What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Administrator position at Blue Sky Innovative Solutions?
System Administrator
Blue Sky Innovative Solutions is seeking a skilled System Administrator. We have a constant increased need for the provision of full systems life cycle applications development on various computer platforms, including a variety of client eligibility and recertification systems, employment / work engagement services, claims systems, etc., that are critical to the operation and functioning of programs, requiring periodic refinements to maintain the applications at optimum service levels. Having a project portfolio which properly reflects the user's business needs and workload is crucial.
Tasks & Duties
- Develop Network Integrity Security System Maintainability
- Configure and Manage O365 Applications
- Set up and maintain O365 applications, including email, collaboration tools, and user accounts.
- Deploy security protocols and manage threat detection to protect O365 and Exchange environments.
- Tune configurations and manage resource allocation to ensure high availability and reliability of O365 and Exchange services.
- Develop and execute strategies to scale O365 and Exchange infrastructure to accommodate organizational growth.
- Ensure Compliance and Conduct Regular Audits. Provide Technical Support / Troubleshooting and Develop Documentation and Training Materials
- Perform periodic security and performance audits to identify and address potential issues.
- Implement and monitor compliance controls to meet industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Develop operational and installation procedures security systems, maintains information as to changes in security infrastructure and impact on agency environment.
- Develop guidelines and upgrade techniques of new operational procedures for the support of Firewalls, IDS, and other security related infrastructure.
- Maintain and monitor licensing and notifies as to renewal dates for security infrastructure in order to prevent interruption in key security and network infrastructure.
- Evaluation and Testing of New Network Integrity Technologies
- Develop detailed test plans to test the claims and capabilities of vendors in a particular security space so as to normalize results across multiple vendors and come up with a fair rating system in order to provide information for procuring the appropriate technology.
- Interfaces and coordinates with the vendors to accomplish test goals.
- Executes test plans and compiles results of tests in such a way that management has enough information to make a decision.
- Performs other duties
- Network Integrity Security Infrastructure Implementation and Operation.
- Responsible for configuration and operational maintenance of security infrastructure.
- Work with ITS staff (e.g, managers, senior programmers, support staff, product manager) to plan and advise as to network and security requirements for new projects and enhancements.
- Provide detailed log analysis in case of enquiry into cause and effect of network and security outages.
- Provide assistance to technical support staff when they are unable to resolve a program, access, or IT issue by themselves.
- Occasionally contacts Program Area staff, as may be needed, to clarify the intent of a new feature or resolve a problem.
- Provide general troubleshooting assistance to other programmers / projects as may be needed.
- Network Integrity Security Systems Specifications Management
- Develop and prepare documents for the general design of solutions that meet system and security requirements, including the selection of alternative approaches.
- Develop specifications for security, communication systems, hardware, network, storage and software configurations.
- Develop detailed test plans and evaluation strategies for the procurement and evaluation of new security technologies and tools that agency looks to procure in its reengineering process.
- Develop strategies for the creation and continual modification of system wide documents including configurations and structured diagrams for the specifications of firewalls, communication systems, wide area networks, security and network programs that will span multiple functional groups.
Requirements
About Blue Sky
Blue Sky Innovative Solutions (Blue Sky) assists its federal, state and local, and commercial clients with solving their toughest challenges in the areas of IT Infrastructure Support and Engineering; Application Development and Maintenance; Program and Project Management; and Management Consulting. Find out more about Blue Sky at www.bsis-llc.com. Blue Sky is an equal opportunity employer and recruits mission-oriented, proactive, skilled candidates from across the United States. As an SBA certified HUBZone small business, Blue Sky has a special interest in recruiting and hiring personnel who reside in HUBZones. To determine whether you reside in a HUBZone, visit . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
