Systems Administrator

Veteran Firm Seeking a Systems Administrator for a full-time on-site Assignment in Landover, MD

We seek to fill a Systems Administrator role in Landover, MD

The ideal candidate is a Landover resident with an active TS SCI clearance, a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification, and comprehensive experience managing RHEL and VMWare environments.

Thanks,

HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Systems Administrator to support and maintain the smooth operation of multi-user computer systems and virtualized server environments.

The Systems Administrator will be responsible for day-to-day IT operations, including user administration, disk and storage management, patch management, and disaster recovery. They will configure and maintain Oracle Sun Server X4 Series, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and VMWare environments while ensuring system security and performing regular backup and restoration procedures.

• Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators.
• Interact with users and evaluate vendor products.
• Make recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinate installation, and provide backup recovery.
• Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
• Set up administrator and service accounts, maintain system documentation, tune system performance, install system-wide software, and allocate mass storage space.
• Install, configure, and maintain Oracle Sun Server X4 Series, x86, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) including virtualized servers.
• Perform regular day-to-day Systems Administration activities such as User Administrations, Disk Management, Package Install, Patch Management, Storage Management, NFS Administration, and disaster recovery and fail‑over.
• Identify, analyze, fix, and determine root cause, follow‑up, and coordinate changes to resolve complex problems involving hardware, software, networking, and applications.
• Ensure backups are completed successfully and perform backup restores.
• Monitor and ensure adequate security for hosts and provide access control for file systems.
• Assist in maintenance of virtualized server environments using VMWare.
• Create and configure hosts and VMs and allocate corresponding system resources as required.
• Maintain and patch existing hosts and VMs using VMWare COTS products.
• Support a variety of server and desktop COTS, agents, and GOTS applications.
• Maintain operational procedures and guides and create tickets to document all break fix incidents.

• Active and current TS SCI Security Clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of relevant experience, 3 years with a Master’s Degree, and 0 years with a PhD (relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree).
• DOD 8570 Compliant IAT Level II Certification.