System Administrator

Red River
Wallops Island, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/16/2024 CLOSED ON 10/18/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Administrator position at Red River?

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Systems Administrator to join our team who has the experience and knowledge to Ensure the smooth functions of IT systems, can monitor for potential issues in a proactive manner, and can support compatibility between systems. They will also govern database operations. This position requires onsite work in Wallops Island, VA and up to 25% travel to King George, VA.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field or applicable work experience.
  • Secret security clearance.
  • Six years of experience as a System Administrator, preferably in the government sector.
  • Demonstrated experience with VMware (Vcenter)
  • Experience with Cisco ACI products or related Cisco technical environments
  • Experience with data system security.
  • Experience with creating scripts in Python, Perl, or other scripting languages.
  • Professional experience and high-level understanding of working with various operating systems and their implications.


Desired Certifications:

  • Red Hat Certification
  • CompTIA Server
  • ServiceNow Certified System Administrator


Responsibilities:

  • Install and configure software, hardware, and networks.
  • Monitor system performance and troubleshooting issues.
  • Ensure security of IT infrastructure
  • Troubleshoot issues and outages.
  • Upgrade systems with new releases and models
  • Be proactive about challenges or constraints within the program and manage them accordingly.
  • Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including materials, manpower and time necessary.


As a System Administrator, you will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, optimization, and availability of infrastructures and systems. Your holistic understanding of both the operational and scope aspects of systems will ensure the success of large-scale government programs. You will work in a collaborative and dynamic environment, interacting with various stakeholders.

If you are a motivated and skilled System Administrator with a passion for leveraging technology to expedite and improve business outcomes in the government sector, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and be part of our mission to ensure the success of large-scale government programs.

Basic Qualifications:

  • U.S. Citizenship Required


Red River offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits and an exceptional work environment. You can review our benefit offerings here. If you are ready to join a growing company, please submit your resume and cover letter (optional).

EOE M/F/DISABLED/Vet

Red River is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, family medical history or genetic information, disability, past or present military service, or any other characteristics protected under the laws applicable in the locations where Red River operates. Red River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Red River does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings or otherwise. Placement fees will not be paid to any recruiter unless Red River has an active agreement in place with the recruiter and such a request has been made by the Red River Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Red River Talent Acquisition Team via our Applicant Tracking System. Any unsolicited resumes or other data submitted to Red River in violation of this policy may be used by Red River without obligation to pay any fees of any kind to the recruiter.
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