System Administrator - Virtualization

Electrosoft Services, Inc. is an award-winning company that provides comprehensive technology-based solutions and services to federal customers. While cybersecurity is our specialty, we also focus on ICAM, enterprise IT modernization, and software solutions.  We always seek to delight our customers, so we retain highly qualified employees and offer them meaningful work, growth opportunities, and work-life balance. What sets us apart from all other contractors is the sense of teamwork our employees feel – and the knowledge that outstanding effort is recognized and rewarded.  The camaraderie we share emanates from Lunch & Learn sessions where we explore new ideas together, fun group activities ranging from escape rooms to miniature golf, and much, much more. If we’ve described you and your dream workplace, please apply and share in the many benefits and opportunities we offer.

System Administrator

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize Information Technology tools and solutions to support operational requirements.


• Create, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and utilize advanced BASH, Perl,


• JavaScript, Python, PowerCLI, &/or PowerShell scripts to automate repetitive tasks, enhance system functionalities, and troubleshoot issues. Must also be comfortable performing Administration and O&M tasks from the command line.


• Maintain detailed documentation for system designs, configurations, processes, and service records.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support IT infrastructure projects, providing expert guidance and technical leadership.


• Lead and mentor junior team members in best practices and technical challenges.


• Organized, detail-oriented, and excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.


• Analyzes development and implementation requirements and makes appropriate modifications to existing systems and prepares specifications based on customer requests.

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate will hold a ComSci/CIS/InfoSec/IT related bachelor’s degree (or higher) with ~8+ years of Information Security work experience or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, & IT experience.


• Strong knowledge and proficiency (e.g., ~8+ years of experience) with Infrastructure related technologies such as Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), User Account Management, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6 addressing, Server Administration, Certificate Services, Ansible, Server Clustering, and Virtualization.


• Candidate will hold and maintain a current vendor (or one version release previous) certifications such as “Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate”, "Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)", "VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2024 [v2] (VCP-DCV 2024)”, or higher IT/InfoSec related certification.


• Ability to manage and troubleshoot a comprehensive disaster recovery and backup strategy utilizing hybrid cloud solutions such as CommVault Metallic Backups.


• Experience performing administration, management, troubleshooting and deployment of operating system updates/upgrades, security patches, and software to Desktops and Servers in both physical and virtualized environments.


• Candidate will be well versed in Planning, Implementation, Administration and Troubleshooting issues involved with platforms across a variety of OS servers including Microsoft Windows and Red Hat.; ensuring their reliability, security, and optimal performance.


• Capability to troubleshoot and resolve LAN/WAN connections, performance/throughput issues, and other related network problems.


• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.


• Ability to participate in a 24/7/365 on call rotation.


• Possess knowledge &/or familiarity with security hardening framework standards and regulations from Center for Internet Security (CIS) Control 4, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5, and Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).