Experienced Systems Administrator
About The Position
Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators. Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products. Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Ancillary duties may include setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space. This position is intended for the Propulsion Plant Data Entry/Display Terminal (PP-DE/DT) team within the Integrated Propulsion Plant Instrumentation & Control (IPPI&C) section of the Propulsion & Reactor Engineering Planning Yard (PREPY). The team is responsible for lifecycle management of a commercial laptop system (the PP-DE/DT) used to support maintenance and operation of propulsion plant components and systems. This includes configuration management of all associated software (OS and combination of COTS and custom software) and hardware (laptop, accessories, and interface cables). The position will be responsible for laptop imaging, account creation, backup/recovery, vulnerability scanning, etc. and associated documentation. The position may also be involved with manual software (acceptance) testing and troubleshooting, in addition to support of other related efforts, including build/release notes, liaison action request responses, testing documentation, process guides, etc. This position may regularly communicate with NAVSEA, NNL, and management/engineers across the PPPY and other NNS departments via email, phone, and meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience; Ph.D. and 0 years of experience.
- One of the following may be used as an equivalent to Bachelor's Degree for Information Technology Related Positions Only: NNS Apprentice School graduate Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
- A relevant professional certification can be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in computer system administration, including computer imaging, drive cloning, backup/recovery, account creation, software deployment
- Configuration/change management experience
- MS Windows and Linux (e.g., RHEL) experience
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V)
- Strong knowledge of networking protocols
- Vulnerability scanning (e.g., Nessus) experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to prioritize and lead with limited oversight
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- High degree of organizational skills and attention to detail
- Innovative thinker with a focus on continuous improvement
- Testing automation experience highly preferred
- Containerization experience highly preferred
- STIG experience highly preferred
- DevOps practices and tools experience highly preferred
- Atlassian Jira experience a plus
- Requirements management experience a plus
- Knowledge management experience a plus
- Manual software testing experience a plus
Responsibilities
- laptop imaging
- account creation
- backup/recovery
- vulnerability scanning
- associated documentation
- manual software (acceptance) testing and troubleshooting
- support of other related efforts, including build/release notes, liaison action request responses, testing documentation, process guides, etc.
- communicate with NAVSEA, NNL, and management/engineers across the PPPY and other NNS departments via email, phone, and meetings.
Benefits
- medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
- on-site health centers
- tele-medicine
- wellness resources
- employee assistance programs
- savings plan options (401K)
- financial education and planning tools
- life insurance
- tuition reimbursement
- employee discounts
- early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
