Senior Systems Administrator

Overview

JOB TITLE: Senior Systems Administrator

AGENCY SUPPORTED: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – MEGA 6 Automated Litigation Support

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time, Contingent Upon Award

LOCATION: Remote

CLEARANCE: Public Trust – Candidates do not need to be cleared at the time of application but must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance prior to starting.

BENEFITS: Health, Dental and Vision, 401(k), Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 11 Paid Federal Holidays, 3 weeks9 Paid Time Off

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to support ITC Federal9s work for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under the anticipated MEGA 6 automated litigation support (ALS) program. This is a fully remote position supporting DOJ9s complex litigation mission.

Important: This opening is being established in connection with the MEGA 6 contract vehicle award itself. ITC Federal must still be awarded individual task orders under the vehicle before employees can be onboarded. Accordingly, this position is full-time and contingent upon both contract award and the award of the applicable task order.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Lead Contractor employee responsible for system implementation, orchestrating installation and testing.

PROGRAM CONTEXT:

This position supports the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under the anticipated MEGA 6 procurement. MEGA 6 is expected to continue DOJ9s multiple-award contract vehicle for automated litigation support (ALS) services, following the structure of the MEGA 5 contract. These contracts are designed to provide DOJ offices, boards, divisions, and other federal agencies with information technology, professional services, and litigation support tools to manage complex legal proceedings efficiently.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with other senior level Contractor technical staff, including Systems Engineers and Technical Analysts, to ensure that the system as designed and implemented meets the overall system objectives.
• Responsible for the operation and maintenance of IT systems and facilities set up by the Government to provide automated litigation support IT resources to specific cases.
• May be responsible for establishing systems and facilities.
• For existing systems and facilities, responsible for keeping the systems running; monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing system performance, including making recommendations for improving performance; performing scheduled system backups; assigning user IDs and passwords; allocating and tracking disk space; providing consulting support and advice to, and coordinating with IT users responsible for specific applications/databases on the servers; identifying and ordering needed supplies, hardware, software and accessories; and performing hardware and software upgrades.
• Implements and enforces system, facility, and data security measures, including resources and procedures for disaster recovery.
• Administers not only hardware and operating system software, but also database and other applications software.
• Coordinates with the COR and DOJ technical staff on all these issues, and coordinates with the DOJ office automation network administration staff on issues having to do with the network itself.
• Supervises and manages subordinate staff.
• Reports on progress.
• Develops tools for system-wide use in developing applications; prepares system documentation.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Public Trust clearance prior to start (candidates are not required to be cleared at the time of application).
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment.
• At least five years of hands-on, directly applicable experience actually doing the work of implementing the kinds of systems being set up - e.g., UNIX, Windows, Network Storage Solutions, etc. - will usually be expected.
• Must have actually have done the work of designing, obtaining equipment and software, installing, integrating, testing, etc., in the environment required.
• Must have experience with large systems with a complex mix of operating systems and functions.
• Must have a good understanding of the specific applications and application software, e.g., Oracle, Relativity or other web hosting platforms, etc. CNE certification highly desirable.
• At least one year of experience setting up large scale database management applications, using the applicable database management software.
• Experience in storage technology planning, performance capacity planning and modeling, applications planning, human factors issues, distributed processing, and business process analysis.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of the Government's IT environments, including office automation networks and PC and server based databases and applications.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of the Government's security requirements.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Litigation support experience highly valued.
• Supervisory experience very strongly preferred.
• Undergraduate degree strongly preferred; preferably in the computer science or management information/technology disciplines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• This is a fully remote position; work is performed from a home office.
• Must be located in or near the Washington, DC area and available for short-notice on-site meetings.
• Work is primarily sedentary, performed while using a computer for extended periods of time.