Systems Administrator

DRT Strategies, Inc.•Silver Spring, MD

11d•$110,000 - $140,000

About The Position

DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries. The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together. We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality. This project supports the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in translating business needs into technology solutions across FDA's public-facing web environment, providing administration, infrastructure support, and strategic planning for FDA's Web presence. Support for FDA's web infrastructure, including its Content Management System (CMS), is intended to enhance the agency's ability to manage web content effectively. The current CMS, built on Drupal, supports FDA's public-facing site, which spans more than 65,000 documents and pages and is maintained by more than 600 active site contributors.

Requirements

10+ years of related experience in systems administration or IT operations
Experience with Linux, SOLR search, and ElasticSearch, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or other related technical discipline
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance.
U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders) to be eligible.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Akamai CDN services and Drupal website hosting platforms (e.g., Acquia) is desired.

Responsibilities

Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems and cloud services hosted in AWS. Primary systems include Drupal CMS hosted on a LAMP stack.
Manage and maintain IT system infrastructure, services, and processes related to client, server, storage, network devices and mobile devices.
Perform help desk support, including problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution.
Analyze and resolve complex problems associated with server hosts, applications and software integration
Optimize system operations and resource utilization; perform capacity analysis and system planning.
Troubleshoot and maintain system integrity and network components.
Provide detailed analysis and feedback to management and internal customers on escalated issues.
Support the design of system architectures and associated hardware.
Configure and manage Linux and other applicable operating systems, including installs/patching of operating system software, troubleshooting, maintaining integrity of and configure network components, and implementation of operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
Support the design of systems, mission architecture and associated hardware
Possess a working knowledge and understanding of system administration interdependencies as part of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)