System Administrator
ACS Professional Staffing

• Location: Vancouver, Washington
• Type: Contract
• Job #8005

Overview:
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This System Administrator position will manage and maintain various systems, including server administration, vulnerability scanning, patch management, and virtualization infrastructure. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, preparing for system growth, implementing access control models, and supporting both Windows and Linux environments. The role also involves researching vulnerabilities, documenting procedures, and providing help desk support. Additionally, the position requires collaborating with teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and contribute to process improvements for system administration. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay Rate: $44.47 - $63.54

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks

Responsibilities:

• With Manager technical lead oversight, to perform professional-level system administration of the systems listed below including,
• Configure applicable software and systems, maintain local documentation, install, update, and remove software, applying change control processes and procedures.
• Plan and prepare for future growth, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, and perform system-related training for the following systems:
• Server administration.
• Vulnerability Scanning, including Nessus.
• Cyber Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) and Mitigation Research.
• Implement, design, and maintain least privilege and role-based access control models.
• Patch Management of network and compute devices.
• Server Virtualization, i.e. Hyper-V, VMWare vSphere
• Network Virtualization, i.e. VMWare NSX, Cisco ACI.
• Antivirus, antimalware, and malicious code prevention.
• Storage services, i.e. Nexgen, Pure, vSAN, other network-attached storage arrays.
• Display infrastructure.
• Laptop and workstation support.
• Software deployment services.
• Virtualization infrastructure.
• Windows & Linux operating systems.
• Windows infrastructure, i.e. active directory, group policy, PKI, et al.
• Support of in-house developed applications.
• Network time distribution.
• Windows file services.
• Linux infrastructure (deployment services, CentOS).
• Provide the following support:
• Research, test, and draft / document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems; organize, store, and dispose of superseded documents in accordance with Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards.
• Perform regular assessments of newly discovered vulnerabilities on a wide range of operational network devices, computer systems devices, and various software packages. Document patch and vulnerability applicability assessments and recommend vulnerability mitigation options. Report any concerns to the manager.
• Implement, design, and maintain least privilege and role-based access control models.
• Research, test, and document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server, workstation computer hardware, and associated operating systems for final review and approval by manager/staff.
• Respond to help desk client support calls utilizing change management software to process and complete the tasks necessary for resolution of technical client issues; unusually complex issues may include involvement of the appropriate manager or team lead.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
• Provide advice and recommendations for process / procedural changes that may become necessary due to system changes, upgrades, etc. to appropriate manager, team lead, project sponsor, and stakeholders.
• Provide input and recommendations to the manager, technical lead, and staff regarding computer infrastructure decisions and create tasks to fulfill management-directed goals.
• Support and assist the team lead and North American Electric Reliability Corporation - Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) subject matter experts (SMEs) with implementing, analyzing, and reporting on the operational compliance of all Control Center cyber assets.
• Develop, draft, and recommend improvements to Control Center's procedures and processes for compliance with company and NERC-CIP standards and policies.
• Develop, draft, and recommend improvements to the Control Center's procedures and processes for Grid Modernization project, as well as other capital and expense projects.
• Assist management with the implementation and promotion of approved operational compliance process improvement efforts, specifically, as relates to the administration of the above referenced systems.

Requirements:

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.
• 8 years of experience is required with an associate or bachelor's degree in applicable fields.
• 10 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
• Experience includes a minimum combination of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
• 2 years of experience with the following:
• Working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully support and maintain a virtualized and converged compute environment.
• Working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully support, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Windows infrastructure using active directory, group policy, PowerShell, and other Windows utilities.
• Experience setting up and administering an enterprise cyber vulnerability scanning and assessment infrastructure.
• Experience administering computer systems in a 24/7 high availability operational environment.
• Administration and maintenance of network systems infrastructure management tools or systems including anti-virus, patch deployment, log management, software deployment, and backup and recovery functions.
• Experience administrating and performing and analyzing scans using Nessus.
• Experience in researching vulnerabilities and deploying security patches in a large IT infrastructure environment.
• Windows operating systems packaging, installation, and troubleshooting.
• Administration of virtualization technologies including VMWare and Hyper-V.
• Experience with administering both network and host-based firewalls.
• Experience troubleshooting LAN connectivity problems.
• Experience using specific technologies such as Splunk, Remote Desktop Services, IIS, Wireshark, App-V, Tripwire, Trend Micro, LANDesk, Sysinternals Tools, Puppet Enterprises, Checkpoint Firewall, Veeam backup, HP and Cisco server hardware, KVM hardware, PowerShell.
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

If you have any questions about the job posting, please contact recruiting@acsprostaffing.com

If you have any questions about our Reasonable Accommodation Policy, please feel free to email hr@acsprostaffing.com

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