Job Title: Specialist, Systems Administration
Job Code: 26574
Job Location: Landstuhl, Germany
Job Description:
Responsible for the internal or customer administration, maintenance and management of capacity resources for computers at the operating system and infrastructure level. Builds, configures, troubleshoots and integrates new and existing servers to provide service enhancements, application deployments and infrastructure upgrades. Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains system documentation, tunes system performance, installs system-wide software, and allocates mass storage space. Recommends software and hardware enhancements, diagnoses and corrects issues, defines and implements new services with the goal of achieving maximum server uptime and availability for the customers. Responsible for monitoring performance, system usage. Contributes towards the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), backup systems and disk configurations. Conducts system analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies.
Essential Functions:
* Performs performance analysis on Operating Systems including Windows 2012/16 Server and Windows 7/10.
* Provides administration support to site SIPR and NIPR network communication systems.
* Performs daily review of audit, security, and application logs and identifies problem areas or trends and takes the proper action and generates required reports.
* Performs hardware maintenance, documents deficiencies affecting performance or effectiveness: Dell Servers, RAID disk configurations, PCs, and CISCO networking hardware, WANs and LANs.
* Experience with Account management, PKI cert management, LDAP configuration/management.
* Establish and maintain up-to-date cybersecurity configurations based on DISA STIGs and IAVM Notices.
* Experience in the use of IT tools for managing and troubleshooting complex computer networks.
* Conduct weekly cybersecurity system audits.
* Support critical operations during standard and non-standard working hours.
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
* Work is 100% on-site and cannot be accomplished remotely.
Qualifications:
* Education:
o Bachelor’s Degree plus 4 years of recent specialized experience, or
o Graduate Degree/Major certification (e.g., Cisco, Microsoft, CISSP) plus 2 years of recent specialized experience, or
o In lieu of a degree or certification, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
* Top Secret / SCI security clearance required.
* DOD 8570.01M IAT 3 certification.
Preferred Additional Skills:
* Minimum of 6 years of MILSATCOM experience with emphasis on computer-based satellite network control systems and IT.
* Experience in the management of WSOTS II computer networks with skills particular to the administration of a Windows and AD domain environment.
* Performing performance analysis on: (1) Application Software: Common Network Planning System (CNPS), Solar Winds, and (2) Network Protocols: TCP/IP, FTP, and SNMP.
* Maintains firewall rule sets and related parameters, Intrusion Detection Software (IDS), reviews audit logs, and takes required corrective action when an intrusion is detected. Following reconfiguration, analyzes satellite and network performance to confirm the effectiveness of the reconfiguration and identify anomalies. Analyzes DSCS and WGS network configurations and link performance.
* Experience with Cisco products and virtualization tools and implementation.
* Security administration experience in support of RMF requirements.
* Working knowledge of RMF and cybersecurity requirements.
* Previous experience supporting DoD/government customers.
* Experience with continuous integration, build management, and/or automated test frameworks.
* Hardware/software requirement verification/system validation experience.
* Demonstrated ability to work and grow in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment
* Demonstrated self-starter - efficient in achieving goals and proactive in pursuing subsequent task
* Scripting experience (Bash/Shell, Python, Perl).
* Ability to travel up to 10%