System Administrator 2

Title: System Administrator 2
Location: Vancouver, WA
Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)
Pay Range: $52.26 - $55.48 per hour

The role of the System Administrator is to provide operating system support in order to provide sustainable, stable and secure enterprise level servers including backup recovery, performance tuning, upgrades/patches, maintenance, troubleshooting, permissions and file sharing.

The System Administrator installs, configures, and supports management approved local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system. This role monitors the network to verify network availability to all system users and may perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.

Position Responsibilities:

• Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
• Configure, monitor, and maintain email applications or virus protection software.
• Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use.
• Load computer tapes and disks and install software and printer paper or forms.
• Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
• Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.
• Confer with network users about how to solve existing system problems.
• Monitor and test Web site performance to verify Web sites operate correctly and without interruption.
• May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
• Administer network security measures.
• Implement and integrate new system architecture into an existing environment
• Deploy highly available technologies such as replication, load balancing, geographic clustering
• Install and configure server hardware including operating system and additional software to configure for optimal use.
• Identify standard monitoring requirements and scripting or applying additional setting requirements.
• Troubleshoot hardware and system level problems.
• Interpret architecture and design configurations from vendors or other teams to enable clear implementation standards and guidelines.
• Document implementation guidelines and installation guidance.

Position Requirements:
Education & Corresponding Experience

• An associate or bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.

• 3 years of experience is required with an applicable associate or bachelor's degree in applicable fields.
• 5 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.

• Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
• Applicable certifications may count for 1 year of experience.
• Applicable certifications include:
• Cisco certifications like CCNA/CCNP, Nokia NRS1/NRS2
• Linux administrator certifications like, but not limited, Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1, Red Hat Certified System Administrator, CompTIA Linux+, Oracle Certified Professional Oracle Linux 8 System Administrator.
• Microsoft Windows Server certifications

• Database Certifications like Oracle Database SQL Certified Associate, Oracle Database Administration Certified Professional .

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Knowledge and practical experience in telecommunications and network systems administration, including:
• Core Data Networking: TCP/IP, UDP/IP, DNS, DHCP, FTP/SFTP.
• Advanced Layer 2: STP/RSTP, VLANs, QinQ, LAG.
• Advanced Layer 3: MPLS, LDP, RSVP, L2VPN (VPLS & VPWS), and L3 VPN
• Experience applying technical evaluation and evaluation process of control system technologies.
• Experience in performing IT administration and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge and experience with best practice test plan development for project certification.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience leading project teams developing telecommunications transport systems.
• Leadership skills in developing teamwork between different organizational boundaries.
• Developing compliance processes and evidence to meet NERC CIP and FISMA standards.
• Experience with Linux administration
• Cisco layer three expertise: Cisco certifications such as CCNP security.
• Nokia Routing certifications such as NRS1/NRS2.
• Carrier Ethernet technology, Packet Transport Systems, and traffic engineering.
• Network Operations Center (NOC) experience.
• Virtual Private Networks and router encryption.
• SolarWinds System which manages routers and switches through the Network Management System (NMS).
• Relevant work experience in IP/MPLS transport networks.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k)-retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.

Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws. #IND