Systems Administrator - Military veterans preferred

Description

SAIC has three openings for a Senior Systems Administrator in Fort Gordon, GA. 

• Performs high-level, day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for complex operating systems, workstations and servers.
• Coordinates, directs and performs complex software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
• Schedules installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
• Continually monitors and tunes multiple systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Ensures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions of varying complexities.
• Ensures data/media recoverability by developing and implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
• Plans and implements the modernization of servers.
• Develops, implements, and promotes standard operating procedures and schedules.
• Conducts hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
• Develops and implements new standards, policies and procedures.
• Works closely with Network and Systems Analysts to help determine and develop the systems to be implemented.

It should be understood that this is not intended to be a detailed nor comprehensive description of any individual employee's job content.  Managers set the specific duties and responsibilities for each employee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and five (5) years or more of related experience; Masters and three (3) years or more related experience; PhD and 0 years experience. Additional four (4) years experience may be substituted for degree.

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience administrating networks and systems, worked directly in the career field during five (5) of the preceding eight (8) years.
• Must have a solid understanding of Microsoft server & workstation operating systems and networking 
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux operating systems preferred
• Advanced IT administrator skills in remote administration, remote desktop, Group Policy Object (GPO) management, system backup and recovery, and monitor servers for performance evaluation and optimization
• Advanced IT Administrator skills in Collaboration Services, e.g., Chat Services, SharePoint Portal, Electronic Email Exchange) Server
• Advanced skills in datacenter management, Cloud Services, virtualization, storage area networks (SANs), data/system backups, and asset management
• Expert remote troubleshooting and customer service skills.
• Be computer literate with emphasis on proficiency with MS Office products (i.e.; MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access).

CERTIFICATIONS: 

• Must have 1 of 3:   Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Windows Server, CompTIA Server+; or equivalent.
• At least one Systems Administrator must have certification in either Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) Core Infrastructure OR MCSE Core Infrastructure.
• At least one Systems Administrator must have certification in Microsoft (MS) server virtualization.
• At least one Systems Administrator must have certification in NetApp Certified Data Administrator (CDA).

 

CLEARANCE: 

• U.S. citizen with Secret clearance required to start work
• Ability to obtain a TS with SCI eligibility

 

 

 

 

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.