Title
Senior System Administrator
EOE Statement
Anakim Consulting is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Description
Senior System Administrator
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Location : Remote; must be local to Washington DC Metro area (30-mile radius)
Anakim Consulting Inc. has an opening for a System Administrator with senior level experience to support a federal government environment. This position will support day-to-day operation and ongoing support for systems and servers.
Job Description :
- Provide guidance to systems administrators, network engineers, and network analysts on support for server hardware, architecture, and configuration
- Apply knowledge of concepts, processes, practices and procedures to support technical requirements
- Support installation, configuration, and maintenance for operating system workstations and servers (virtual, cloud, web servers)
- Perform software installation and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages
- Support installations, upgrades, and maintenance following IT policies
- Ensure workstation / server data integrity evaluating, implementing, and managing SW and HW solutions
- Ensure data / media recoverability following schedule of system backups and database archive operations
- Support media management including offsite storage and retrieval services
- Develop and support Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Conduct hardware and software audits for workstations and servers to meet compliance and configuration policies
- Develop and maintain comprehensive operating system HW and SW configuration database / library for supporting documentation
Responsibilities include :
Support server architecture and configurationProvide day-to-day operational support for systems and servers including event, fault, and performance managementDevelop solutions to monitor, notify, and correct anomalies / alarmsEvaluate the current architecture and support design for the environment and software layers to provide for a reliable, scalable, secure and highly available Linux environmentIdentify gaps in the Linux environment and use analytical skills and knowledge of problem-solving methodologies to provide solutionsLead efforts working closely with systems administrators, database and application administrators / programmers, network engineers / analysts and outside vendors in engineering solutions or resolving problemsAct as a lead consulting and training resource for server architectural environmentProvide guidance to systems administrators, network engineers, and network analysts on configuration of server hardware and architecture for application and service requirementsParticipate in working group sessions, meetings, and conferences in support of the server architecture and Server Operators working groupsLead IR&D efforts to identify new solutions, communicating solutions and progress with Senior and Program ManagementWork closely with vendors or other groups within the organization to correct problems or perform root cause analysisAnalyze and make formal recommendations on optimization and capacity planning for systemsDesign, develop, and maintain process automation scripts and utilities written in BASH / Python and other programing languages as requiredDevelop and maintain documentation related to the design, installation, administration, and maintenance of multiple Linux systems in a distributed computing environmentEnsure stability, viability and maintenance of the 24 / 7 mission-critical production environmentPrepare weekly reports on significant eventsWrite test plans and conduct product evaluations in a lab environmentSupport critical incident management, including after-hours support, as requiredDesign and maintain a repeatable, documented patch deployment methodology for system administrators to implementDiagnose complex performance issues and facilitate recovery of failed systems in accordance with customer Service Level AgreementsPosition Requirements
Basic Qualifications :
U.S. citizenship (no dual citizenship)Ability to obtain security access (Public Trust level)Bachelor's degreeEquivalent years of related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
12 years of overall experience providing expert-level systems administration support including5 years of UNIX server administration including RedHat LINUX platform
Preferred Qualifications :
Understanding of IP addressing, subnetting, and routingSolid understanding of data and telecommunication technologies and networking fundamentals such as TCP / IP, IPv6, VPNs, firewalls, etc.Experience in server architecture, storage architectures, virtualization, monitoring tools, backup / restore, performance tuning / capacity planning, documentation, server managementDemonstrated knowledge / experience working with VMWare hypervisors and architectureWorking knowledge of database management, security and data access technologiesDemonstrated excellent interpersonal and oral / written communication skills for effective interaction with customers, co-workers and external entitiesProven ability to provide project leadership as well as work routine tasks with minimal supervisionFull-Time / Part-Time
Full-Time
Position
Senior System Administrator
About the Organization
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