Senior Windows Systems Administrator

DescriptionSAIC is seeking a Senior Windows Administrator to join our program as a general technologist to support our NOAA GFDLprogram in Princeton, NJ serving the NOAA GFDL lab in a highly scientific user and mission driven facility. This individualwould support both projects (60%) and user (40%) actives in a high interrupt tiered support environment requiring rapidresponse to the most complex customer systems inquiries. The environment consists of a Core Windows Infrastructurerunning on mostly Dell Hardware, with 200+ Linux workstations, 50+ Windows Workstations, and 20+ Mac Workstations.On a daily basis this individual may divide their time between (1) managing Junior System Admins to support lower levelissues; (2) identifying, evaluating and prioritizing customer problems to ensure that inquiries are resolved appropriately;(3) conducting project work on several complex system projects simultaneously; and (4) managing and actively reportingon project status; (5) setting technical infrastructure direction and offering suggestions to improve and further automatethe environment;The ideal candidate must be an independent self-starter, be system agnostic, and adept at supporting Linux, Windowsand Mac in a heterogeneous environment, where the Core Infrastructure is Windows, and have excellent customer facingcommunication and consultation skills (with managers and/or scientists).The duties will include, but not limited to:- Providing Mid-Tier to Top-Tier System Administration for client and server systems in heterogeneous environment, wherethe Core Infrastructure is Windows based;- System Administration – Maintain IT Security posture according to organization requirements, manage rigorous patchingschedule for all system software and firmware, manage existing patching deployment tools, maintain and enhance currenttools;- Maintain, monitor, support, and upgrade as needed the infrastructure environment, including the Windows CoreInfrastructure, and lead enterprise base work initiatives and projects;- Support multiple systems or applications of medium to high complexity with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control,integrity and accessibility;- Work with project managers to coordinate and plan project tasks and resources;- Integration solutions with other applications and platforms based on requirements;- Maintain a monthly patch schedule for all workstations, servers, cluster, hypervisors, etc.- Coordinate changes across multiple systems;- Perform routine maintenance tasks for infrastructure systems as follows, but not limited to:o Highly available virtualization and database clusters;o Web server clusters;o File Share services (NFS/CIFS);o Multi-Tiered Public Key Infrastructure;o Virtual Desktop Infrastructure;- Working with engineers on the requirements and provides recommendations for improvements;- Recommend changes/enhancements for improved systems availability, reliability and performance;- Coordinates problem resolution among a variety of functional areas and provides subject matter expertise support fordiagnosing and resolving problems;- Recommend and implement software or hardware changes to rectify problems or address improvement opportunities;- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and standards;- Provide technical guidance, coaching/mentoring to team members;- Evaluate future technologies and makes recommendations for software and hardware upgrades;- Generate and validate IT system baselines, including validation of documentation;- Ensure IT system security basslines are met and security improvements are implemented across the server and clientenvironment;- Generate processes to ensure appropriate user privileges and access are granted, ensuring data integrity and security ismet;- Work with vendors and architects to understand their technology roadmaps;- Develop plans to adopt new technology;- Writing/updating/enhancing system documentation concerning problem resolutions and HPC assets;- Writing technical justifications for the procurement of hardware & software;- Reviewing system inventory/warranty, plan upgrades for client and server systems;QualificationsBachelors Degree and 5+ years of experience is preferred, or 8 + years of experience in lieu of degreeExperience with medium to large server/data center environment;Experience working with Hypervisors, chassis, blade servers, and Production Cluster;Automation and Load Balancing Experience;Experience with CAC authentication solutions such as Centrify in an Active Directory Environment;Experience managing and maintaining virtualization cluster preferably Ovirt and Hyper-V;Experience managing and maintaining Active Directory;Experience managing and maintaining database clusters, preferably Microsoft SQL cluster and Percona XtraDB/MySQLcluster;Experience with system deployment, SW deployment and configuration management solutions: Ansible (most desired),Powershell (most desired), Satellite/Foreman/Spacewalk, Puppet, Symantec ITMS, Microsoft SCVMM;Experience developing/diagnosing automation scripts (Ansible, Powershell);In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Server/Client, and Redhat/CentOS Operating systems, and have experience developingsecurity baselines;Knowledge of building systems for clients and servers; and knowledge of different classes of system architecture;Experience managing VDI infrastructure; preferably Microsoft VDI solution;Understanding of licensing structures for Microsoft and RedHat products;Experience with CI/CD pipelines;Experience with configuration and support of access methods e.g. VPN, SSH tunneling;Experience with Backup solutions such as Bacula and or Veritas NetBackup;Keeping up-to-date with current hardware/software events/releasesExperience managing and maintaining software scalable network file systems, and centralized storage appliances;Experience managing, and support Active Directory with smart card authentication infrastructure;Must have a strong automation experience, software deployment, and configuration management solutions for multipleenvironments;US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.Desired Qualifications:Bachelors Degree in a STEM related field and 5+ years of experience Job Field: Information TechnologyTravel: No