Systems Administrator, Associate

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology Test & Evaluation Program Mission Support Engineering & Analysis and Training. This position is on site Monday Thursday 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at a medical system testing facility in Chantilly VA.

• Support engineering solutions and provide hands-on customer support
• Engage face to face and virtually with end users on solving a variety of technical challenges
• Coordinate with DHA system admin personnel to ensure that remotely provided services (e.g. SCCM Active Directory etc.) are properly configured and deployed.
• Support AoAs in infrastructure modernization and automation
• Serve as a stakeholder for hosting test events at a Government medical testing lab
• Verify conduct of patches upgrades and modifications of MS Windows and Linux systems
• Establish and maintain procedural documentation and KB articles and share knowledge through training and mentorship of team members
• Work with a team of driven supportive and highly skilled professionals.
• Support customer tickets in a lab environment
• Account management and group policy experience using MS Active Directory
• Analyze AD Group Policy Objects (GPO)and settings
• Analyze ACAS scan results and interpret DoD STIGs in coordination with Cyber Security staff
• Ability to prioritize and manage tasks to accomplish goals on a given timeline
• Experience managing and mitigating system security risks
• Virtualization experience using VMware / vSphere
• Ability to provide general technical support for both hardware and software

• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Ability to obtain Security certification within 3 months
• Familiarity with Cisco Systems including switches and routers
• 2-4 years of experience in MS systems administration and working on complex systems and software programs and networks
• Experience leading or supporting Analysis of Alternative (AoA) exercises
• Experience working within a disciplined process based SDLC
• Experience in the DoD healthcare sector
• vCenter experience
• Excellent communications skills including interacting with DoD customers facility users and facility support contractors.
• Ability to prioritize and manage tasks to accomplish goals on a given timeline.
• Ability to interpret communicate and apply operational and security procedures; ability to propose improvements to same.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with a team-oriented mindset and a high degree of integrity.
• Experience with Jira/Confluence. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with a team-oriented mindset and a high degree of integrity.