The Senior Systems Administrator supports the Information Technology (IT) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Server team to provide enterprise-level, high-performance, highly available, server technology solutions (systems, applications, and services) as the customer’s Enterprise IT System, Applications, and Services catalogs. Responsibilities include: 

• Providing O&M support – installation, configuration, securing and hardening, testing, sustainment, upgrading, remediation, and decommissioning – as it relates to enterprise server-based solutions across the IT enterprise’s multi-platform (Microsoft, *nix, etc.) information systems varying in size and complexity (LAN, MAN, WAN, etc.). Existing server-based solutions include a variety of major technology vendors including, but not limited to, Citrix, Esri, McAfee, Microsoft, Red Hat, ServiceNow, and SolarWinds. 
• Supporting mid-level internal escalation tier(s) for the Server O&M team by providing troubleshooting support and guidance to assess and remediate challenges
• Contributing to the production and maintenance documentation of the Server team’s solution system(s), sub-system(s), and component(s) deployed and in use in the customer’s IT Solutions portfolio, including as-built documentation, capacity/performance plans, processes and procedures, workflows, run books, and all other area of server system life-cycle planning.

Experience Requirements:

• 5 years of experience required in providing O&M support of enterprise server operating systems (OSs) (Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc.) and server applications and services, such as Microsoft Active Directory (AD), Exchange, File Services, SQL Server, and SharePoint, etc. across multi-platform information systems varying in size and complexity (LAN, MAN, WAN, etc.).
• 3 years of experience required in managing and administering a complete Microsoft AD Domain and Forest Functional Level (DFL/FFL) of Windows Server 2008 R2, or higher, to include, but not be limited to, Domain Controllers, Global Catalogs, LDAP/S, Domain Naming Services, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Additional knowledge with AD and/or working with newer DFL/FFL levels (i.e., Windows Server 2012 or higher) is a plus.
• 3 years of experience required operating and maintaining solutions in secure processing environments which must adhere to U.S. Government Information Assurance and Security standards such as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Familiarity with, and experience leveraging, industry and vendor provided product documentation and best practices to successfully deploy, operate, and maintain a variety of enterprise-level Microsoft applications (Exchange, IIS, SharePoint, SQL, etc.) and services (DFS, KMS, PKI, etc.), as well as major third-party software solutions within a production system, with focus on minimizing, and eliminating, if possible, negative end-user impact and/or downtime.
• Familiarity with using Microsoft PowerShell to automate routine O&M duties and responsibilities is a plus.
• Strongly desired to be Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Windows Server 2016 certified. Technical certifications in other enterprise-level OSs, applications, and technologies, such as Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, Red Hat, Splunk, and SolarWinds are also a plus.
• Strongly desired to have experience working with newer core Microsoft enterprise Server technologies to include AD, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft SQL Server 2016, and Microsoft IIS 10. Additional experience working with these products on the Windows Server Core offering.
• Working knowledge of all aspects of enterprise-grade IT solutions across the technology stack: physical, networking, storage, virtualization, servers, applications, and services is a plus.
• Familiarity with and/or experience using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and Outlook Web Apps (OWA) is a plus.
• Familiarity with and/or experience using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). Experience configuring and/or building SCCM Device Collections, Applications, Deployment Packages, and/or Software Update Groups is a plus. 

Education and Certification Requirements: 

Candidates must meet the Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) SECNAV M-5239.2 requirements for this position. For more information visit: Navy Cool Cyber IT/CSWF Workforce Model.

• Education: Graduate/master's degree from an accredited University. If no degree is held, qualified candidates must possess one of the following certifications:

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP )

• This position will require U.S. citizenship and an active DoD TS/SCI clearance; the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph is required.