Senior Windows System Administrator

Edgewater Federal Solutions•Albuquerque, NM

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior Windows System Administrator to support a major national laboratory. This role involves monitoring, maintaining, and repairing physical and virtual server systems, resolving technical issues, and applying system patches and configuration changes. The administrator will also perform capacity analysis, assist users, develop maintenance procedures and automation scripts, and collaborate with various stakeholders to optimize systems.

Requirements

BS/BA or related field and two (2) years related experience or in lieu of degree 8 years of related work experience
Must be US Citizen
DOE Q Clearance Minimum to start and ability to maintain DOE Q Clearance with Reciprocity.
Windows System Administration experience for at least 2 years
System Administration experience on desktop systems
End-User Application Support
System Setup
Account Management
File service
Network Configuration
Application Hosting
Experience with both Ruby & Python
Developing scripts for automating services tasks
Experience with Data Storage Systems (such as NetApp) and associated technologies: SAN, NAS, RAID, LUNs, Snapshots, Replication, etc.
Familiarity with Firewall technology & management of private LANs/networks
Server room management (e.g. - power, cooling, cabling, racking)
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills to include Team Leadership skills
Experience with working with stand-alone LAN environments
Knowledge of backup and restore technologies
Ability to effectively collaborate with other IT professionals
Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with C/C++, and/or other programming languages
Experience with quality assurance testing
Experience in Virtual/Cloud Deployments

Responsibilities

Monitor, maintain, and repair physical and virtual server systems.
Resolve technical issues affecting hardware, operating systems, or applications.
Apply operating system or application patches, install or replace hardware, and implement configuration changes to improve or restore system performance.
Perform system capacity analysis and planning.
Assist users in accessing and using business systems.
Develop instructions and procedures for system maintenance.
Create scripts to automate monitoring and repair tasks.
Conduct quality assurance checks.
Collaborate with customers, subject matter experts, and architects to analyze, evaluate, and optimize systems.
Contribute to process development and system improvement efforts.