Senior VDI Administrator

We are hiring candidates for Senior VDI Administrator to support our Client.

Company Name: - JTSi (Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.)
Title: Senior VDI Administrator
Position Location: Herndon, VA
Candidate will need to be on site At Herndon a minimum of 3 times a week (May change based on business needs).
Citizenship: US Person
*Potential to convert to FTE

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND TASKS:

Required Skills and Experience:
5+ years of experience in an IT enterprise System Admin role or Cloud Admin position
Expert level VDI technologies (Citrix/AVD)
Senior level Windows admin skills (Active Directory, DNS, group policy, vulnerability management)
Must be able to go onsite 3x per week in Herndon, VA

Nice to Have Skills and Experience
Professional industry certifications in area of expertise, certification such as MCSE, MCITP, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ900), Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ104), Azure Certified Solutions Architect (AZ303/304)
Experience with integration of SEIM tools, backups, and monitoring tools
Knowledge of Best Practice and security guides (ex. NIST 800-53 rev 4)
Experience working in Agile environments utilizing Sprint-based project management methodologies
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, including automated pipeline development, deployment orchestration, and configuration management

Job Description
This position is for a large software client. The Senior Systems Cloud Administrator will be responsible for the overall evaluation, design and daily operation of the Corporate IT SAS (Server and Application Services) environment. This role serves as a "hands-on" server administrator who evaluates complex system requirements and then designs, implements and maintains the most efficient solutions. This role will develop and document technical standards, identify and evaluate new products, interface with vendors to purchase new hardware and software, and collaborate with other IT teams to provide guidance to resolve system and application issues. The Senior Systems Cloud Administrator will be directly responsible for the installation, configuration, upgrade, patching, maintenance and monitoring of the SAS environment across the entire Enterprise, while ensuring compliance to various security and encryption protocols for U.S. national security. Key deliverables for success will be: ensuring 100% availability of the environment; implementing fault and performance management; enforcing corporate network, system and application security procedures.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITES
Create, implement and document the following processes for SAS Infrastructure:
Performance monitoring.
Problem troubleshooting / helpdesk response.
Utilization, availability and growth patterns (capacity planning).
Landscape design, configuration and standards.
24/7 support, escalation and SLA models.
IMAC (installation, move, add, change) services for systems and applications.
Change management methodology and communication strategy.
Create and maintain server/application diagrams and workflows.
Perform/coordinate incident diagnosis, corrective action, and root cause analysis.
Vulnerability management and monthly system patching and maintenance.
Oversee the configuration, testing, installation, modification, and servicing of all server components and applications.
Independently organize work requests based on departmental priorities and system criticality.
Manage vendor relationships required for the evaluation, installation, modification, upgrade, repair and preventative maintenance of SAS Infrastructure components .
Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and consultant to other Infrastructure groups (Cloud Operations, Cyber Security, and Systems Administration).
Plan, lead and perform comprehensive systems analysis and design activities including development of detailed functional requirements for new server infrastructure solutions .
Maintain responsibility for end-user (customer) satisfaction.

If you are available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please call me ASAP on / If you do respond via e-mail ( jinson dot jose at the rate usa dot com ) please include a daytime phone number so I can reach you. In considering candidates, time is of the essence, so please respond ASAP with your updated resume.

Established in 2003, JTSi is a Professional IT & Engineering Services provider with years of documented experience in the Information Technology and Engineering services field. JTSi has a proven track record for successfully delivering mission critical Professional services to the Government and the industry. JTSi SAP team delivers solutions to its clients by clearly understanding their core business problems. We do what we say!