Systems Administrator, Senior Principal - Military veterans preferred

As a Principal Systems Administrator you will perform and lead a team of 10 responsible for the system administration functions of a large scale test system. Must Be a self-starter with a background in Unix/Linux and Windows systems administration and configuration, VMWare and Dell networking. This position will manage permanent and temporary staff to support the system and integrate new deployments, technologies and equipment.


Responsibilities:
* Build, configure and maintain physical and virtual servers for a large scale testing platform
* Collaborate with team members in Maryland on a regular basis to maintain consistency in design and implementation
* Collaborate with team members of the lab supporting our system so that the environment is stable and provide notification of any concerns or outages in advance.
* Support the networking within the environment
* Integrate new deployments, technologies and equipment into existing production environment
* Configure and maintain storage (EMC Isilon) and scheduled backups/data redundancy
* Create and modify scripts as needed to automate repetitive tasks
* Provide operational support to development and test community with an emphasis software repositories
* Monitor system performance, system/security logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems
* Manage permanent and temporary staff to support the system and local users. Support team will be 5 to 10 personnel at a time with development and system administration experience.


Required Skills/Experience:
* Experience building, configuring and managing Linux/Unix systems
* Background in Windows server administration/configuration and file system support
* Demonstrated experience creating and managing virtual environments (VMware)
* Scripting experience (Bash, Shell, Python, Perl)
* Experience with infrastructure design, including networking protocols and data redundancy
* Experience configuring and maintaining Cisco, iOS, Dell Z9100 and devices
* Customer service experience and orientation, and attention to detail
* Demonstrated experience working with a team to introduce and integrate new technologies into existing production environments


Desired skills/Experience:
* Experience with VMware NSX-V/NSX-T desirable
* Experience with Dell/EMC equipment desirable
* Experience configuring and maintaining Isilon storage
* Experience with Solaris is a plus
* Experience with MacOS a plus