Systems Administrator 3

EMCO Technologies • Wallops Island, VA

7d

About The Position

EMCO is currently seeking Systems Administrator 3 to join our team. Tasks include management of IT system, infrastructure, and any processes related to these systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 6 years of professional systems administration, application deployment, or IT infrastructure experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux/UNIX, VMWare or OpenShift and system administration.
• Some knowledge of Microsoft Windows infrastructure.
• Some ansible, scripting and PowerShell command-line, environment tracking helpful.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Active industry certifications (e.g., Red Hat, CompTIA Security+).
• Direct experience supporting government, aerospace, or real-time NASA mission-critical environments.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines, automated infrastructure tools, and Agile frameworks.
• Linux/RHEl/UNIX, VMWare or OpenShift and system administration.
• Some Microsoft Systems and Windows foundations, Storage Array (Nexsan, Dell Unity); VMware, iDRAC (IPMI), Ability to produce and maintain scripts.
• Some experience in a UNIX environment for automation and data migration between systems helpful.
• Knowledge of Cisco Software Defined Networking technologies

Responsibilities

• Ensure the day-to-day operation and ongoing support of Servers and Systems including event, fault, and performance management.
• Install, monitor, and troubleshoot operating systems, hardware, and computer infrastructure.
• Find gaps in the systems and use analytical skills and knowledge of problem-solving methodologies to provide solutions.
• Design the environment and software layers to provide for a reliable, scalable, secure and highly available Linux, Windows and Virtual environment.
• Lead application teams responsible for continuous software enhancements, patch management, and deployments across development environments.
• Lead efforts and work closely with systems administrators, database and application administrators/programmers, network engineers/analysts, customers and outside vendors in engineering solutions or resolving problems.
• Define system test procedures, task success criteria, and maintain technical architecture diagrams, system build and application update documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior