System Administrator (Virtual/SAN)

System Administrator (Virtual/SAN)
Kiln, MS 39556

Job Type: Full Time
Location: On-Site NSSC/Stennis Space Center

Tallon is recruiting for a System Administrator to support implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance for IT systems in a federal government shared service environment.

Qualified candidates will have experience with Windows and Linux servers and applications including web services.

Prior experience supporting virtualized infrastructure is required.

Responsibilities include:


* Support on-site schedule


* Manage and maintain hardware, operating system, and virtual machines in a local area network (LAN) environment.


* Install, configure, and maintain servers, storage systems, and network devices ensuring high availability and optimal performance.


* Support Tier I/II troubleshooting of hardware, operating system and application incidents by researching, documenting, resolving and/or escalating incidents to external vendor support.


* Create technical drawings using Visio to include network, Virtual Infrastructure, and Application dependencies.


* Monitor system backups to ensure successful operations and perform file or system restores, as required.


* Deploy security configurations to ensure compliance to organizational cybersecurity policies.


* Support application developers with updates and configurations in Development and Test environments.


* Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations and monitoring and problem resolution for all client/server/storage/network devices.


* Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers.


* Configure and manage Virtual Environments, Linux and Windows operating systems and installs/loads operating system software, troubleshoots, maintains integrity and configures network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance.


* Design, build, configure and deploy Storage Area Network (SAN) volumes to virtual and hardware systems.


* Manage Disaster Recovery Operations, including configuration and monitoring of backup policies on on-prem equipment and in Cloud Storage Services.


* Build server baselines compliant with organizational Cybersecurity policies and requirements.


* Support senior system administrators with project support.


* Maintain up-to-date inventory of all systems, hardware and virtual.


* Apply knowledge of concepts, processes, practices and procedures to support technical requirements


* Support installation, configuration, and maintenance for operating system workstations and servers (virtual, cloud, web servers)


* Perform software installation and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages


* Support installations, upgrades, and maintenance following IT policies


* Ensure workstation/server data integrity evaluating, implementing, and manag...