Job#: 3054281 Job Description: Tier 2 Systems Administrator
Location: suffolk, Virginia (Onsite)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Systems Administrator to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a US Navy enterprise transport network. This position requires ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability for a mission-critical network. The role involves end-to-end network, system, and element visibility, facilitating rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning. This is a shift-based role covering continuous operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to identify, triage, and resolve outages, escalating to Tier 3 support when necessary.
- Utilize advanced monitoring tools to oversee network infrastructure and ensure optimal performance and availability of managed services.
- Perform daily maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
- Operate and maintain privileged access solutions, asset management processes, and configuration management.
- Maintain and verify failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
- Enact change management for the solution and maintain existing incident management processes.
- Keep firmware, software updates, and patches current for all equipment.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related discipline. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Experience: Two (2) years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture and supporting a large network infrastructure.
Technical Skills:- Windows Server deployment and administration
- Active Directory and Group Policy
- RHEL / Red Hat Linux
- VMware vSphere for VM deployment
- DNS
- Working knowledge of Routers, Switches, and Firewalls
- Understanding of TCP/IP, including routing and subnetting
Preferred Qualifications
- Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python, or BASH.
- Experience with Ansible (Tower), Puppet, Chef, Terraform, Containerization, or Jenkins.
- Familiarity with Nautobot, RHEL Satellite, or InfoBlox DDI.
- Certifications such as CompTIA Linux+, RedHat Linux, or Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.
Work Environment
- Must be able to work rotating shifts to cover a 24/7 operational environment, which includes evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays.
- Must be able to cover an on-call schedule on a rotating basis.
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