Mid or Senior Level System Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!

Belay Technologies is seeking a Mid / Senior Systems Admin to join our intel team. The selected individual will be responsible for maintaining system administration support activities for a large complex network environment with geographically distributed systems.

The position entails supporting solutions for system engineering requests that continues to meet operational needs as well as upgrading and maintaining capabilities.

The selected candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple air-gapped systems which have individual domains, supporting infrastructure, and maintaining a complex IT environment with multiple logins and associated supporting storage and network infrastructure.

The position requires an energetic, focused, and driven individual who can adapt well to a changing environment. Ideally, the selected candidate will possess strong system administration skills and troubleshooting skills or adapt quickly and complete various system administration network-centric undertakings.

Primary Roles :

This individual will be responsible for installing and administrating systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner.

He / she will be responsible for ensuring server and desktop configurations are optimized and running continuously and efficiently.

The individual will also perform security management and application performance optimization functions. Additional responsibilities may include :

• Administration / sustainment of a system that provides a web-based application for storing, sharing, and distributing information.
• Creating and maintaining complex server enclaves, including analyzing system scanning reports, patching, cert renewals, vulnerability management assessments, and active directory configurations.
• Identifying and correcting hardware and software issues.
• Responding to system administration, operations, and maintenance problems and developing re-work solutions.
• Creating and maintaining documentation of complex server / network environments to ensure that clear, concise and accurate information is readily available for incident resolution.
• Communicating with users and external support personnel regarding system outages and upgrades and conferring with upper management regarding recommended resolution options.

Candidates should have the following qualifications :

• TS / SCI Clearance with polygraph
• Bachelor’s Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related technical field

Candidates are desired to have the following skills :

• Previous experience as a systems administrator.
• Must be proficient with Windows Server 2012R2, 2016, 2019, and Active Directory.
• Must have experience with Linux and Microsoft-based servers and workstations.
• Must have experience with Windows 2019.
• Must have experience with OS and Application Hardening to include DISA, Best Practices, and High Assurance environments.
• Must have experience with software / hardware deployment, patches, and operating systems, basic system backup and restore functions.
• Must have experience with and / or be familiar with SALT, Ansible, Splunk, Puppet, SolarWinds, Nessus.
• Must have experience with and / or have knowledge of Red Hat 7 and 8, and VMWare.
• Must have experience with Apache Tomcat, IIS, and / or SQL server database experience.
• Must have experience with Apache Tomcat, IIS, and / or SQL server database experience.
• Proficiency with SQL Server desired.
• Experience documenting and providing information for security accreditation and certification
• Understanding of advanced security protocols and standards. Experience with Network Security Technologies (e.g. Multiple Domain, PKI, SSP, and Vulnerability Assessment).
• Experience with High Assurance platforms and application integration testing methods.
• Experience with both Client and Server virtualization environments.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Experience with installation, configuration, troubleshooting, reimaging hardware.
• Experience with disk arrays, PowerShell and PowerCLI, KVMs,
• Knowledge of PKI systems which uses HSMs to validate key and NTP for synchronization.
• Must have direct experience providing assistance to end users.
• Must have experience optimizing system operations.
• Must have a solid understanding of information security principles and practices.
• Must have experience with or familiarity with software and security architectures.
• Must have experience or familiarity with the following systems : Windows / Linux operating systems,
• VMware, and Networking : Switches, Routers, LANs, & cabling.
• Occasional day or short duration travel may be required.

Perks and Benefits :

• 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
• 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
• $5,000 annual training / tuition
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• 100% company-funded HSA
• Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
• Dental coverage including orthodontia
• Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
• Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
• Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore / Washington area).

Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products.

We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military / veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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