Linux/Windows System Admin III

Overview:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Linux/Windows System Admin III to support the IT program at a major national laboratory.

Selected candidate will work autonomously or as team member/lead performing the daily monitoring maintenance, and repair of physical and virtual Server based systems.

• Support incident escalations requiring considerable judgement and initiative to resolve technical issues affecting hardware, operating systems, or applications.
• Work with vendors or external partners to diagnose and resolve issues.
• Maintain systems by applying operating system or application patches, install new or replace hardware, create/apply configuration changes to improve or restore system performance.
• Develop instructions/procedures for System Administrators I & II.
• Create scripts to aid with daily monitoring, maintenance, and repair of supported systems.
• Conduct Quality Assurance checks.
• Perform system capacity analysis and planning.
• Assist users in accessing and using business systems.

On any given day the candidate may be called on to:

• Install, configure, maintain and monitor current automation and network tool suite.
• Ensure existing portfolio of network tools provide the ability to monitor, analyze and identify workflow, traffic, and service impacts.
• Collaborate with high performing teams in close coordination with internal and external partners to build, test, fix, deploy, and integrate new features and functionality.
• Perform trouble resolution activities.
• Update technical documents.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Assurance or relevant field and 2+ of related networking experience handling complex projects and supporting service management processes/practices or; equivalent combination of education and experience
• In lieu of a degree, additional relevant experience may be applicable
• U.S. Citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q clearance.
• Hands on experience supporting COTS software and services
• Candidate MUST have strong Red Hat Linux experience on servers (Server OS support 80/20 Red Hat/Windows server support)
• Familiar with various OS, such as Unix, Linux and Windows
• Knowledge of various network equipment
• Familiar with automation
• Experience maintaining the integrity of servers and systems to meet established requirements for service levels, disaster recovery, business continuity, and security

Desired:

• Experience with LAN/WAN equipment such as routers, switches and protocol analyzers
• Experienced with Automation Development
• Program in a scripting language
• Experience with Linux scripting and Python
• Experience supporting network tools such as AKiPS, SecureCRT, Panorama, Ciena One Control, TACACS and Radiator

About Us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2024.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.