System Administrator, Senior (Corporate)

Description

Position Title: System Administrator, Senior (Corporate)

Requisition #: 172

Position Type: Exempt

Location: Stafford, VA (Hybrid) 

Clearance Level Required:  Must possess and maintain a minimum SECRET, with the ability to obtain Top-Secret

Davis Defense Group, Inc. has secured a stellar reputation as one of the premier Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) in the aerospace and defense industry, steadfastly supporting the Department of Defense since 2002. A critical combination of vision and dedication to excellence has helped our customers achieve numerous significant milestones on schedule and within budget. Today we employ over 700 personnel around the globe in a mix of analytical, advisory, technical, and support positions. The common thread across our organization is our commitment to our customers and an unwavering dedication to our principle motto: “Services you need. Integrity you can count on.” 

Responsibilities:

• Act as escalation point for Help Desk Specialists.
• Respond to support queries via email, office communication software, over the phone, or in person at assigned office location.
• Configure company issued hardware for distribution to employees at HQ and off-site locations.
• Receive company issued equipment when no longer required by employees.
• Participate in maintaining detailed asset inventory for all office locations.
• Provide first day support to all new employees at assigned office location.
• Coordinate employee offboarding process for company asset collection.
• Manage A/V equipment for customer and executive meetings and provide support as required.
• Oversee vendors working on company assets.
• Manage assignment of building access cards to new employees and card deactivation at employee departure.
• Handle company badge creation and distribution to all company offices.
• Maintain STIG laptop image for deployment to company assets, updated monthly with released patches from all vendor software packages.
• Test all patches prior to deployment to company assets.
• Perform maintenance, patching, and software upgrades to office networking equipment.
• Assist in setting up new office spaces by specifying equipment needs based on site and customer requirements.
• Coordinate with and manage vendors performing work at company offices.
• Manage Group Policy updates and deployments.
• Audit Microsoft Entra on monthly basis to validate correct onboarding/offboarding procedures by Help Desk Specialists.
• Validate that organizational KPIs are being met by Help Desk team.
• Review all software requests and work with vendors to generate quotes for approval by organizational leadership.
• Create weekly report on asset patching status for organizational leadership.
• Generate reports, as necessary, for organizational leadership.
• Provide after-hours support for organization defined critical issues.

Minimum Requirements:

• Capable of operating on a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office, 2 remote).
• Ability to travel to other company office locations to as required for business operations.
• Ability to effectively communicate with personnel at all levels of an organization.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Experience managing Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Experience managing Microsoft Entra ID environments.
• Advanced knowledge on working in Microsoft PowerShell.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to operate within organizational KPIs.
• Strong understanding of NIST 800-171r2 requirements.

Strongly Desired:

• Understanding of Microsoft’s licensing model.
• Familiarity with Microsoft’s GCC-HIGH environment.
• A/V system support/maintenance experience.
• Comfortable with mentoring and providing actionable feedback to junior team members.

Education Requirements: 

• BA/BS degree with at least 3-5 years experience or supplemental experience is required. 

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