Senior Systems Administrator with Security Clearance - Fort George G Meade, United States - Apex Systems

Description

Apex Systems is seeking a storage focused Senior Systems Administrator to support a local DoD integrator in a large network migration project.

• Must hold an active Secret clearance prior to start and be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret SCI clearance. (US Citizenship required) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• ***Must have flexible working hours to be available to support team when needed to include occasional on call support (typically one week at a time every two months) or additional hours based on mission need.
• Serve as the team engineering lead on the program for Operations systems tools integration and architectures.
• Partner with the Operations staff to identity, recommend, and design Systems Optimizations and Automation solutions that improve Operational Effectiveness.
• Identify technology and solution roadmaps to improve mission enterprise capabilities resulting in increased contract growth and improved customer satisfaction.
• Experience presenting technology solutions to small and large audiences.
• Partner with the Business Development team to support new business strategies, including the development of technical solutions, basis of estimates, white papers, industry relationships, and responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposal (RFPs).
• Designing and implementing all phases of data automation projects, from requirements analysis through design, implementation, maintenance, and upgrades.
• Understand competitor and teammate technology competencies.
• Review and assess vendor technology solutions.
• Identifies operational problems by observing and studying the functioning and performance of systems.
• Provides operational management information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating and engineering trends.
• Investigates complaints and suggestions by interviewing process supervisors and operators.
• Develops operational solutions by defining, studying, estimating, and testing alternative approaches.
• Anticipates operational problems by studying operating targets, modes of operation, and unit limitations

• Bachelor's with 12+ yrs of relevant experience; additional years of work experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Must be DoD 8570 compliant baseline certification with Security +CE and Microsoft certification.
• Technical certifications and hands-on experience across multiple technology domains (e.g. Routing, Servers, Storage, Security, Application development, etc.).
• Strong technical breadth and depth in support of the government markets and in particular in government mission and enterprise IT design, implementation, operations, and modernization
• Ability to author, present, and articulate problem sets and associated solution elements in settings supporting customers, business development, program delivery, technical teams, and executives
• Strong understanding of operations, services, and applications.
• A talent for technical innovation understanding.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies.
• Great research and reporting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 5 years of working in a DoD network environment across multiple security level systems.
• Working knowledge of DoD STIGs, and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM).