Senior Systems Administrator

TekSynap•Washington, DC

18d

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to join our to join our TekSynap team, supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Intelligence Community. The Senior Systems Administrator performs high-level, day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for complex operating systems, workstations and servers. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers. We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at www.TekSynap.com. Apply now to explore jobs with us! The safety and health of our employees is of the utmost importance. Employees are required to comply with any vaccination requirements mandated by contract, applicable law or regulation. By applying to a role at TekSynap you are providing consent to receive text messages regarding your interview and employment status. If at any time you would like to opt out of text messaging, respond "STOP." As part of the application process, you agree that TekSynap Corporation may retain and use your name, e-mail, and contact information for purposes related to employment consideration.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with a CI Poly.
14-17 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
CompTIA Server+
CompTIA Linux+
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Responsibilities

Coordinate, direct and perform complex software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
Schedule installations and upgrades and maintain them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
Continually monitor and tune multiple systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
Ensure workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions of varying complexities.
Ensure data/media recoverability by developing and implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
Plan and implement the modernization of servers.
Develop, implement and promote standard operating procedures and schedules.
Conduct hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
Incumbent develops and implements new standards, policies and procedures.
Incumbent in this job works closely with Network and Systems Analysts to help determine and develop the systems that will be implemented.