Junior Server Administrator
Rockville, MD

Job Description

Job Description

In this role you will:

* Perform high-level, day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for complex operating systems, workstations and servers.
* Coordinate, direct and perform complex software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
* Schedule installations and upgrades and maintain them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
* Continually monitor and tune multiple systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
* Ensure workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions of varying complexities.
* Ensure data/media recoverability by developing and implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
* Plan and implement the modernization of servers.
* Develop, implement and promote standard operating procedures and schedules.
* Conduct hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
* You will be expected to be able to help with the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures.
* You will be expected to have the ability to work with Network and Systems Analysts to help determine and develop the systems that will be implemented.

PROBLEM COMPLEXITY: Provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable and consistent with organization objectives.

FREEDOM TO ACT: Works under only general direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

IMPACT: Contributes to completion of specific programs and projects. Failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources.

LIASON: Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. Represents organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

Required Qualifications

* Must have a Bachelors and 3+ years of relevant experience, or a HS diploma and 7+ years of relevant experience
* Must have at least 1 years of Linux Red Hat experience and 1+ years using an additional flavor of Linux
* Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust
* Must have the ability to learn one of the following scripting languages: Perl, Python, or any shell.
* Must have experience Installing and configuring COTS products. Documenting installation procedures for COTS products.
* Must be able to Integrate COTS products in a lab environment.
* Must have experience with integrating backup, disaster recovery solutions such as Symantec NetBackup and Acronis.
* Must be able to troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis. This includes troubleshooting any and all issues with system configurations, backups, files systems, and user access.
* Must have experience with Windows system security; Hardening servers and applications to HHS standards and Government Accountability Office (GAO) scans and documenting variances from the guidelines when needed; Hardening infrastructure resources in compliance with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs).
* Must have experience with Linux system security; Hardening servers and applications to HHS standards and Government Accountability Office (GAO) scans and documenting variances from the guidelines when needed; Hardening infrastructure resources in compliance with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs).
* Must be able to administer virtualized server environments with VMware vSphere/ESXi
* Must be able to document test procedures for the system.
* Must be comfortable doing Hands-on work in a data center (e.g. racking, cabling, power, capacity planning, best practices)
* Must have experience with Automating system patch availability, configuration management, and compliance auditing using Red Hat Satellite server, Ansible, Puppet, and/or other automated CM products.
* Must be able to deploy operating system builds and patches (e.g. Satellite, Kickstart, jumpstart, yum) System monitoring and trending (e.g. SolarWinds, BigFix, CounterACT, Splunk, CyberArk, SailPoint)

Desired Qualifications

* Visio and general documentation skills
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Creating documentation on current processes and newly engineered solutions.
* Working knowledge in any of the following area is a plus: Services (e.g. IDM, DNS, DHCP), Networking (e.g. packet analysis, routing, Cisco, Foundry, Juniper, Force10, Extreme) Security (e.g. Firewalls, VPN, server hardening, IDS, forensics, auditing, ACLs)

Salient CRGT is a leading provider of health, data analytics, cloud, agile software development, mobility, cyber security, and infrastructure solutions. We support these core capabilities with full lifecycle IT services and training-to help our customers meet critical goals for pivotal missions. We are purpose-built for IT transformation supporting federal civilian, defense, homeland, and intelligence agencies, as well as Fortune 1000 companies.

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Salient CRGT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other factor prohibited by applicable anti-discrimination laws.