System Administrator

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Company: Gridiron IT

Location: San Diego, CA 92154

Description:

System Administrator
Location: San Deigo, CA
Work Type: Onsite
Remote Work: No

Job Description
In this role, you will be joining a team supporting customers, designing, implementing, and managing lab infrastructure to meet the customer requirements. In this role, you will build, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Linux servers and user workstation hardware and software; design and implement workgroup-scale networks; build and manage authentication, file-share, and other collaboration servers to support groups of heterogeneous client systems. You will work with cyber security staff to develop and apply hardening steps for systems for classified use to ICD-503 security controls, and other customer standards. Document system configuration for new and existing systems.

You should be customer service oriented, attentive to detail, self-motivated and work well in teams. Flexibility in approach to finding solutions, the ability to understand and act on the customer needs and priorities, and learn new technologies quickly are some of the qualities a successful candidate will have.
Additional responsibilities include:

Responsibilities/Qualifications

  • Proactively maintain and develop all infrastructure technology to maintain necessary uptime
    service
  • Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs
  • Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all managed environments
  • Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions
  • Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning
  • Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, storage and network hardware
  • Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks
  • Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
  • Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning
  • Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and
    deployment processes
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Candidate must have a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
  • Typically, a bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology
  • Solid experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems administration (5 years)
  • Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS and LDAP
  • Experience integrating Linux with Windows Active Directory
  • Experience with operating system update services such as YUM or DNF and RedHat Satellite
  • Strong problem solving and communication skills.
  • Security+ Certification or the ability to get certification within 6 months of hiring
  • Knowledge of multiple specialties such as operating systems, storage technologies and
    peripherals
  • Familiarity with VMWare and virtualization concepts
  • Shell, Perl, and/or PowerCLI/PowerShell scripting
  • Ability to use verbal and written communication skills to present information to a diverse
  • population (technical and non-technical).
  • Ability to work well as a member of a team and independently.
  • Knowledge of the following technologies: Ansible modules and Trellix Anti-Virus


Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • NetApp Cluster administration experience
  • Experience with NetBackup administration or other backup technologies
  • Experience with implementing Ansible modules and configuration management with Git.
  • Experience with administration of enterprise level Windows Server operating environments, including Windows Active Directory, Group Policy Management, DNS and DHCP

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
TS/SCI and willingness to obtain CI POLYGRAPH REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range $100,000 - $191,000YR (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)

Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron's benefits programs.

Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.

Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.

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