Systems Administrator

Abacus Technology

4d•$115,000 - $135,000

About The Position

Abacus Technology is seeking a Systems Administrator to provide technical support for the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground. This is a full-time position.

Requirements

7+ years experience in systems administration including at least 5 years in a lead or supervisory role.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Must be Security+ certified (or hold an equivalent certification in compliance with DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II).
Must hold a computing environment (e.g. Microsoft, Red Hat).
Expertise in Active Directory (AD) configuration and policy administration.
Extensive Experience with Red Hat Linux.
Experience in VMWare systems including troubleshooting and monitoring.
Experience in resolving complex issues associated with configuration management. resource sharing and basic networking troubleshooting and problem identification.
Experience in resolving complex security issues, identity management, records retention, and adhering to destruction policies.
Experience using and writing operating system commands and scripts, and scripting languages, including one or more of Bash, Powershell, Python, Ruby, and/or Perl.
Experience in TCP/IP, firewalls and routing.
Experience with performance tuning, capacity planning and bottleneck resolution.
Experience in resource allocation and utilization for large databases, disk configuration, including the maintenance of hardware and software RAID 1-N.
Experience in database design, data modeling and query execution, database replication, migration, backup and recovery.
Experience performance tuning, capacity planning and bottleneck resolution, building and maintaining high-availability, clustered and scalable systems.
Experience managing a production environment with the following: automated install, automated build and deployment, automated configuration management, enterprise monitoring systems, server virtualization, load balancing, web servers, and application servers, Microsoft server operating systems and middleware, server configuration and installation, performance and network monitoring tools, operating systems upgrades and migrations.
Experience managing or working with Windows Server and Linux Operating systems and associated configuration tools is desirable.
Must be a US citizen and hold a current Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Cisco UCS is a plus.

Responsibilities

Perform Windows Server Active Directory (AD) configuration and administration including policy management.
Perform Windows Server systems administration including troubleshooting, monitoring, and support.
Manage VMware environment, including systems deployment, patching, STIG/hardening and troubleshooting.
Support Windows event and performance monitoring; and management of hosted systems software platforms.
Resolve complex issues associated with system configuration management, resource sharing and basic networking troubleshooting and problem identification.
Resolve security issues including identity management, records retention, and implements destruction policies.
Utilize and write operating system commands and scripts, manage disk configurations, maintain hardware and software RAID 1-N, perform migration, backup and recovery using scripting languages, such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, and/or Perl.
Support performance tuning, capacity planning and bottleneck resolution, administration of Microsoft Servers, building and maintaining high-availability, clustered and scalable systems, and load balancing.
Manage production environments using automated install, automated build and deployment, automated configuration management, enterprise monitoring systems, server virtualization, load balancing, web servers, and application servers.
Support storage hardware and environments (i.e. Commvault).
Work with Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).
Support HBSS configuration management and troubleshooting (e.g. McAfee/Trellix).