MS System Administrator – Sr. 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Education/Certifications: MSCA or Windows Server 2012/2016 certification 

Years of Experience: 8+ years’ experience – server administration, WS Servers; 5+ years’ experience – server requirements, Windows industry best practices, mentoring junior personnel, applying STIGS; 4+ years’ experience – management experience, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PowerShell/scripting languages; 3+ years – leading team 

Clearance Level & Investigation: TS/SCI with SBI; ability to attain SI, TK, G, HCS, NATO Secret 

IT Level (AR 25-2): N/A 

IA Cert Level (DoD 8570.01): IAT Level II / Int. 

Computing Environment Certifications: MCSA or Windows Server 2012 / 2016 

Job Description: 

Qualifications: 

The Senior MS Systems Administrator requires the following minimum skills and expertise: 

• 8+ years’ experience with the following: 

• Progressively responsible experience in server administration, including supporting & managing servers in production environment.  

• Server administration in MS Windows environments (MS Windows Server 2016 & later configurations) to include performance monitoring, tuning, & making recommendations to improve overall system performance/application efficiency. 

• 5+ years’ experience with the following: 

• Identifying & analyzing server requirements; planning design & deployment of new technologies/upgrades.  

• Applying industry best practices on Windows Server 2016 & later OS encompassing configuration, implementation, & security.  

• Mentoring junior personnel on proper practices/procedures.  

• Applying systems patches & STIGs on MS Windows Server 2016 & later. 

• 4+ years’ experience with the following: 

• Management experience.  

• MS Active Directory, DNS, DHCP.  

• Using PowerShell/scripting languages to automate common & repeat tasks. 

• 3+ years’ experience with the following: 

• Serving as team leader working as part of team & independently to assign/review immediate tasks, set priorities, maintain task progress, validate team members’ work consistent with organizational goals/deadlines.  

• Requires TS/SCI clearance with SBI & ability to attain SI, TK, G, HCS, & NATO Secret clearance.  

• Requires Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MSCA) or Windows Server 2012/ Windows Server 2016 Certification. 

• Requires DoD 8140.03 IAT Level II /Intermediate certification. 

Responsibilities: 

• Support identification & resolution of automation & IT hardware/software issues/problems to maintain at least 99% system availability rate. 

• Perform administration & maintenance of Windows based servers to include daily system checks & record 100% of findings/statuses in Systems Administration Daily Checks list; responsible for maintaining, reporting, & updating daily checklists. 

• Ensure all Microsoft Windows Server & applicable installed features/applications have latest DISA STIGs applied within 30 calendar days of release; annotate findings/remediation steps within checklists & upload to STIG management portals; notify Government & TTM of any critical findings that cannot be remediated within 3 days of discovery. 

• Apply vendor security updates & hotfixes to address ACAS findings/organizational security mandates within 14 calendar days of notification of update availability. 

• Provide detailed system matrices of supported systems & applications to include utilization, uptime, storage availability, & monthly performance or as requested. 

• Analyze technical support requests & provide possible technical solutions/courses of action within 10 business days of receipt of request. 

• Conduct testing of systems & applications immediately after configuration changes/software deployments to validate that changes & enhancements do not adversely affect system operation & performance. 

• Deploy custom-developed, third-party COTS, & GOTS applications to production, integration, & staging servers within 2 business days of deployment request while adhering to organizational software deployment windows & Government direction. 

• Conduct system upgrades as directed by leadership.  

• Ensure availability & accessibility of approximately 20 MS IIS for Windows Server websites hosted across 5 networks. 

• Respond to customer requests. 

• Provide Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning, evaluation, & execution of critical IT services bi-annually (twice per year) & update any required SOPs/instructions guides within 5 days of COOP exercise completion. 

• Develop & maintain documentation including SOPs, TTPs, system architecture guides, & diagrams for all systems/hardware configurations adhering to organizational templates/policies as required. 

• Notify Government of any unscheduled system outages within 30 minutes of each occurrence & record outage to operations log within 4 hours. 

• Ensure configuration management data updated within 1 business day of any modification or update of infrastructure. 

• Monitor & assume responsibility of trouble tickets assigned to Systems Administration branch, assign specific tickets for resolution, & prioritize tickets in line with organizational goals of maintaining 99% system availability rate. 

• Provide after-hours on-site support to respond to system/application malfunctions; escalate unresolved issues to Project Manager.