Systems Administrator - T2

About the role

Acuity, Inc. is a consulting firm that supports federal agencies in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation. We are looking for a Systems Administrator to join our team.

Schedule

Sunday – Thursday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm ET

Responsibilities

• Perform system implementation, troubleshooting, and administration activities
• Installation, training, support, monitoring, and maintenance of hardware and software
• Troubleshooting and resolution of problems as well as the communication, tracking, and reporting of these efforts
• Performing imaging, restores, and ongoing management of systems, software, and hardware
• Creating, maintaining, tracking, and communicating configurations and/or changes of configurations in hardware, software, data, permissions (or security-related information), etc.
• Providing development, maintenance, and communication of diagrams, system configurations, and technical documentation
• Providing technical support for testing and evaluation
• Responsible for the full lifecycle of design through implementation of enterprise and business specific solutions involving conceptual and logical architecture
• Create prototypes and perform technology evaluations
• Ensures Windows application hosts and SQL database hosts comply with applicable system security standards
• Works with information assurance teams to ensure system accreditation
• Plans for and performs any required Windows server configuration changes
• Analyzes monitoring data for performance optimization opportunities
• Develops and implements system performance monitoring processes
• Maintains current industry knowledge of development concepts, best practices and procedures for server operations and maintenance
• Works as part of a team on client engagements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology (or equivalent related field experience)
• 5+ years Windows server experience (2012, 2016, 2019)
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years specialized experience in Systems Administration supporting MS SQL Server, MS System Center (SCCM), O365/SharePoint and MS Azure
• Knowledge of Windows OS, Active Directory, Registry, Group Policy Objects
• Proficiency scripting in PowerShell or equivalent

Desired qualifications

• Microsoft Server or Infrastructure Certification(s) (or equivalent work experience)
• Remedy Action Request Server, ServiceNow and ITSM experience
• SQL database experience
• ITIL® Foundations certification
• Security+ certification
• Prior experience in a consulting environment
• Preference for experience with mentoring and training staff

Clearance

Active clearance required (Secret OR Top Secret)

Pay

Min USD $110,000.00/Yr. – Max USD $150,000.00/Yr.