Systems Administrator
Valiant Solutions, LLCPosition Description: Valiant Solutions is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our rapidly growing, innovative team! The Systems Administrator will join a program providing User-facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment, and disposal of user-facing and data center information technology (IT) services across multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission. Named one of the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work every year since 2014 , Valiant is proud of our employee-centric culture and commitment to excellence. If you are interested in learning more about Valiant and this opportunity, we invite you to apply now! Location: Onsite in Fort Belvoir, VA Required Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph. Required Education and Certifications: Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration. (Additional Education, Training, Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of degree or work experience). 8140.01M IAT Level II certification. Required Skills: UNIX, Windows, and/or Storage administration Experience working with trouble reporting and tracking systems such as Security+ Ability to respond to after hour calls “provide on-call support" Ability to travel 0-20% to local area sites as well as other locations with similar architecture/footprint. Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. Desired Skills: Experience in the imagery intelligence domain a plus. Ability to create and modify scripts in multiple disciplines on Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems. Knowledge of the Customer's processes and procedures and of the Customer's production systems a plus. Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. Ability to function as a team member and independently. Prefer skills in one or more of the following: Window Server, Red Hat, IRIX, Solaris, Sybase, Informix, SQL, and Imagery Production Chain. General knowledge of database administration, network administration and possess network configuration management skills. Responsibilities: Systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks. Desktop system management responsibilities involving account monitoring, security, Operating System (OS) installation, and other local area system administration related functions. Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems and management of system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems. Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc. Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 problem identification, diagnosis and resolution. Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers. Install/load operating system and application software. Isolate and resolve hardware and software problems involving the applications, the operating system, the hardware, the communications infrastructure, or any combination therefore. Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance. Perform software installations and upgrades to Unix/Windows operating systems and layered software packages and maintains them in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements; evaluation and installation of software/hardware. patches and resolution of software related problems associated with COTS/GOTS products. Create and follow procedures to maintain and manage multiple linked databases including security, data safety and integrity, disaster r…