Sci Clearance)

NorthHill Technology•Springfield, VA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

NorthHill Technology Resources is hiring a Systems Administrator/Software Packaging Engineer to support a federal program in Springfield, Virginia. This is a direct-hire role with a fast-growing federal integrator and requires an active TS/SCI clearance; the employer will sponsor a CI polygraph within the first year. The Systems Administrator works as part of an agile team to maintain and improve system functionality through customer interaction, knowledge of the GEOINT exploitation system, and understanding of the production mission. The role provides on-site, on-the-floor technical and systems administration support, including troubleshooting and resolving software and hardware anomalies. The successful candidate automates software deployments, packages software, troubleshoots VDI endpoints, virtual machines, and geospatial and corporate software, and makes corrective recommendations. The role also responds to application and hardware issues, resolves problems where possible, reproduces issues for analysis, and helps prepare technical documentation describing problems and solutions. Additional systems administration work includes maintaining system integrity and security, configuring administrator and service accounts, maintaining documentation, evaluating vendor products, recommending hardware and software purchases, coordinating installations, and providing backup and recovery. The administrator develops and monitors resource-use policies and standards, may program in an administrative language, develops testing strategies and documents results, and advises and trains end users. The role provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff, maintains knowledge of relevant technologies, and participates in special projects.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance; CI polygraph sponsorship is available within the first year.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience.
5–10 years of directly related systems administration and analysis experience.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Strong writing skills, including document creation and note-taking.
Strong time-management skills.
Ability to work within a team on projects and tasks.
Multi-mission environment experience.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Ability to troubleshoot and document problems.
Excellent customer service skills.

Nice To Haves

Journeyman knowledge or understanding of software package and binary deployment tools such as Tanium, Numecent, XenApp, and SCCM/MECM.
Service+ experience.
Experience with thin-client operating systems and virtual hosted desktop operating systems such as AVD, ThinPro, and Citrix.
Experience with client operating systems such as Windows 11.
Experience with virtual desktop infrastructure, including Azure Virtual Desktop, ESX/vSphere4, and XenDesktop.
Advanced scripting in Python and/or PowerShell.
Log analysis experience for troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve system functionality through proactive customer interaction and understanding of the GEOINT exploitation system and production mission.
Provide on-site, on-the-floor technical and systems administration support.
Troubleshoot and implement solutions for software and hardware anomalies.
Automate software deployments and package software.
Troubleshoot VDI endpoints, virtual machines, and geospatial and corporate software; make corrective recommendations as needed.
Respond to application and hardware issues, resolve problems where possible, reproduce issues for internal analysis, and help document problems and solutions.
Maintain the integrity and security of servers and systems.
Set up administrator and service accounts and maintain system documentation.
Interact with users and evaluate vendor products.
Recommend hardware and software purchases, coordinate installations, and provide backup recovery.
Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation and use of computing resources.
Develop testing strategies and document results; may program in an administrative language.
Advise and train end users.
Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff members.
Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies and participate in special projects as required.
Support maintenance and change requests for user-facing devices and systems.