Server Administrator

Onsite-Rock Island, IL

Technical Skill

• Windows Server

• Active Directory

• SCCM, MECM SUP, WSUS, MDT, InTune

• Patching

• Packaging

• Security

• CompTIA Security+

Description

• The Server Administrator will work onsite within a team environment. You will be responsible for provision, installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems for a government agency.

Duties

• Support clients by resolving complex system errors.

• Perform computer functions to include: planning, integration, and verification for IT systems.

• Recommend system configuration solutions and provide support to the web development team.

• Draft system administrator manuals and maintenance service plans as resource articles.

• Working with information security team to remediate issues.

• Decommission and rebuild physical and virtual servers.

• Configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.

• Install and configure systems such as GIS infrastructure or asset management applications.

• Develop technical articles regarding installation and configuration procedures.

• Perform daily system monitoring, verification, and integrity tests.

• Build scripts to automate backups, data migration and software updates.

• Ensure file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media.

• Recover software, hardware and digital files and recycle in accordance with policies.

• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.

• Repair hardware or recover software failures and coordinate with impacted constituencies.

• Apply OS patching and upgrades on a regular basis.

• Upgrade administrative tools and configure new services as necessary.

• Conduct performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.

• Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions.

Additional

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline

• Experience performing systems administration functions

• Windows System Administration

Aptitude

• Comfortable with system administration.

• Server migration experience or exposure.

• Experience configuring mail systems, printers, and installing 3rd party software.

• Understanding of security fundamentals and network protocols.

• Familiarity with high-level, Active Directory Services.

• Hands with SCCM/InTune.

• Experience developing custom ad hoc SQL queries for SCCM data analysis.

• Solid understanding of UNIX-based operating systems.

• Understands paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices and device drivers.

• Knowledge of file system concepts such as clustering and logical partitions.

• Fundamental with networking/distributed computing environment concepts.

• Knows the principles of routing, client/server programming, and the design of consistent network-wide file system layouts.

• Ability to write administrative languages such as Bash, Python, Linux, PowerShell or VBScript.

• Familiarity with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and system security processes.

Work Environment

• Onsite 5x per week

• Government

Schedule

• Monday-Friday.

• 1st shift hours.

• Saturday & Sunday Off.

• Federal Holidays Off.

Expected Start Date

• 6/03/2024

Compliance Requirements

• Drug Test Required; Background Check Required.

• CompTIA Security+ Certification required- Reimbursement assistance provided, if passed.

• Will interview without CompTIA Security+ certification.

• Interim Secret Clearance-Financed by agency, no out of pocket cost.

  About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.