# System Administrator

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Alexandria, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a System Administrator to support a large enterprise IT contract for the DOD. This role requires an individual with technical experience administering Linux and Windows servers within a VMware virtual environment.

The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, able to capture customer inquiries accurately, and interact with other administrators to handle service inquiries and problems. Key duties include:

- Examining customer problems and suggesting corrective actions to initiate repairs or returns to service

- Analyzing recurring problems and initiating solutions to prevent reoccurrence

- Analyzing existing infrastructure for tuning and performance enhancements

- Providing systems and software operations and maintenance support in a large, multi-enclave enterprise environment

- Working in a team environment to ensure mission needs are met and capabilities are functional

- Performing technical software configuration, rebooting, and other remedial actions on customer servers

**Primary Tasks:**

- Interacting with customers to handle service inquiries and problems

- Providing technical support, administration, and monitoring of Linux, Microsoft, and Mac systems within a VMware virtual environment

- Supporting the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems

- Coordinating with customers and stakeholders to collect data, conduct analysis, develop, and implement solutions

- Developing solutions to complex technical issues

- Providing follow-up reports for root cause analysis, engineering technical assessment, and process improvement initiatives

- Supporting customer requirements in a 24/7/365 environment and providing on-call support during outages

- Updating operations and monitoring documentation for 24/7/365 Operations Watch personnel

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Foundational knowledge of AWS or Azure cloud services and the cloud ecosystem

- Familiarity with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) concepts and solutions

- Experience with Tier 2 system administration of server operating systems such as Linux and Microsoft Server

- Familiarity with supporting virtual desktops running Linux, Microsoft Windows, and/or MacOS

- Experience with scripting and automation through Linux Shell scripts, PowerShell, or other scripting languages

- Experience troubleshooting issues in a growing environment

- Experience with log reviews, incident analysis, and identification of issue trends

- Experience with server patch management methodologies

- Time management skills with the ability to work within an IT Service Management/ticketing system independently

- Ability to triage and properly classify incidents and prioritize work efforts

- Strong oral and written communications skills

- Track record of working effectively within a team and supporting peers toward improved processes and results

- DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements

**Clearance:**

- US Citizenship required

- Current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph

**Education/Experience:**

- Bachelor's degree with 8 years of prior relevant experience or a master's degree with 6 years of prior relevant experience

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Certification relating to VMware, Microsoft Server Administration, Linux Administration, or Mac Administration

- Experience with Ansible, Satellite, Puppet, Chef

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- Windows
- VMware
- AWS
- Azure
- Scripting
- Automation
- Troubleshooting
- IT Service Management

### Nice to have
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Linux Administration
- Mac Administration
- Ansible
- Satellite
- Puppet
- Chef

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