manager /staff.
• Respond to help desk client support calls utilizing change management software to process and complete the tasks necessary for resolution of technical client issues; unusually complex issues may include involvement of the appropriate manager or team lead.
• Support and assist the team lead and North American Electric Reliability Corporation - Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) subject matter experts (SMEs) with implementing, analyzing, and reporting on the operational compliance of all Control Center cyber assets.
• Develop, draft and recommend improvements to the Control Center’s procedures and processes for compliance and NERC-CIP standards and policies.
• Develop, draft and recommend improvements to the Control Center’s procedures and processes for Grid Modernization project, as well as other capital and expense projects.

Requirements/Qualifications for Sr. System Administrator:

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly-related technical discipline is preferred.
• With an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in applicable fields, 8 years of experience is required.
• Without an applicable degree, 10 years of experience is required.
• Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
• Experience includes a minimum combination of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
• 2 years’ experience with the following:
• Working knowledge and experience are sufficient to successfully support and maintain a virtualized and converged compute environment.
• Working knowledge and experience is sufficient to successfully support, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Windows infrastructure using active directory, group policy, PowerShell, and other Windows utilities.

We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:

Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.