What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Administrator position at Zantech?
At Zantech, we apply state-of-the-art technology to solve our Federal Clients' most mission-critical challenges. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers a competitive compensation, benefits and vacation package ,as well as providing you with a fast paced and exciting work environment. Come join our team!
Zantech is looking for a talented Systems Administrator to support join a team supporting our DOD customer in a hybrid role based in Tysons Corner, VA.
The Systems Administrator will administer, configure, back-up and maintain the hardware and systems required to keep the current environment available for use. This position will also work with monitoring tools, active directory, assess and interpret requirements of systems and applications in relation to hardware, and software, implementing efficiencies through automation (leveraging PowerShell and batch jobs). The candidate will be part of a team maintaining and securing this mission critical IT environment, which relies on Windows Server 2016, SharePoint, and SQL Server, running within a virtual environment using VMWare.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Ensure long-term requirements of systems operations and administration are included in the overall information systems planning of the organization. Responsible for the installation, maintenance, configuration, and integrity of computer software.
- Develops and promotes standard operating procedures.
- Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Windows servers, including web servers, DB servers, and network servers in support of business processing requirements.
- Performs software installations, patches and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
- Familiar with DOD policy and maintaining system compliance with IAVAs. Ability to track IAVAs and corresponding KBs (if applicable) and affected servers.
- Familiar (experience preferred) with tracking and applying DISA STIGs and documenting through the STIG viewer.
- Monitors and performs troubleshooting of event logs.
- Ensures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
- Maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation.
- Provide setup and monitoring of Backup Solutions
- Use of VMWare is a plus.
- Experience with DOD security practices/STIGs
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- 5 years of experience
- MCSA or MCSE Certification in Windows Server 2008/2012, 2012/2016
- OR Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Associate
- Security Certification
Required:
- Active DOD Secret or higher per contract requirements
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Must be a team player
- This position is client-facing so superior oral and written skills are required.
- Self-motivation and strong organizational skills
“Outstanding Performance…Always!”
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Zantech provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
