Role: System Administrator
Location: Oakton, VA (5 days onsite)
Duration: 1 year contract to hire
Citizenship: USC with ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE
Rate: $50 an hour on W2
Top Skills: Windows, IAT Level II, Bachelors’ Degree in Technical Field, SCCM
Responsibilities
- Images, Builds, Deploys Workstations and Servers.
- Maintains the integrity and security of servers and systems.
- Analyzing requirements for deployment of new desktop applications, creating. deployment plans and automation processes for new applications.
- Sets up administrator and service accounts.
- Maintains system documentation.
- Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
- Oversees implementation of testing strategies and documentation of results.
- Provides advice and training to end-users and help desk personnel.
- Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
- Participates in special projects as required.
- Proactively identify issues and resolve and make suggestions for improvements to the environment.
- Troubleshoot issues to resolution with customer impacting issues being priority and worked on until completion.
- Travel across continental U.S. to customer sites potentially 10% of time.
Skills And Experience
- Demonstrate directly related experience in Tier II and Tier III support.
- 4+ years' experience with Installing, configuring, and supporting windows-based. applications on Windows 7, 8, and 10 desktop systems, both virtual and physical.
- Extensive knowledge of Server and PC hardware and software maintenance.
- Hands-on experience managing Windows Active Directory Services.
- Self-starter and ability to work tasks with little supervision or assistance.
- Demonstrated experience with SCCM and preferred experience.
- Demonstrated experience with Group Policy Management, to include creation of policies, troubleshooting and maintaining.
- Desktop Image creation and validation using System Center Configuration Manager.
- Maintaining updated drive packs for various hardware vendors including Dell and HP.
- Hands-on experience supporting additional Microsoft products (Office, Project, etc.).
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in utilization of Remedy.
- Familiar with antivirus and security software (HBSS) and troubleshooting services affected by these software applications.
- Proficient with TCP/IP network protocol, to include a basic understanding of networking components (switches, routers, taclanes, etc.) and infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience with applying STIGs to systems, applications and components and troubleshooting STIG related issues.
- Demonstrates experience administrating Hyper-V and clustered services.
- Must be able to travel 10% of the time (CONUS).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field and 4 years relevant experience or a Master's degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
- A minimum of a IAT Level II (DoD 8570.1M) certification is required: e.g. GSEC; Security+ CE; CCNA-Security; CySA+; CND; SSCP; GICSP.
- Requires a minimum of an active TS/SCI clearance.
Thanks and Regards
Murali Sharma
202.828.3494
Murali@Nastechglobal.com