System Administrator

Check out this NEW Opportunity with Axient!

Axient needs your help to maintain and repair enterprise systems, maintain servers, software systems, and networks for one of HQ Air Combat Command (ACC) directorates at Langley AFB, Hamtpon Roads Virginia.

What you will do...

Implement, troubleshoot, diagnose, validate, and resolve hardware, software, firmware, and network problems for system administrators.

Coordinate installation, network implementation, and operation of systems with the host unit, planners, and external system program offices

• Configure, maintain, and upgrade network connection devices, network hardware / software equipment, and automation equipment, to include running utility software, isolating client, server, or peripheral configuration problems, cleaning file systems of extraneous temporary and log files, and maintaining the approved system baseline.
• Administer user accounts, file permissions, and print queues, load and configure software packages, updates, and patches and perform system backups.
• Assist Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) and Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) in providing systems security management, technical analysis, and documentation support.
• Provide technical support to include troubleshooting user operating problems, application problems, system configuration issues and malfunctions, and network operating problems, management information base (MIB), Object Identifier (OID), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) to diagnose and troubleshoot network problems.
• Identify communication service requirements, system architectures and designs; perform analysis, design, and create integration / implementation plans with required documentation.

Analyze and provide recommendations regarding emerging network related technologies.

• Provide weekly updates of activity and status as requested by the government lead; attend meetings to provide leadership situational awareness and recommendations through briefings
• Support the acquisition, planning, integration, implementation, accreditation / authorization, and analysis of critical structures, processes, policies, tools, and products to ensure that they provide the appropriate technologies and functionalities of a specified system.
• Experience with SolarWinds to include developing and enhancing server monitoring, reporting and alerting processes across the MAJCOM to improve device health, status, reporting, and patching.

Skills you will need...

• Possess a SECRET Clearance
• IA Technical Level II (., GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP) certification IAW DoDI 8140, DoD 8570.01-M, and AFMAN 17-1303.
• Two (2) years’ experience in administrating, configuring, installing and technical expertise in managing and operating SolarWinds.
• One (1) year experience in telecommunications and network administration in a large, distributed environment with emphasis on military operations.
• One (1) year experience in life-cycle management of LAN / Wide Area Network (WAN), test and evaluation, data performance and collection, quality assurance metrics and Microsoft Office applications.
• Two (2) years’ experience demonstrating network planning and integration knowledge.
• Two (2) years’ experience with numbered air force (NAF) or higher staff organizations and base- level network architecture, as well as technical experience working issues with AFSPC NetOps organizations.
• One (1) year experience in the installation, implementation, backups, administration, and management of all aspects of SolarWinds.

Other :

Highly desired Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), or Cisco Certified Network Associate / Professional (CCNA / CCNP) or UNIX systems, network control center operations, requirement analysis, and computer-aided drawing, preferably Visio

You may have to provide occasional surge support during cases of real-world emergencies and in support of military exercises