Systems Administrator

Description

At Applied Network Solutions (ANS), we bring together some of the most curious minds in networking and cybersecurity. ANS was founded to disrupt the status quo. For over 20 years, our team provides expertise in network, system engineering and both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations.

Our vision is for a future in which talent and customers alike come to ANS because of our reputation for delivering technical excellence, solving our nation’s toughest challenges and our ability to exceed expectations.

At ANS we value the integrity of your work. We are looking for the right person to plan, analyze, design, develop, test, secure, integrate, implement, operate, and maintain the custom solutions that ANS delivers. Together, let’s ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

ANS is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our team in Stennis, MS. This position is 100% onsite in Stennis.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required
• This position requires a BS Degree in a related technical discipline and minimum 6 years' experience OR 14 years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must have an active DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (or higher) or acquire one within 30 days of start date. IAT Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional
  
  Certifications:
  
  Security+ CE, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, CND.
• A minimum 6+ years of experience in VMWare or Linux Systems Administration working with customers in technical operations or engineering
• Collaborates with a diverse team to support exciting, critical programs with classified information system capabilities. Success in this role means you will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining system health and security posture, directly supporting customer mission-critical capabilities. You will work closely with program developers and system engineers to research issues, determine root causes and implement solutions to system problems.
• This position is an 8x5 position with after-hours call-in responsibility.
• Performs software application maintenance on mission systems running a variety of operating systems to include Linux, Windows, and VMWare
• Performs routine and preventative maintenance such as general computer tasks, application loads, disk utilization, system loading and system monitoring
• Detects, isolates, documents, quickly reports, and resolves system outages, or problems encountered during operations of the operational system baseline, which includes the collections of diagnostic data, restoring the system operation, development of workarounds, and other activities necessary for recovery of a system
• Accurately document problems in logging and discrepancy reporting tools
• Collect data describing the environment at the time of the failure and perform other activities in support of Tier 3 maintenance provider DR investigation and resolution
• Perform system monitoring, analyze and document performance and conduct trend analyses as required
• Also support system engineering groups as required for ongoing analysis and integration efforts
• Environment fluctuates between routine and urgent, depending on ongoing tasks, priorities, and performance of assigned systems
• Works directly with the customer in most aspects of the day-to-day activities
• Experience configuring domain information utilities, such as Active Directory, Centrify, LDAP, and DNS Strong background and experience troubleshooting and debugging applications
• Experience presenting technical information to customers, clients and/or internal audiences
• A thorough understanding of operating system concepts such as swapping and paging, inter-process communication, and devices and device drivers
• The ability to work…