System Administrator

System Administrator Job Description: SAIC is building a team to provide Enterprise Information Technology (IT) Solutions Sustainment support and the associated management and administration for the delivery of a combination of hardware infrastructure and application infrastructure necessary to achieve a complete, centralized, and elastic environment for Building, Hosting, Integrating, and Managing Web enabled applications and/or application services. This is accomplished by using innovative software and hardware tools utilized to enhance information technologies. By integrating different technologies to include both the re-write of legacy systems and the addition of features to existing systems to maximize cost savings, resource utilization and provide a solution to unique Army application's hosting and management challenges. The Systems Administrator will work as part of a team of software engineers, database administrators/developers, network engineers and Subject Matter Experts (SME). Performs service support for core services (Linux, Windows, MS SQL, JEE Application Server, Web Servers) incident tracking, troubleshooting, and escalation. Performs system monitoring, monitor and evaluate performance, verifies the integrity and availability of system components, reviews logs and validate completion of functions in system and remediates issues identified. Conducts iterative security monitoring in compliance with DoD IA standards. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: -Serve as an individual on the Systems Engineering Team. -Apply patches and upgrade software versions as directed. -Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. -Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. -Monitor system functionality and report to organizational leads. -Conducts iterative security monitoring and reporting in compliance with DoD IA standards. -Perform daily monitoring, incident tracking, remediation, and escalation when appropriate -Install and configure new services as directed Qualifications: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: -Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute preferably in a Technical Computer Field (preferred concentration in Computer Science, Management information systems, information technology, Networking or related technical discipline). -Minimum 9 years of experience in software engineering and software development REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: -Strong experience in documenting and communicating system issues, remediation plan and actions, and long-term trend analysis tracking for complex software systems -Experience with Atlassian JIRA for issue/bug tracking -Experience with task estimating and planning -Must have strong analytic, written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills -Solid understanding of IP network technologies and software tools for performance monitoring and troubleshooting. -Technical understanding of systems, databases, networking, and computing environments -Basic knowledge with DoD Cyber Security auditing, continuous monitoring and analysis. -Possesses good interpersonal and communications skills in dealing with multiple contractor and government organizations. -Must be a self-starter and be able to work independently, but also within a team -Must be able to learn quickly in a highly technical fast paced environment. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: -Certifications of preference: Oracle Database Administrator Certified Master, MCSE: Data Platform, CompTIA Security +, CISSP, CEH, GSEC, GCIH, CISA, GCED, SSCP, and CISA) -Familiar with SIGINT, HUMINT, All-Source, EW, and Cyber intelligence data -Strong systems engineering knowledge of military systems -Familiar with multiple operating systems to include Linux, and Windows -Virtualization experience with VMware Workstation and VMware VSphere