Apex Systems is seeking a Server Administrator for a contract to hire opportunity in the Fayetteville, NC area. This will be an onsite position. **Must be eligible to meet the qualifications of Public Trust and or if you already hold a SECRET Security Clearance, that would meet the client requirements.**
Qualifications:
• Minimum 3 years of performing systems administration in a Microsoft environment duties and responsibilities in varied and highly complex automated systems.
• Must have Security + (CE)
• Expert knowledge managing Microsoft Windows 2008-2012 servers.
• Able to adapt to changing work efforts, manage impact of shifting priorities, and resolve technical emergencies as they may occur.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse, team environment.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Support the hardware (Server, PC, and peripherals), operating system (OS), and software infrastructure support.
• Install, maintain, configure, and optimize personal computer (PC) and Network Operating Systems, to include Microsoft, Linux, and VMware server operating systems.
• Provide program management technical support, analysis, data management, and server management to sustain the operational computing environment.
• Design, implement, and maintain policies and procedures in support of, but not limited to, data storage/back-up/recovery, server software and firmware upgrades, and standard server maintenance.
• Design, implementation, and/or on-going sustainment of Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange services to include forest creation, establishment or trust relationship, and account creation and maintenance.
• Produce customized automated solutions for operation tasks in order to improve efficiency and standardization.
• Provide all areas of Data Center Program Technical Support to include site assessments, preventive maintenance, and emergency and corrective services.
• Perform Data Center Administration may also include data center planning and design, power and cooling analysis, feasibility studies, risk assessments, site surveys, energy usage assessments, optimization evaluations, and relocation and consolidation services.
• Develop a comprehensive life-cycle management plan to include a technology implementation roadmap. Data Center surveys may include providing the equipment reconfiguration requirements, developing floor plan layouts, estimating bills-of-material, identifying data communication requirements and shortfalls, verifying power distribution and environmental in order to meet mission critical requirements.
• Responsible for the management of UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Macintosh, Windows, VMware and other operating systems within the client; will support and maintain the operating systems, patches, upgrades, and apply Information Assurance (IA) requirements for all systems within the client; will ensure that these systems are online and available to client customers and ensure backups and contingency issues are addressed in the event of failures.
• Assist with new IM/IT projects affecting network operations IAW current Defense
Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guide (DISA STIG).
• Provide infrastructure management and monitoring capabilities to include the server, network (wired and wireless), and virtualization environments.
• Support, to include the use of but not limited to, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, and Solar Winds, to provide proactive monitoring and alert notifications of mission critical assets.
