System Administrator

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Administrator and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Systems Administrator, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).

• Administer, operate, and maintain Network Management Systems (NMS) (Solar Winds) servers and products and provide Tier 2 support, to include software upgrades, patching, and vulnerability management, to Tier 1 organizations.
• Develop and maintain NMS standards, maps, and configurations and coordinate implementation of those standards among the Tier 1 organization.
• Administer, operate, and maintain SharePoint/CRM services and provide Tier 2 support to Tier 1 Unit Site Collection Administrators who communicate with users.
• Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
• Monitors and tunes systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Ensures workstation/server data integrity by implementing standard software and hardware solutions.
• Ensure data/media recoverability by following a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
• Conducts hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
• Ensures that performance and security of computers meet the needs of network users.
• Troubleshoots moderately complex system hardware and software issues.
• Optimizes system operation and resource utilization.
• Performs system capacity analysis and planning.
• Establish a system baseline and evaluate all system changes, upgrades, or replacements for impacts.
• Build and maintain a proper staging environment that mirrors (as close as possible) the production environment.
• Test all updates or changes on the staging environment and obtain Government approval prior to implementing on the production environment.
• May evaluate existing systems and assist with planning long-term strategies.
• Provides assistance to users in accessing and using business systems.
• May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Systems Administrator must have:
Education: A Bachelor's degree in computer science/systems, information systems/technology, engineering/engineering technology, software engineering/programming, management, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics or business/finance.

Experience: This position requires a minimum of five years experience, of which at least three years must be specialized experience in administrating computer systems. General experience includes operations experience on a large-scale computer system or a multi-server local area network

Certifications: DoDD 8570.01 IAT-II (e.g., CompTIA Security+ CE), Windows Server (e.g., MCSA or higher) AND/OR Microsoft CRM administration certification AND/OR Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associated AND/OR Virtualization certification (VMWare, VSphere)

Security clearance level: Secret

US citizenship required
TESA eligibility/certification required

Education and experience requirements may be substituted with:

• A Master's Degree (in subjects described above) and three years general experience of which at least two years must be specialized experience, or

• No degree and 11 years general experience of which six years is specialized experience.

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GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

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