Sr. System Administrator; Onsite

Sr. System Administrator (Onsite)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Sr. System Administrator for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position will work within Operational Infrastructure within Transmission Technology group in the Transmission Services business line. This group provides hardware maintenance lifecycle support for the Control Center systems. This group also provides General Support System infrastructure maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, emergency response, client support, system energization/acceptance testing, and performance analysis and trending.

This Onsite position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Sr. System Administrator:

• With Manager / technical lead oversight, use professional level skills/knowledge to perform system administration.
• Configuring applicable software and systems, maintaining local documentation, installing/updating/removing software, applying change control processes and procedures, planning and preparing for future growth, trouble-shooting and resolving technical issues, and performing system-related training.
• Server administration, Vulnerability Scanning, including Nessus, Cyber Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Research, Implementation, design, and maintenance of least privileged and role-based access control models.
• Patch Management of network and compute devices, Server Virtualization, i.e. Hyper-V, VMWare vSphere, Network Virtualization, i.e. VMWare NSX, Cisco ACI, Antivirus, antimalware, and malicious code prevention.
• Utilize Storage services, i.e. Nexgen, Pure, vSAN, other network-attached storage arrays, Display infrastructure, Laptop and workstation support.
• Software deployment services, Virtualization infrastructure, Windows & Linux operating systems, Windows infrastructure, i.e. active directory, group policy, PKI, et al.
• Support of in-house developed applications, Network time distribution, Windows file services, Linux infrastructure (deployment services, CentOS).
• Research, test and draft / document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems; organize, store and dispose of superseded documents in accordance with Information Governance & Lifecycle Management standards.
• Perform regular assessments of newly discovered vulnerabilities on a wide range of operational network devices, computer systems devices and various software packages. Document patch and vulnerability applicability assessments and recommend vulnerability mitigation options.
• Implement, design, and maintain least privileged and role-based access control models.
• Research, test and document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems for final review and approval by manager /staff.
• Respond to help desk client support calls utilizing change management software to process and complete the tasks necessary for resolution of technical client issues; unusually complex issues may include involvement of the appropriate manager or team lead.
• Provide advice and recommendations for process / procedural changes that may become necessary due to system changes, upgrades, etc. to appropriate manager / team lead / stakeholders.
• Provide input and recommendations, to the manager, technical lead and staff, regarding computer infrastructure decisions and create tasks to fulfill management-directed goals.
• Support and assist the team lead and North American Electric Reliability Corporation - Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) subject matter experts with implementing, analyzing, and reporting on the operational compliance of all Control Center cyber assets.
• Develop, draft and recommend improvements to the Control Center’s procedures and processes for compliance with NERC-CIP standards and policies.
• Develop, draft and recommend improvements to the Control Center’s procedures and processes for Grid Modernization project, as well as other capital and expense projects.
• Assist management with the implementation and promotion of approved operational compliance process improvement efforts, specifically as relates to the administration of the above referenced systems.

Requirements/Qualifications for Sr. System Administrator:

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly-related technical discipline is preferred.
  • With an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in applicable fields, 8 years of experience is required.
  • Without an applicable degree, 10 years of experience is required.
• Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
• Experience includes a minimum combination of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or…