Systems Administrator - Enterprise Operations

Soft Tech Consulting•Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD

18h

About The Position

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of Systems Administrator. We are looking for a Systems Administrator who will be a strong addition to the team. The selected individual will join a collaborative team environment where they will provide expertise and support, including helping to define the projects objectives, support quality control and support coordinating the efforts of team members in order to deliver the project according to plan. The Systems Administrator plays a role in client relations and the success of the project. Key to the success of this position is the successful delivery of projects, and effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting project status.

Requirements

MUST BE US CITIZEN
MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE INTERIM SECRET CLEARANCE OR HIGHER
Minimum HS Diploma with 5+ years of overall applicable experience, with BA or BS Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Interim Secret is allowed until full Secret clearance.
Obtain and maintain (if don't already possess) a computing environment certification relevant to job duties (must have within 6 months of hire).
DoD 8570.01-M baseline certification at time of hire.
Experience with upgrading, maintaining and providing security patches and updates.
Experience with Change Management Control process and submit Requests for Change.
Must be able to work independently.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
Must be able to follow instructions and provide support to all team members.

Responsibilities

Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 administration.
Troubleshoot system outages to resolve the problem and recover the services to maximum performance in the shortest amount of time as possible.
Ensure that all client services, including underlying hardware and software, meet all DoD 8500 series and NIST 800-53 security requirements.
Develop systems architecture and other system engineering/administration documentation.
Perform full beta-testing to ensure full functionality and integration with all services prior to applying changes to production systems.
Upgrade, maintain and provide security patches on all servers including occasional scheduled after-hours patching.
Assist in technical evaluation of the vendor submissions for compliance with client specifications.
Prepare and present training information to the technical staff and user personnel.
Maintain systems and data integrity that includes virus checking.
Participate in Change Management Control process and submit Requests for Change as needed.
Administer system security tools to include ACAS, SCAP and Radix.
Ensure STIG checklists and associated artifacts for all technologies are reviewed, and validation results are posted.
Assist in building/configuring Splunk Enterprise in accordance with the latest DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements, and industry security best practices for system hardening to support to support the needs of client and their enterprise.
Support the client's Cybersecurity Risk Management Lifecycle (RMF) lifecycle mission by developing new methods to ingest compliance data into Splunk and facilitate continuous monitoring.
Administer McAfee Host Based Security System (HBSS) and Army Endpoint Security System (AESS) ePO server to include all modules required by STIG, computer objects, policies and client tasks.
Maintain STIG compliance across the entire VMware environment.
Administer both VMware vCenter servers and vCloud environment.
Administer Microsoft IIS web servers for various application web front ends.
Remediate security scan findings provided by Cybersecurity engineers, ACAS scans, and Evaluate-STIG.
Respond to and remediate software vulnerabilities identified in Information Assurance Vulnerability Memorandums (IAVM), Operations Orders (OPORD), Task Orders (TASKORD) and Cyber Task Orders (CTO).