Systems Administrator

ApplyLogic Consulting Group, LLC; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

401K

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life/Short-Term Disability/CriticalIll

15+ PTO Days

11 Federal Holidays

Up to $5K towards continuing education

Job summary

ApplyLogic Consulting Group, LLC in Columbia, SC is seeking a Systems Administrator to support a complex government environment. The role includes administration, monitoring, and maintaining enterprise IT systems across a multi-site environment to ensure performance, security, and compliance.

Candidates should have an associate degree or equivalent, and be able to obtain a Secret clearance. The position is onsite with competitive salaries and a robust benefits package.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent IT experience.
• Microsoft Windows Server, AD, and networking familiarity required.
• Experience supporting enterprise, multi-site environments a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform steady-state administration, monitoring, and maintenance of enterprise IT systems.
• Manage backup and recovery, patching, and system hardening.
• Support OS configurations, deployments, and documentation updates.
• Provide research assistance for issue resolution in complex environments.

Skills

AD Administration

SCCM

Patch Management

Diagnostics & Troubleshooting

Education

Associate’s Degree in IT

MTA IT Infrastructure

2+ years enterprise IT

Tools

HP SIM

SolarWinds

SCCM

vCenter

Dell OpenManage

SharePoint

Job description

ApplyLogicis afast-paced Service-Disabled Veteran-OwnedSmall-Business, headquartered in Vienna, VA. Our people are our greatest asset, and our company culture is grounded on that belief. We offer challenging and interesting work in a friendly and supportive environment. Through prime and subcontracts, we deliver best-in-class expertise to solve complex technical problems.

We're looking for a talentedSystems Administratorto join our team in Columbia, SC. This position will support a complex government environment and will requireadministration, monitoring, and maintaining enterprise IT systems and infrastructure to ensure performance, security, and compliance across a multi-site environment.

Work Location:

Onsite – Work from one of our office locations.

Security Clearance:

• Must be US citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ability and knowledge to perform primary steady-state administration, monitoring of enterprise management systems, maintaining systems, troubleshooting issues, correcting problems, installing system security patches, patch management, hardware and software upgrades, data storage, data retrieval, backup job creation, backup job modification, backup job verification, data replication, system optimizations, updating documentation, and providing research assistance for problem resolution involving configuration issues or other conflicts.
• Ability and knowledge to perform primary systems administration and support for systems and equipment in a Windows Active Directory environment, to include steady-state file print servers, domain controllers, applications servers, media storage systems, access control, hardware installations, wiring/cabling support, equipment rack re-locations, power source support, backup media rotations, installations/upgrades, OS configurations, problem resolution, system administration, data backup/recovery.
• Expertise and technical proficiencies in providing steady-state support for deployed desktop and laptop images using enterprise-wide deployment techniques. Ability to execute routine updates to deployed systems. Experience in monitoring OS and security patching. Able to support routine software patch updates via a Desktop/Server enterprise management system such as BigFix and Microsoft SCCM. Able to leverage Printer and Multifunction printer enterprise management tools. Proficient background in administration, monitoring and steady-state maintenance support is required. Understanding of enterprise-level server and desktop systems and latest Microsoft Server technologies to include supporting deployed hardware and software. Ability to support steady-state enterprise-wide upgrades and changes to associated systems. Ability to monitor systems to ensure compliance with enterprise-wide standards.
• Knowledge and experience supporting steady-state, enterprise-wide SCCM deployments.
• Experience and knowledge monitoring, supporting and utilizing enterprise management applications and tools such as, but not limited to HP SIM, SolarWinds, CommVault, vCenter, NICE Vision Control Net, EVOIP Nagios monitoring, SCCM, SCSM, SCOM, Splunk, Cisco PRIME, Dell OpenManage Essentials, customized SharePoint sites.
• Knowledge, expertise, and technical proficiencies providing steady-state support for an enterprise-wide Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure. Thorough understanding of enterprise-level server software including the latest Microsoft Server technologies to include associated hardware and software.
• Ability to manage and perform enterprise-wide upgrades and changes systematically and regularly.
• Ability to monitor systems for potential problems and resolve issues promptly. Ability to monitor systems and activities to ensure compliance with enterprise-wide standards. Ability to manage AD/DC components, such as DNS, Organizational Units, AD Sites and subnets, GPOs, ACLs, accounts/passwords, create accounts, disable accounts, delete accounts, add DC Groups, and perform system backup/recovery operations.
• Ability and knowledge to perform secondary administration providing steady-state monitoring of systems, access control, hardware installations, wiring/cabling support, equipment rack re-locations, power source support, backup media rotations, etc. This assistance could also include installations/upgrades, OS configurations, problem resolution, and system administration or recovery with the direct guidance of the remote staff.
• Knowledge and experience in supporting steady-state systems Backup, Restore, and Recovery procedures.

Required Education, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; OR
• Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification in IT Infrastructure; OR
• Minimum of 2 years of experience supporting Windows Active Directory, networking, and IT hardware in an enterprise or multi-site environment.

The Perks of Being on Our Team:

ApplyLogic offers competitive salaries with a robust Fortune-500 type benefits package. Some of the benefits you will receive when you join us are:

• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life/Short-Term Disability/Critical Illness/Accident Insurance
• 15+ PTO Days
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Up to $5K towards continuing education and/or professional development

Salary Range:

$52,000-$60,000

The posted salary range represents the anticipated compensation for this position. Final compensation will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications, years of directly relevant experience, education, certifications, security clearance, contract requirements, and other business considerations.