Okta Senior Systems Administrator

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp.•Washington, DC

About The Position

Cardinal Technology Systems Corp. is a government IT solutions provider servicing commercial and government initiative in various parts of the United States. We are currently seeking an Okta Senior Systems Administrator to work for our company. This includes planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all network software and communication links within DLA’s Okta footprint. Organizes and directs the configuration and operation of DLA’s Okta. Analyzes and resolves end user software program and connectivity issues. Conducts capacity and performance analysis and provides system configuration change and upgrade recommendations. Increases system administrator efficiency and accuracy via the use of automated tools and scripts, develops system administrator procedures, and conducts system administrator training and skills assessment. Provides end user training. Provides recommendations on technology direction to align with business vision. Provides local and remote maintenance support to various operational systems within the DLA Okta footprint. Support includes general maintenance, upgrades, and new installs of servers and applications. Directs the work of other system administrators to provide the day-to-day system administration to include system and resource optimization, and user assistance. Applies advanced technical knowledge of application networking, including load balancing applications, and ensuring fault tolerance.

Requirements

Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC).
Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies.
5+ years of overall professional experience supporting Okta environments with progressively higher responsibility in the IT field.
Fully trained with demonstrable experience deploying and maintaining Okta environments for large enterprises.
Well-versed in configuring Okta integrations to work with typical enterprise technologies like Active Directory, firewalls, APIs, Zero Trust endpoints, etc.
Relevant Okta certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.

Responsibilities

Planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all network software and communication links within DLA’s Okta footprint.
Organizing and directing the configuration and operation of DLA’s Okta.
Analyzing and resolving end user software program and connectivity issues.
Conducting capacity and performance analysis and providing system configuration change and upgrade recommendations.
Increasing system administrator efficiency and accuracy via the use of automated tools and scripts, developing system administrator procedures, and conducting system administrator training and skills assessment.
Providing end user training.
Providing recommendations on technology direction to align with business vision.
Providing local and remote maintenance support to various operational systems within the DLA Okta footprint.
Supporting general maintenance, upgrades, and new installs of servers and applications.
Directing the work of other system administrators to provide the day-to-day system administration to include system and resource optimization, and user assistance.
Applying advanced technical knowledge of application networking, including load balancing applications, and ensuring fault tolerance.