Sr. Systems Administrator

Description

Job Description:

Sr. Windows Systems Administrator in support of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) located at Scott AFB, IL. DISA acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the department of Defense (DoD), and national security organizations. The candidate will perform duties as a People Manager and Team Lead for a complex cyber team performing System Administration, Networking, and Cyber Security responsibilities. Candidate must have at least an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Directly report to Program Manger on all technical and personnel concerns

- Fill in as Program Technical Lead as needed

- Supervise Leidos personnel and perform required supervisory actions as directed by Leidos policy

- Effectively lead Network Administrators and System Administrators from multiple small teams

- Provide input on budget and resource assets.

- Assisting in hiring processes for multiple labor categories as requested

- Develop technical teams as necessary

- Coordinate with PMO and all Tier levels while also maintaining the ability to use knowledge of VMware Horizon View, vSphere, VDI to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems

- Be able to work in a rapid paced environment and must be able to work independently.

- Lead the onboarding and standup of new enclaves and compute environments.

- Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.

- Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery.

- Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.

- Creates, maintains, and implements detailed documentation and maintains standard operating procedures.

- Application of security settings and other commercial best practices such as DISA STIGS.

- Provides coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level technical staff.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree and 8-12 years of overall related experience with a Windows/Linux server environment.

- Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.

- 2+ years of experience with Network Administration

- Extensive experience working with virtual environments using VMware

Shell scripting (e.g. bash) and experience in other languages like Perl, Python, and Java.

- Experience with application of security settings and other commercial best practices such as DISA STIGS.

- Experience with Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (such as FireEye and McAfee sensors and sandboxes)

- Experience with Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) including Splunk

- Must have at least an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret

- Currently possess DoD 8750 certification at least IAT level II, e.g. Security+ce.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Integration of cyber security tools and systems with network performance, trouble ticketing, and security subsystems highly desired.

- Experience with support systems to include enclave Ethernet switches, storage area networks (SAN), and network attached storage (NAS).

- Candidates with a thorough knowledge of networking principles to included TCP/IP a plus.

- Experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy.

- ITIL v3 Foundation certified

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