Sr. Systems Administrator (24x7)

• ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**
  
  

As a Sr Systems Administrator (Ops 24x7) you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on TS/SCI cleared Sr Systems Administrator (Ops 24x7) joining our team to Support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Shift Hours: Sundays- Wednesdays (alt) (5:30AM - 5:30PM)****
  
  

Manages the functionality and efficiency of a group of computers running on one or more operating systems.

The Data Center operations technician is responsible for the operations, maintenance, and monitoring of data center operations and supporting infrastructure. This is a mid-level position into a 24/7 Data Center operations group.

The Data Center operations technician actively provides tier 2 network monitoring and systems administration & support of Data center Operation in support of critical CONUS and OCONUS operations. The Data Center Ops team is responsible for detailed operations documentation and reporting of events with follow through until resolution. The team operates 24/7/365 and must follow operational procedures and guidelines established by leadership to include some knowledge of business structure and interdependencies between departmental applications.

Responsibilities

• Conducts real-time, pro-active monitoring of all compute and local area networking resources within the data centers (including Virtual Infrastructure, data center LAN, virtual servers, Storage solutions, databases) across multiple sites.
• Identify, analyze, responds, triages, and troubleshoot/resolve system alerts indicating issues with data center components.
• Conducting hands-on administration of virtual machines, hosts, and devices via vCenter, remote desktop protocols, and other virtualized management interfaces. Administration consists of, but is not limited to: assessing all virtual resources, consoling into virtual machines, creating/deleting virtual snapshots, fully triaging virtual server issues, and restarting virtual machines.
• Support diagnoses and troubleshooting of problems/issues with the virtualization environment including Microsoft Windows and Linux O/S systems.
• Provide systems diagnostics and availability monitoring and reporting/escalation services
• Perform incident capture, verification, diagnostics and escalation
• Within established procedures, responds to end user requests for technical support and assistance.
• Provides first response for all associated, technical engineering lanes within the data center
• Manages, record and tracks compute configuration changes as approved by Configuration Change Control Boards
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures and operational reporting protocol for the purpose of communicating system and network health with upper management, government customers, mission partners, ASPs, and agency executives.
• Interact with vendors to coordinate the maintenance and replacement of hardware that effects high and critical systems and environments
• Maintain extremely accurate, high level reporting of all issues
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.
• Shift Hours: Sundays- Wednesdays (alt) (5:30AM - 5:30PM)****
  
  

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• 5-8 years of directly related experience in systems administration of preferably Windows and Linux OS systems.
• Direct technical experience in Virtualization administration, preferably VMWare.
• 5 years of experience working in one or more of the following areas: Data center Operations, Network Ops Center Operations, Enterprise-level network monitoring and/or virtual infrastructure monitoring.
• 5 year providing Operation and Sustainment support for the virtualization environment.
• A security at minimum is required to satisfy DOD 8140 compliance.
  
  

Location: On Customer Site

US Citizenship Required

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $125-138k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!
• D2 is committed to maintaining a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
  
  

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