System Administrator

  • PRINCETON, NJ
  • Posted 60+ days ago | Updated 2 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

Information Technology
Hardware installation
Help desk
Tier 1
Technical Support
Customer facing
Organizational skills
Computer science
Information systems
System administration
Linux
Operating systems
Network administration
Systems engineering
Federal government
Security clearance
Recruiting
Software deployment
Research
Operations
Partnership
Microsoft Windows
Backup
Network
Documentation
Media
Wiki
Drupal
WordPress
SAP BASIS
Computer hardware
Policies
FOCUS

Job Details

Job ID: 2315404

Location: PRINCETON, NJ, US

Date Posted: 2024-01-02

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Sys Administrator

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is hiring a Systems Administrator / Infrastructure Engineer to support the NOAA GFDL program in Princeton, NJ. The System Administrator / Infrastructure Engineer will support a program that includes assistance with IT maintenance, patching, and deployment of various systems in a heterogeneous environment. In a culture that promotes taking ownership, this position is expected to work tickets and trouble issues through from end to end using existing knowledge, research, or other resources at hand to bring resolve.

Position responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Hardware installation/roll-out, research, and Help Desk Tier-1 and -2 technical support

Performing general System Administrator support as needed to support a 24x7 operations requirement. Will be required to support and continuously improve operations and monitoring of tools and processes;

Providing general support that pertains to documented production systems and services. Must be able to diligently troubleshoot and properly seek assistance promptly when additional support is needed for resolution

Exemplary Customer and Client-facing Service experience to VIP users which requires superior oratory and organizational skills

Partnership across internal resources and personnel to present best-case solutions to the client

Work with multiple helpdesk and service issue systems and synchronization of issues across platforms

Ability to work in independent environments under aggressive timelines with varying degrees of complexity and with ability to contribute to new ideas and methods.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or other related scientific or technical discipline.

Four years of experience in computer systems administration

With a Master's Degree (in the fields described in Minimum Education): two years of specialized experience or nine years general experience of which four years is specialized, in lieu of a degree

Experience with Windows, Mac, and Linux OS and demonstrated ability to traverse different Operating Systems to accomplish the same tasks e.g. network configuration, user accounts, system build

Ability to schedule tools such as Backup and Network scanning

Demonstrated documentation ability in a variety of formats e.g. media wiki, google sites, drupal, wordpress

Experience working with vulnerability scans on systems of varying complexity and patch all systems on a rigorous basis

Support the investigation of incidents, installation, modification or replacement of hardware or software components and any configuration change(s) that affects security, as necessary

Experience working independently, balancing and prioritizing work

ship with the Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.


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