Senior Systems Administrator (TS/SCI)

Job Description

Company Overview

Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.

Established in 2008, IDS has over 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We’re a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid CloudInfrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.

IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.

Job Summary

Innovative Data Solutions is seeking to fulfill a Senior Systems Administrator position in support of a government customer in Fort Belvoir, VA. Primary responsibilities include providing Tier II support maintaining multiple large Enterprise environments. The supporting infrastructure includes multiple Microsoft based networks spanning multiple security enclaves within a hybrid (Windows & RHEL) operating environment.

**TS/SCI required**

Responsibilities:

System Administrative Advisory duties to include management of both physical and VDI based Windows and Linux workstations

Troubleshoot user, workstation and application functionality, performance and incident resolution for both Linux and Windows based applications

Identifies, analyzes, and resolve incidents with both short-term workarounds and long-term solutions

Provide remote end user support and remotely work with geographically disperse Tier 2 and Tier 3 team members

Communicate effectively (in oral and written form) with a variety of individuals and team members in both small and large team environments

Willingness to participate in special projects as needed

Required Skills:

A qualified candidate will have strong skills and working experience in:

Active Directory Administration

DNS, DHCP, DFS, LDAP in a Windows or Linux environment

Windows 10, Server 2012, Server 2016

Application Troubleshooting such as Outlook, Excel, Word, JAVA, Internet Explorer, Firefox

Linux Operating system as a server or desktop (RHEL 6/7/8, CentOS 6/7/Stream, Scientific Linux 6/7, Fedora)

Understanding of Samba and NFS file sharing protocols

Understanding of ServiceNow, NETS or other ticketing process

ITIL v3 or higher

Desired Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge and experience in the following areas are plus:

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

PowerShell

Virtualization Environments (VMware, Citrix)

Profile management utilizing the VMware User Experience Management (UEM) toolset

Microsoft Exchange

Telephone/Video support

Networking

Familiarity with site specific customer and mission

Linux scripting (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash)

Gnome and KDE desktop environments

Puppet or Ansible experience

Linux Kickstart

Red Hat Satellite or Foreman/Katello

Dell/EMC Isilon and Netapp storage appliances

Experience with monitoring tools like SCOM, Zabbix or Nagios

DoD STIG hardening

Containerization (Docker, Podman)

Required Education and/or Experience:

BS in Computer Science or related field, plus 8 years of field experience; or equivalent combination

CompTIA Security+ certification before start date

Benefits and Perks

Compensation

Industry competitive salary

401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested

Referral bonuses up to $5,000

100% company-paid benefits

Gold PPO Medical plan for employee + family

Vision and Dental plan for employee + family

Short Term Disability for employee

Long Term Disability for employee

Life Insurance for employee

Flexible Paid Time Off Policy

180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion

10+ Company Holidays per year

6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave

Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules

Career Growth

Company sponsored training and certifications

No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement

Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses

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