Systems Administrator jobs in Pensacola, FL

Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

Responsibilities

Criterion Systems is seeking a mission-focused Sr. Systems Administrator to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Pensacola, FL.

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities

• User Admin, Sys Admin, Documentation and cradle to grave SDLC support.
• Interacts with developers and infrastructure support team to provide vendor application support.
• Supports and develops SOPs that provide policies and standards for sustainment of customer systems and resources.
• Participate in 24x7 schedules with fixed shift and possible weekend support.
• Operate and maintain all Production, Pre-Production, and Development systems in a Windows environment.
• Perform System Administration to included AD, GPO policies, Patching, application support, and activities to include account management, monitoring and management of system resources (CPU, memory, disk, etc), monitoring and auditing system logs.
• Implement and monitor the Enterprise Windows Servers testing and installation of patches, updates, additional tools and future versions of all software on a regular basis.
• Meet compliance for Information Security Vulnerability Management (ISVMs) and Intelligence Community Vulnerability Alert (ICVAs) and provide support for DoD STIGS.
• Perform Systems Life-cycle management including planning, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, consolidation, and decommissioning of enterprise hardware, and software.
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the system is compatible with defined architecture and meets customer needs.
• Required to perform 3rd shift work.

Qualifications

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Minimum of four (4) years relevant experience AND; a Bachelor’s Degree
• Eight (8) years of additional and relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Microsoft Windows server and client administration (Windows 2012 or Windows 2016) •Experience building Windows Servers
• Experience with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy
• Knowledgeable and experience in application of STIGs to secure Windows services and applications
• Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
• Backups/Restore, ePO McAfee, VMware 6.0 or higher
• Requires 3rd shift work Desired Skills:
• Familiarity SQL Server 2012/2014/2016
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 or 2016
• Altiris
• SharePoint Server
• Double-Take Back up Software
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016
• Venafi Certificate Management Systems Desired Certification(s): Applicable Microsoft certifications (Examples: MCSE, MCSA), Security CE Required Education (including Major):

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• None

Security Clearance Level

• Minimum of Top Secret at time of application
• Must obtain DHS Suitability prior to starting work.

Certification

• None

Work Schedule

• Full-time on-site

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual’s protected status:  race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.