Systems Administrator Intermediate

Kiakahi•Warren, MI

1d•$60,000 - $65,000•Onsite

About The Position

Kiakahi, LLC has an immediate opening for a Systems Administrator Intermediate to join our rapidly growing team. Under general direction, responsible for activities related to system administration. Assigns personnel to various projects, directs their activities, and evaluates their work. Ensures long-term requirements of systems operations and administration are included in the overall information systems planning of the organization. Responsible for the installation, maintenance, configuration, and integrity of computer software. Implements operating system enhancements that will improve the reliability and performance of the system. Essential Responsibilities and Duties (Not listed in order of importance; other duties may be assigned) and must be able to perform the following with minimal guidance: Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. 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 operational, 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

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline preferred or have equivalent experience
Three to five years of experience performing systems administration functions preferred
Cloud+ or GICSP or SSCP or Security+ or GSEC
Ability to organize, prioritize and meet deadlines
Capable of conveying complex information in a simplistic manner
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong self-starter requiring minimal supervision
Able to take proactive measures to prevent problems rather than reactive by nature
Strong verbal and written communication to effectively express concepts, plans, and proposals
Experience building and maintaining systems including: Architecting and implementing storage and data management solutions.
Comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration; for example, system installation and configuration, management of file servers, configuration of mail systems, printer systems, database systems, web hosting platforms, fundamentals of security, installing third-party software
Understanding of a Linux-based operating systems; filesystem concepts and security, PAM stack modification, audit configuration, syslog review, mail relay configuration, hosted application configuration, etc.
Understanding of virtualization environments, virtual storage technology, bare metal Operating Systems and appliance based virtual management solutions.
Understanding of network access technologies like DHCP, Network Policy Server, VLAN segments, firewalls, etc.
Understanding of certificate based authentication including physical token based authentication.
Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory user, computer, and group policy administration
Ability to write scripts in some administrative language ((Powershell, Linux shell)
Familiarity with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and system security processes.
Familiarity with vulnerability scanning including remediation of Operating System and application vulnerabilities
Position requires a Secret security clearance. Must be a US citizen.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) a plus.
Experience working in CMMI Level 3 (or higher) environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. 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 operational, 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