System Administrator

Job Title: System Administrator

Duration: 03 Months

Client: Commonwealth of PA

Note: This is an onsite position.

"The applicant is at the center of our universe."

Duties and Responsibilities:

Management of agency documents used in support of EDC hosted applications and services in Managed Services (MS), Managed Services Lite (MSL), Co-Location (Colo), Cloud and Secondary Data Center (SDC).

Provides customer support for the creation, verification, and ongoing updates of all EDC hosted application documents.

Creates and maintains technical contact resource lists.

Acts as a Service Coordinator/Liaison between the OA,ETSO and all other commonwealth entities.

Conducts meetings and creates correspondence, prepares reports, and speaks publicly or internally to gather or give information, resolve complaints, eliminate program barriers, and engender support for operational objectives and activities.

Participates in detailed requirement and data gathering sessions with customers for the purposes of integration with EDC services.

Requirements gathered during meetings include current infrastructure details, infrastructure sizing, migration/integration timelines and service levels.

Verifies technical requirements adhere to best IT practices and are consistence with EDC standards and security policies.

Confirms requirements follow EDC standards for efficient use of resources.

Authors solution proposal documents which include all required hardware, software and services, calculations of all associated costs and a detailed written description of the transition plan based on the requirements provided to EDC.

Transforms customer requirements into technical specifications such as server and storage sizing, licensing requirements, and support level details.

Creates Service Requests for future technical change management in Service Now. Maintains current knowledge of enterprise policies and procedures including IT Bulletins, Management Directives, CISO security recommendations and EDC practices in order to ensure service offerings are in compliance with established policies.

Creates Requirement Gathering Meetings with required staff based on technical needs.

Manages, tracks, and documents solution proposal progress and approvals.

Works closely with Delivery Center, board, and commission staff to assure proposals have all required approvals.

Assigns work to Managed Services Manager for deployments and verifies work completion.

Prepares status reports on a periodic basis showing proposals sent, received approved and costs.

Generates reports and advises on technology improvements that would enhance or improve operations.

Prepares metrics determining average request timelines for process improvement and capacity reports for the CTO.

Participates in ongoing process improvement project to automate & streamline the Service Request process.

Acts as the Subject Matter Expert for the Service Request/Solution Proposal process.

Provides consultative services to agencies seeking ETSO costing information for future budget preparations.

Qualifications:

1. Technical Knowledge

Understanding of hosted application environments:

Managed Services (MS)

Managed Services Lite (MSL)

Co-location (Colo)

Cloud services

Secondary Data Center (SDC)

Knowledge of server, storage, and licensing sizing

Familiarity with IT infrastructure concepts

Proficiency in ServiceNow or similar ITSM tools

Experience drafting solution proposals including hardware/software/service configurations and cost models

2. Documentation & Reporting

Strong skills in:

Authoring technical and business documentation

Preparing and maintaining status reports

Creating technical contact resource lists

Developing and presenting metrics and cost analysis reports

Experience transforming business requirements into technical specifications

Ability to track and document proposal approvals and deployment progress

Required Work Experience

Customer-facing roles involving requirements gathering and technical consultation

Liaison or service coordination between IT organizations and clients

Experience conducting and documenting:

Infrastructure sizing and analysis

Migration or integration timelines

Cost estimations

Risk/compliance assessments

Leading or participating in process improvement projects

Managing change management requests in an enterprise environment

"If you are: bright, motivated, skilled, a difference-maker, able to get things done, work with minimum direction, enthusiastic, a thinker, able to juggle and multi-task, communicate effectively, and lead, then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client, so get back to us and tell us why you think you are a fit."

About Us:

Since 2000, Tri-Force Consulting Services ( has been an MBE/SDB certified IT Consulting firm in the Philadelphia region. Tri-Force specializes in IT staffing, software development (web and mobile apps), systems integration, data analytics, system automation, cybersecurity, and cloud technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Tri-Force works with clients to overcome obstacles such as increasing productivity, increasing efficiencies through automation, and lowering costs. Our clients benefit from our three distinguishing core values: integrity, diligence, and technological excellence. Tri-Force is a six-time winner among the fastest-growing companies in Philadelphia and a four-time winner on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies.