Senior Systems Administrator

Location: Remote (U.S.-based; candidates from CA, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NY, OR, or WA not considered). Department: Veterans Affairs (VA). Type: Full Time, W-2. Min. Experience: Experienced. Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI). Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-level, day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for complex operating systems and server hardware
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope
• Follow standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained
• Coordinate, direct, and perform complex software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages
• Schedule installations and upgrades and maintain them in accordance with established Information Technology (IT) procedures
• Continually monitor and tune multiple systems to achieve optimum performance levels
• Ensure data/media recoverability by developing and implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations
• Plan and implement the modernization of servers
• Develop, implement, and promote standard operating procedures (SOPs) and schedules
• Conduct hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines
• Develop and implement new standards, policies, and procedures
• Work closely with Network and System Analysts to help determine and develop the systems that will be implemented

Requirements

• A proven track record of managing and maintaining complex Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments
• Hands-on experience with both Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability, and scalable