Systems Administrator Intermediate

Kaihonua•Huntsville, AL

7d•$90,000 - $105,000•Onsite

About The Position

KaiHonua, LLC is looking for an enthusiastic, well-qualified individual to fill the Intermediate Systems Administrator position and to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Mail Messaging & Storage Services Administrator will handle mail servers to enable companies to move and store mail through both general and cloud-based server types. The candidate will work within a cohesive team environment and is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. Duties will include providing support to clients in resolving moderate to complex system or IT operation problems, performing computer operations functions, including planning, integration, and verification for IT systems. Recommend system configuration solutions and provide support, solutions, and suggestions to a development team; drafting system administrator manuals and maintenance service plans; working with the information security team; provides remediation and troubleshooting for system-related change requests.

Requirements

Maintain all aspects of the Microsoft SCCM and Microsoft SCOM Enterprise Management System to include SCCM Infrastructure, SCCM Administrator console, Software/Hardware Inventory, Software Distribution, SCOM Infrastructure, SCOM Administrator and Operator Consoles and SCOM monitoring and alerting
Maintain IT servers/systems operating at peak performance and maintain accessibility for end-users
Responsible for creating and deleting all network/user/non-personal entity email accounts, password management and administration
Manage space on the network drives
Monitor system performance to determine current and potential problems and propose system additions and enhancements to improve migration
Manage UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, VMware and other virtualized operating systems
Support and maintain the operating systems, patches, upgrades, Information Assurance (IA) requirements of all systems
Monitor and report on the status of the network and system devices
Develop a backup strategy and submit plan for government approval
Perform regular backups of network files and as required, restoration of files
Design, test, and implement upgrades and enhancements to existing SCCM and SCOM environment
Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
Install and configure systems such as supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications
Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures
Contribute to and maintain system standards
Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks
Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale
Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups
Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary
Create, change, and delete user accounts per request
Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies
Investigate and troubleshoot issues
Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies
Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities
Configure / add new services as necessary
Maintain operation, configuration, or other procedures
Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required
Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment
Must possess and maintain an IAT-II level certification GSEC or Security+CE or GICSP or CySA+ or CCNA Security IAW DoD 8570.01-M
Must meet the 8140.03 certification requirements within 12 months (6 months preferred)
Position requires a DoD Secret security clearance
Must be a US citizen

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree or higher in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering, Mathematics or Engineering preferred
6 years’ experience preferred

Responsibilities

Maintain all aspects of the Microsoft SCCM and Microsoft SCOM Enterprise Management System to include SCCM Infrastructure, SCCM Administrator console, Software/Hardware Inventory, Software Distribution, SCOM Infrastructure, SCOM Administrator and Operator Consoles and SCOM monitoring and alerting
Maintain IT servers/systems operating at peak performance and maintain accessibility for end-users
Responsible for creating and deleting all network/user/non-personal entity email accounts, password management and administration
Manage space on the network drives
Monitor system performance to determine current and potential problems and propose system additions and enhancements to improve migration
Manage UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, VMware and other virtualized operating systems
Support and maintain the operating systems, patches, upgrades, Information Assurance (IA) requirements of all systems
Monitor and report on the status of the network and system devices
Develop a backup strategy and submit plan for government approval
Perform regular backups of network files and as required, restoration of files
Design, test, and implement upgrades and enhancements to existing SCCM and SCOM environment
Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
Install and configure systems such as supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications
Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures
Contribute to and maintain system standards
Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks
Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale
Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups
Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary
Create, change, and delete user accounts per request
Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies
Investigate and troubleshoot issues
Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies
Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities
Configure / add new services as necessary
Maintain operation, configuration, or other procedures
Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required
Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment
Other duties as assigned