Networking System Administrator - Windows
Unisity
On-site
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
Systems Administrator Positions
Unisity, LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing expert services in the Information Technology fields. We pride ourselves on delivering what is promised, as some would say we "just do". We are highly-qualified, self-driven professionals who work towards a common goal as a team, leading when appropriate and following when needed.
Description:
Networking System Administrator - Windows
Primary Responsibilities:
The selected individual will be responsible for monitoring infrastructure systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. She/he will provide support for all infrastructure systems and will respond to hardware and software incidents and work with senior system administrators, at times remotely from other locations. Other responsibilities include:
Salary Range: $168,000 - $220,000 (Annually)
Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies; certifications, and geographic location.
Benefits Package:
Unisity, LLC believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 12% of each employee's gross compensation to the company 401k plan, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
Unisity, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Affirmative Action Statement:
Unisity, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
Accommodations:
Unisity, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact us at staffing@unisity.tech. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.
Description:
Networking System Administrator - Windows
- Must have experience installing, updating, and upgrading Windows Desktop and Server Operating Systems (OS).
- Must have experience installing, maintaining, and/or working with Windows Domain Services.
- Must have experience installing, using, and maintaining Windows Domain Administration Utilities/Services.
- Must have experience analyzing and implementing Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements in Windows OS.
- Must be proficient in creating, reading, and modifying Local and Domain Users/Groups in Windows OS.
- Must have experience installing Windows OS Applications standalone or in Client/Server Architectures.
- Must be proficient in reading, analyzing, and troubleshooting errors within Windows OS.
Primary Responsibilities:
The selected individual will be responsible for monitoring infrastructure systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. She/he will provide support for all infrastructure systems and will respond to hardware and software incidents and work with senior system administrators, at times remotely from other locations. Other responsibilities include:
- Quickly responding to IT Help Desk calls and emails in a professional manner; ensuring issues are resolved and/or escalated to the appropriate teams; and following up with teams and users to ensure issues are satisfactorily remediated.
- Identifying, troubleshooting, and correcting hardware and software issues including network connectivity.
- Utilizing enterprise monitoring solutions to identify alarms that have been triggered against the various environments.
- Proactively contacting customers when infrastructure processes are significantly delayed or may impact their ability to complete a business function on time.
- Executing the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs) and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems to rapidly and accurately identify and remediate IAVAs.
- Initiating IAVA responses and system security scans, completing remediation, and extending IAVA patches and security updates on various IT and network systems.
- Providing technical assistance to companion work groups in support of overlapping projects such as implementing IT enhancements and optimizing systems.
- Maintaining good inter-departmental relations, communicating with users, and publishing status of system outages.
- Participating in the creation and ongoing maintenance of documentation to ensure clear, concise and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.
- Must have at least 5 years of direct, hands-on experience providing assistance to users in an IT customer service capacity.
- Must have at least 5 years of experience working on an IT/software program that utilizes complex equipment/systems (ex. Network Switches, Routers, LANs, & cabling, Windows/Linux operating systems, VMware, etc.).
- Must have experience installing, updating, and upgrading Windows Desktop and Server Operating Systems (OS).
- Must have experience installing, maintaining, and/or working with Windows Domain Services.
- Must have experience installing, using, and maintaining Windows Domain Administration Utilities/Services.
- Must have experience analyzing and implementing Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements in Windows OS.
- Must be proficient in creating, reading, and modifying Local and Domain Users/Groups in Windows OS.
- Must have experience installing Windows OS Applications standalone or in Client/Server Architectures.
- Must be proficient in reading, analyzing, and troubleshooting errors within Windows OS.
- Must have experience with IT system optimization, monitoring, and technical set-up and troubleshooting.
- Must have experience with Data Center design and configuration (e.g. rack and stack, power, placement, etc.).
- Must have experience gathering data for and documenting technical processes.
- Must have experience documenting IT issues and providing detailed and comprehensive status reports and follow-ups.
- Experience with IAVA responses and remediation, system security scans, completing remediation, and extending IAVA patches and security updates on IT and network systems.
- Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices including compliance with maintenance windows and change control procedures.
- Must possess strong analytic abilities and must be meticulous and careful in their work.
- Must be an independent thinker capable of working independently as well as within a team.
- Must be able to respond to emergency system administration, operations, and maintenance problems, on a limited as-needed on-call basis.
- Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time to local program locations (not overnight). Additional travel to CONUS and OCONUS location(s) may also be required (overnight).
- BS degree in a technical field and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with security standards, software architectures, and Network security technologies (Multiple Domain, PKI, SSP, Vulnerability Assessment, etc.).
- Experience building and deploying Virtual Machines within an On-Premises Data Center.
- Experience with scripting and/or automation tools.
- Experience reading, analyzing, and addressing security vulnerabilities discovered from automated scanning tools.
- Experience supporting a large, complex software configuration management and development program.
- Experience working in an Agile Development Environment or on an Agile Team.
Salary Range: $168,000 - $220,000 (Annually)
Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies; certifications, and geographic location.
Benefits Package:
Unisity, LLC believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 12% of each employee's gross compensation to the company 401k plan, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
- A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Vision and Dental
- Unisity, LLC provides an additional 12% of employee's gross compensation to be used for benefits, any remaining funds are then forwarded to the employee as taxable income
- Life and AD&D Benefits (Company Paid)
- Short and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid)
Unisity, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Affirmative Action Statement:
Unisity, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
Accommodations:
Unisity, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact us at staffing@unisity.tech. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.