System Administrator (Secret to TS) - Day shift with Security Clearance

SMX is seeking a skilled System Administrator to work within a 24x7 Information Technology Team supporting the Patuxent River Data Center under the NAWCAD DNA division, end user support, and compliance efforts at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. This is a position that provides a great opportunity for growth. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Work within a 24x7 team providing continual support and monitoring of computer systems by resolving or escalating problems that arise
- Apply monthly maintenance on Windows OS devices to mitigate vulnerabilities
Ensure monitoring tools are on-line and providing necessary alerting to provide notification of events/incidents/problems
- Physical security monitoring for access control
- Installation and cabling of systems within a Data Center
- Assist with maintaining team documentation
- Monitor Ticketing System Queues for inbound requests and/or issues
- Perform shift turnover functions and ensure the next shift has knowledge of all outages, notifications, and tasks needed to complete shift responsibilities
- Interface closely with management team by providing necessary notifications
- Software updates and patching
- Other tasks as assigned by the Data Center Management team Required Skills: - Clearance Required: Secret (interim Secret to start) with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
- Knowledge of DoD Information Assurance practices, including Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)
- Must be able to interact with peers, management, and senior engineers in a constantly evolving environment to ensure a positive customer experience and atmosphere in the workplace.
- 3-5 years IT related experience
- Experience with Windows OS
- DoD 8570 compliant (IAT Level 2) (Examples of minimum acceptable certifications-CCNA Security, CySA+, G SEC, Security+ CE, SSCP) Desired Skills:
- Unix knowledge