OverviewEdgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior Windows System Administrator to support a major national laboratory.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the O&M tasks, such as handling tier-3 tickets, patching, and upgrades for SharePoint and PowerBI environments. Some after-hours work will be required in support of the team. This position is hybrid currently. The candidate will need to be a highly motivated and self-driven individual with a strong background in Information Technology and would need to work well in a team environment, learn new concepts quickly, and work independently on tasks.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, maintain, and repair physical and virtual server systems.
- Resolve technical issues affecting hardware, operating systems, or applications.
- Apply operating system or application patches, install or replace hardware, and implement configuration changes to improve or restore system performance.
- Perform system capacity analysis and planning.
- Assist users in accessing and using business systems.
- Develop instructions and procedures for system maintenance, create scripts to automate monitoring and repair tasks, and conduct quality assurance checks.
- Collaborate with customers, subject matter experts, and architects to analyze, evaluate, and optimize systems.
- Contribute to process development and system improvement efforts.
Qualifications
- BS in relevant discipline plus a minimum 2 years, or more, of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
- Related experience may be substituted for relevant education and vice versa
- Ability to obtain & maintain a U.S. Dept. of Energy Clearance; U.S. Citizenship is required.
- US Citizenship is required
- Candidate must live in the Albuquerque area as some onsite work is required.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience administering Microsoft Windows Server environments, including installation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and security compliance.
- Demonstrated experience performing Windows Server patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation activities.
- Experience working across unclassified and classified networks
- Experience working with or at a national laboratory
- Familiarity with ticketing systems (such as ServiceNOW) to manage incidents and change
- Written/Verbal Communication skills
- Multitasking ability
Qualifications we desire:
- Hands-on administration of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), including website deployment, application pool management, SSL/TLS certificate management, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring.
- Experience working across unclassified and classified networks
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft IIS
- Physical Server and Virtual Server Administration
- SharePoint Site Administration
- SharePoint Site Administrator or User Support
- SharePoint Server Administration
- Active Q Clearance
- Knowledge of Project Management practices
- Experience managing incidents and knowledge through ServiceNow
- General networking skills and knowledge in support of server administration
- Technical Documentation experience
- Experience with work intake from multiple sources
- Proficiency with PowerShell scripting and automation.
