Junior Windows System Administrator

Title: Junior Windows System Administrator

Project Duration: multi-year,

Location: 100% onsite in Lexington, MA

Description:

Long term

100% Onsite initially then possibly some remote

Active Secret Clearance strongly preferred but can start with Interim Clearance

Description:

· A Cyber Security and Communications Systems group needs a Junior Windows Systems Administrator adept at working within a small, fast-moving team:

· Maintains operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination of infrastructure and cloud responsibilities.

· Develops and designs core operating system builds.

· Responsible for coding, virtualization, and automation of systems.

· Sets up administrator and service account, maintains an active directory of users and system documentation,

· tunes system performance,

· installs system-wide software and allocates mass storage space.

· Assesses and resolves user access problems related to security controls to minimize business impact and risk exposure.

· Identifies and evaluates vendor products and establishes vendor monitoring and tracking processes. Performs capacity planning and monitors/tunes systems.

· Recommends appropriate platforms for purchase, coordinates installation, and provides backup recovery.

· Serves as a point of escalation for major incidents that are unresolved at the helpdesk level. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.

· May draft general IT communications to end-users including notifications of outages/downtimes.

· May serve as the primary liaison for mergers, acquisitions, and divesture activities as it relates to user access, network, security, and support.

Required Skills:

· 1-3 years of Windows Systems Administration experience

· Experience with Windows 10

· Adept at scripting using languages like Python, Bash or Ansible.

· Network administration experience including managing data center and small network configurations, switches, routers, firewalls.

· Modern software management and monitoring tools

· Some knowledge of automation tools.

Preferred Skills:

· BS in a related field or equivalent

· Experience managing classified IT systems, STIGs, SCAPs, RMF is HIGHLY PREFERRED.

· Experience with Linux OS or Ubuntu

· Experience maintaining directory services (e.g., Microsoft, Red Hat, IDM, LDAP etc.).

· Experience with Virtual Machines (e.g., VMWare, vSphere, Desktop/Server, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud)

· Experience managing system/server resources including performance, capacity, availability, serviceability and recoverability.

· Able to diagnose and perform repairs on faulty system/server hardware.

· Install, update, and troubleshoot systems/servers.

· Develop and document systems administration standard operating procedures.

· Plan, execute, and verify data redundancy and system recovery procedures.

· Conduct system maintenance including cleaning (both physically and electronically), disk checks, routine reboots, data dumps, and testing.

· Provide ongoing optimization and problem-solving support.

· Scripting languages like, Python, Bash, or Ansible a plus

· CompTIA Security+ certification. Candidate will be required to obtain a CompTIA Security+ certification within 6 months of starting if they do not have one when assignment begins.