Windows System Administrator with Security Clearance

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Job description

Windows System Administrator
Columbia, MD • Responsible for administrating day-to-day IT systems to include system availability, backup/restore, configuration changes, maintaining and patching both physical and virtual. • Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages. • Schedules installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures. • Monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum performance levels. Installs and monitors security auditing software and remediates defects based on customer security policies. • Ensures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions. • Develops and promotes standard operating procedures. Provides technical oversight during installations and recovery projects. • Conducts routine hardware and software audits of servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines. • Develops and maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation. • Responds to system alerts and engages in troubleshooting and problem resolution. • Collaborates with vendors on product capabilities and improvements needed to meet customer requirements.
REQUIREMENTS
Required Skills, Experience, and Education: • Five (5) years of experience as an SA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity are required. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. • Five (5) years of SA experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree. • Required Clearance: Candidate must have a TS/SCI polygraph clearance

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