(Local Candidates Only) NexGen is currently seeking a Sr Systems Administrator to join our team working on a federal government project. This individual will have knowledge in providing system administration support across all supported systems and environments including servers, databases, network devices, and storage components. The supported environments include production, disaster recovery, test, and development. This individual will be required to work closely with members of the NexGen and client teams, including but not limited to, domain experts and developers. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Support may include (but not limited to): backup and recovery of Data Operations Center (DOC) systems, patching of systems, providing Tier II/III support to lower tiers, performance tuning, hardware and software upgrades, operational configurations, resource optimization, etc.

Create and implement scripts in an enterprise environment to include scription for:

Hyper-V administration

Failover cluster administration

Windows Server Administration

Unix/Linux/Ubuntu administration

Manage virtual machines to include:

Creating, configuring, and maintaining virtual machines in a failover cluster environment.

Creating, configuring, and maintaining virtual machines in a failover cluster environment.

Automating where possible the creation and management of virtual machines.

Plan, configure, and maintain hyper-converge infrastructure according to manufacture and industry best practices.

Create automation for repeating system administration tasks.

Create and maintain well written and easy-to-understand documentation for new and existing system processes and configurations with minimal oversight.

Plan, configure, and maintain Dell SAN arrays in accordance with vendor best practices.

Install, configure, and maintain Windows server, hardware, operating systems, and features in accordance with vendor best practices.

Install, configure, and maintain Linux and Oracle hardware, operating systems, and features in accordance with vendor best practices.

Create technical documentation to include Service Level Agreements, As-Is, To-Be, and Continuity of Operations/Disaster Recovery with minimal oversight.

Recommend and provide technical expertise and assistance with planning, configuring, and implementing new technologies related to storage, compute, and backup technologies.

Configure and maintain backup technologies to include backup software, reporting, LTO tape libraries, backup to disks, and backup to cloud integration

Provide in-depth knowledge with cloud technology, design, implementation, and remote management.

Assist with the implementation of the necessary defined security controls as they relate to the infrastructure in accordance with the government Cyber Security Assessment and Management (CSAM) systems.

Assess outcomes of vulnerability scanning to include the development and implementation of corrective actions to remediate vulnerabilities.

Perform adding, modifying, and deleting access rights granted to system and application users of the information system. This includes user account management and periodic administrative tasks.

Assess the new system or application requirements for security implications.

Perform patch management and vulnerability for physical and virtual machines and firmware updates for physical servers.

Design, configure, implement, and maintain failover SQL cluster hardware and software configurations per manufacturer and industry best practices.

Perform routine backups, routing storage management, patch management and vulnerability mitigation of failover SQL cluster nodes and SQL software.

Perform instance creation/modifications.

Perform user management (create/delete/ modify/quotas).

Other duties as assigned. Technical Skills/Experience:

4+ years of experience wor ing as a Systems Administrator or related technical experience in supporting an Information Technology environment at the server/data center level.