Systems Admin Sr Adv (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI, embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.

At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a Systems Administrator, a typical day will include the following duties:

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The System Administrator is responsible for the implementation, support, and maintenance of all aspects of the project’s infrastructure. Project infrastructure includes hardware, software, and networking resources. Activities include but are not limited to:

• Monitoring health and capacity of system resources (Nagios, CloudAudit, VROPS, ELK, Prometheus)
• Responding to reoccurring operations and maintenance activities (VM creation, Linux/Windows support, DNS/Certificate support)
• Development and implementation of new hardware and software capabilities (Central Logging, Resource Monitoring and Notification, Dev/Op Automation)
• Managing hardware and software life-cycles and maintaining applicable vendor relationships (end-of life tracking, licenses and support contracts)
• Participating in and conducting applicable accreditation support (scans, automation, auditing)
• Providing general system administration guidance and support (disk management, account creation, design reviews)
• Creating and maintain project level infrastructure standards and conventions (naming conventions, SOPs)

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical, or Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
2. 10+ years of related system administration experience.

 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

This Infrastructure team member must currently be a Linux and/or Windows system administrator proficient with one or more scripting tools (Python, PowerShell, Shell scripting) and have direct experience in one or more of the following:

VMWare/VSphere

• Managing server resources in a VMWare/VSphere environment.
• Performing upgrades and product updates as appropriate.
• Monitoring and proactive identification of constrained resources.

NetApp

• Working knowledge of NetApp storage architecture.
• Performing upgrades and product updates as appropriate.
• Direct experience with Data on Tap and Command Line interface.

AWS/C2s

• Familiarity and firsthand knowledge of our customer’s AWS/C2S environment.

Server/Resource Automation

• Experience with automations tools such as Puppet and Ansible (preferably Ansible and/or Ansible Tower).
• Knowledge and experience with Cloud Formation and C2S Automation technics.

Hardware/Networking Experiences

• Direct experience with HP’s C7000 and/or Apollo architectures.
• Ability to maintain and implement networking updates and configuration.
• Knowledge and experience of Cisco networking and configuration.