Systems Administrator

Clearance Level
- Top Secret

Category
- Systems Administration

Location
- Ramstein Air Base, Germany

**Travel Required**:10-25%****:
**Public Trust**:None****:
**Requisition Type**:Regular****:
Job Description: Provide technical support in the management of networks, software, hardware, configurations, and architectures.

Provide Tier 2/3 administration, operations, and maintenance support to include applicable cybersecurity services for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and SecureView environments.

Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.

Monitors and tunes systems to achieve optimum performance levels.

Ensures workstation/server data integrity by implementing standard software and hardware solutions.

Ensure data/media recoverability by following a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.

Conducts hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.

Ensures that performance and security of computers meet the needs of network users.

Supervises and manages the daily activities of configuration and operation of local and remote business systems which may be mainframe, mini, or client/server based.

Troubleshoots moderately complex system hardware and software issues.

Optimizes system operation and resource utilization.

Performs system capacity analysis and planning.

Establish a system baseline and evaluate all system changes, upgrades, or replacements for impacts.

Build and maintain a proper staging environment that mirrors (as close as possible) the production environment.

Test all updates or changes on the staging environment and obtain Government approval prior to implementing on the production environment.

May evaluate existing systems and assist with planning long-term strategies.

Provides assistance to users in accessing and using business systems.

May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals.

May serve as a team or task lead.

Minimum/General Experience: This position requires a minimum of five years experience, of which at least three years must be specialized experience in administrating computer systems. General experience includes operations experience on a large-scale computer system or a multi-server local area network

Certifications: DoDD 8570.01 IAT-II (e.g., CompTIA Security+ CE), VMWare Virtual Desktop Infrastructure certification and/or VMWare Professional (VCP) Ver 6.0 or newer. CCNP Security certification strongly desired.

Clearance: Top Secret

TESA eligibility/certification required.

Minimum Education: A Bachelor’s degree in computer science/systems, information systems/technology, engineering/engineering technology, software engineering/programming, management, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics or business/finance.

Education and experience requirements may be substituted with:
No degree and 11 years general experience of which six years is specialized

experience.

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