What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior System Administrator position at SAIC?
Job Details
Job ID: 2501388
Location: ARLINGTON, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-02-03
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Sys Administrator
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior System Administrator with Cloud experience or training to support an IT program at Untied States Marshals Service (USMS). In this position you will work with a team that provides computing capabilities and in-depth support for our clients and users. The team builds and maintains user environments, delivers subject matter expert support, and application-level software and tools.
100% Onsite 5 days a week.
Qualifications
Required:
Desired:
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
Location: ARLINGTON, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-02-03
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Sys Administrator
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior System Administrator with Cloud experience or training to support an IT program at Untied States Marshals Service (USMS). In this position you will work with a team that provides computing capabilities and in-depth support for our clients and users. The team builds and maintains user environments, delivers subject matter expert support, and application-level software and tools.
100% Onsite 5 days a week.
- Perform Windows administration duties
- Perform installations and patching of Windows operating systems
- Assist customers with the installation and updates of applications
- Install software and troubleshoot software installation issues
- Monitor systems and preform hardware troubleshooting, tracking, resolution, and routine maintenance and security updates
- Ensure security protocols and standards are applied and tracked
- Perform system backups and provide data recovery if needed
- Document processes and Standard Operating Procedures
- Monitor resource usage, anticipate problems, and suggest solutions
- Manage production and development systems and provide higher-level technical support (Tier II/III) to clients when needed
- Work closely with colleagues to meet team goals and improve processes and practices
- Create and maintain documentation of the systems
- Conduct configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance of various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Provide software and hardware support to the customer development team
- Setup and maintain offsite disaster recovery environments
- Review system and security logs and report to the team regarding incidents and potential threats to the network environment, systems, users, and/or infrastructure
- Work with load balancing, failover, and data replication technologies
- Utilize WSUS, Ivanti, and/or other industry patching solutions
Qualifications
Required:
- BS and 9 years of experience (4 years experience in lieu of degree)
- Active Secret or above clearance
- Self-starter, driven to learn how to quantify, analyze, and resolve complex issues
- Ability to work well in a team environment and independently when required
- Ability to work with minimal direction
- Good communication and documentation skills
- Understanding of IT security best practices
- Understanding of basic networking concepts
- Outgoing team player and self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills with the ability and desire to interact with all users and work closely with other technical staff or independently
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively under pressure with the ability to frequently re-assess priorities for multiple tasks or projects
- Strong time management and resource management capabilities
- Must have advanced working knowledge of a variety of computer software applications such as MS Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Outlook, MS Project, SharePoint, etc.
- Experience with creating POAM milestones, and compliance and ensuring application of DISA STIG releases and STIG results analysis
- Ability to understand IAVAs and remediate issues as needed
- Experience in building, operating, and maintaining Windows Server 2019/2022,
Desired:
- Any current Cloud technologies experience: Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud
- Willing to advance current Cloud skills via industry standard certifications
- Cloud engineering and/or architecture level experience
- VMWare ESXi / vCenter / Site Recovery Manager
- ADFS/ ID Mgt/ PKI Certs/ etc.
- Cisco Hyperflex technologies
- Experience writing scripts in a PowerShell and/or Linux environment
- Understanding of disk storage systems (RAID, LUNs, etc.)
- Experience with NetApp storage products and file system technologies
- Managing container environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Experience working with code repositories and continuous integration (CI) servers like Gitlab, Jenkins, etc.
- Managing infrastructure services such as DNS, DHCP, GPOs, etc.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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