System Administrator (VMWare/SAN)

Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 122,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

11 Holidays

Job summary

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC is seeking a System Administrator (VMWare/SAN) to support our government customer at Fort Shafter, Hawai'i.

Responsibilities include enterprise storage administration, data protection, and managing VMware vSphere and SAN resources across DoDIN-A Pacific Theater. The role requires DoD 8570.01-M IA baseline, VMware vSphere certification, and a US citizenship with a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Must meet at least one baseline IA certification (IAT III).
• Must obtain VMware vSphere or storage vendor certification within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise storage and data protection/recovery services across remote DoDIN-A enclaves.
• Manage capacity and performance to meet SLAs.
• Control access to VM and SAN resources (ACLs, credentials).
• Perform system checks and status reporting.
• Execute change/configuration management per policy.

Skills

Enterprise storage

Windows server admin

PowerShell

VMware vSphere

Networking basics

RMF/DoD compliance

ITIL/ITSM knowledge

Disaster recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

IAT III baseline IA certification

VMware vSphere or vendor cert

Tools

Dell/NetApp storage hardware

VxRail/3PAR/FlexPod

Backup tools (NetBackup/Commvault)

SCCM/SCOM

Job description

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC is looking for a System Administrator (VMWare/SAN) to support our government customer at Fort Shafter, Hawai'i.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide enterprise storage and data protection/recovery services. Centrally operate, maintain, secure, and administer related equipment/solutions/tools on multiple enclaves located in remote datacenters across the DoDIN-A Pacific Theater.
• Manage capacity and performance in accordance with required service levels, leveraging clustered, high availability configurations.
• Manage user access controls to VM and SAN storage resources, such as user credentials, SAN fabric and system/switch access control list (ACL) configurations.
• Perform periodic system operations checks and required status reporting.
• Implement, expand, upgrade, harden and provision approved resources following required change and configuration management policies and procedures.
• Manage and monitor trouble tickets and change tasks daily.
• Coordinate and deconflict efforts with other technical teams as needed, such as Networks, Virtualization, Active Directory, and Cyber Security/Compliance.
• Execute authorized service interruption (ASI) maintenance actions with minimal impact to users and services, as needed (sometimes after-hours).
• Participate in cyber security inspections and exercises as directed.
• Comply with all related contract Performance Work Statement (PWS) and related Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
  
  

HOURS: 10x5 Core hours for team coverage (8x5 on-site shifts per employee).

REQUIRED DEGREE/EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field, preferred.
• Must meet at least one baseline IA certification under the IAT IIl position category per DoD 8570.01-M upon date of hire.
• Must meet designated Computing Environment (CE) certification (VMware vSphere 8 or storage vendor-approved certification) within 6 months of hire.
  
  

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Enterprise Storage Administration and/or hyper-converged stack experience (e.g. Dell Compellent, HP 3PAR, NetApp FlexPod, Dell VxRail, data protection platforms, etc.). Experience installing, cabling, configuring, and provisioning with vendor engineering assistance. Prefer experience with Continuity of Operations (COOP) / Disaster Recovery (DR) principles, tools, and related Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Prefer experience with backup and recovery (BUR) tool administration (such as NetBackup, Commvault or similar).
• Enterprise System Administration experience on Microsoft Windows Server platforms (Win2016 or Win2019). Understand a wide array of server grade applications to include Windows/Azure Active Directory services, Group Policy Objects, server hardening, security patch and PKI certificate management, and access controls. Enterprise Application and/or Database Administration experience is preferred (such as IIS, SharePoint, MS MECM/SCCM/SCOM, or NAS Fileshare administration). Familiar with running PowerShell / other script command line (CLI) commands.
• Enterprise Network Administration experience. Knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP network architecture and implementation; understand the fundamentals of switch and SAN protocols, architectures, and management. Prefer Cisco switch experience for ethernet and fiber channel fabric configurations.
• Enterprise Server Virtualization experience with VMware vSphere or MS Hyper-V management GUI’s. Familiar with hypervisor hosts, virtual servers, and related capabilities/services/benefits.
• Knowledge and understanding of DoD information assurance / cyber security principles and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements. Prefer experience with cybersecurity inspections and artifact creation. Prefer experience with DoD DISA STIG’s and related tools/products (DoD Enterprise Security Services tools) as well as cybersecurity service provider (CSSP) requirements.
• Prefer knowledge/experience with datacenter operations, to include house power, power distribution units (PDU’s), HVAC, rack elevations and equipment cable management. Experience interfacing with local datacenter personnel as needed for touch labor planning and assistance, across multiple time zones.
• Prefer knowledge/experience administering, or migrating to Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Hybrid Cloud services and Cloud solutions.
• Prefer experience executing ITIL / ITSM service process policies and procedures, including incident management, change/configuration management, asset management, vendor relationship management, and IT project management.
  
  

REQUIRED CITIZENSHIP AND CLEARANCE:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Minimum Secret clearance (must be TS eligible based on investigation type T5.)
  
  

COMPENSATION DETAILS:

• $136,000.00
• The compensation range or hourly rate provided is a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, skills, internal equity, market conditions, and applicable laws.
  
  

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC is a fast-growing government service provider. Employees enjoy competitive salaries. Eligible employees enjoy a 401K plan with company match; medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage; tuition reimbursement; paid time off; and 11 paid holidays.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer of individuals with disabilities and veterans. We not illegally discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of any protected categories. If you are a person with a disability and you need an accommodation during the application process, please click here to request accommodation. We E-Verify all employees.

As a part of BSNC, Bering- Alakaina Holdings gives hiring, promotion, training, and retention preference to BSNC shareholders, descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job. Qualified job candidates will generally be considered in the following order: BSNC shareholders, descendants, shareholder spouses, current employees, and outside candidates. The BSNC Shareholder Development department tracks and monitors the implementation of the Shareholder Hire Preference across its operations.

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC is comprised of industry-recognized government service firms designated as Alaska Native Corporation (ACN)-owned and 8(a) certified businesses and includes Ke`aki Technologies, LLC; Laulima Government Solutions, LLC; Kūpono Government Services, LLC; Kapili Services, LLC; Po`okela Solutions, LLC; Kīkaha Solutions, LLC; and Pololei Solutions, LLC.

For additional information, please visit www.beringalakaina.com

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