Systems Administrator T4

Job Title: Systems Administrator T4

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Herndon, VA – Need local consultants only.

Visa: Must be a US Citizen

Required Skills and Experience

• 5 years of experience in an IT enterprise System Admin role or Cloud Admin position
• 4 years with PowerShell scripting for automation, extremely fluent in PowerShell and command lines
• Experience with Windows firewalls
• Expert level Microsoft Azure Administrator
• Expert level Windows admin skills (Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy)
• Must be able to go onsite 3x per week in Herndon, VA
• Security Clearance or ability to get a Clearance

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Bachelors in Computer Science
• Professional industry certifications in area of expertise, certification such as MCSE, MCITP, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ900), Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ104), Azure Certified Solutions Architect (AZ303/304)
• Linux experience with the following platforms: SUSE, RedHat or CentOS
• Experience with integration of SEIM tools, backups, and monitoring tools
• Knowledge of Best Practice and security guides (ex. NIST 800-53 rev 4)

Job Description

This position is for a large software client. The Senior Systems Cloud Administrator will be responsible for the overall evaluation, design and daily operation of the Corporate IT SAS (Server and Application Services) environment. This role serves as a "hands-on" server administrator who evaluates complex system requirements and then designs, implements and maintains the most efficient solutions. This role will develop and document technical standards, identify and evaluate new products, interface with vendors to purchase new hardware and software, and collaborate with other IT teams to provide guidance to resolve system and application issues. The Senior Systems Cloud Administrator will be directly responsible for the installation, configuration, upgrade, patching, maintenance and monitoring of the SAS environment across the entire Enterprise, while ensuring compliance to various security and encryption protocols for U.S. national security. Key deliverables for success will be: ensuring 100% availability of the environment; implementing fault and performance management; enforcing corporate network, system and application security procedures.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITES

• Create, implement and document the following processes for SAS Infrastructure:
• performance monitoring
• problem troubleshooting / helpdesk response
• utilization, availability and growth patterns (capacity planning)
• landscape design, configuration and standards
• 24/7 support, escalation and SLA models
• IMAC (installation, move, add, change) services for systems and applications

**Need local consultants only**