Systems Administrator III at DSS, Inc. in North Palm Beach, Florida

Job Description:

DSS, Inc.

DSS, Inc. is a drug and alcohol free workplace (DFWP).
DSS, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity (EOE), Affirmative Action (AA) employer that invites and encourages minorities (M), women (F), veterans (V), veterans preferred (V Preferred), LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual) and individuals with disabilities (H) to apply.
We are ADEA and ADA compliant.


Level: Experienced

Travel Percentage: None

Job Location: DSS NPB - North Palm Beach, FL

Job Shift: Day

Position Type: Full Time

Job Category: Information Technology

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

POSITION SUMMARY:

Systems Administrator III:

• Is responsible for providing thoughtful (?) leadership to a broad range of IT disciplines including system performance and resiliency, network performance, security administration, and operations in physical/virtual, Cloud Windows and Linux environments.
• Is a hands-on administrator that installs, configures, monitors, and performs problem determination for servers and software.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Essential Duties:

• Adheres to all Service Request, Incident, and Change Management policies and procedures.
• Adheres to all procedures and policies including the use of Incident and Change Management.
• Works with leadership to identify project requirements
• Assists and leads project teams.
• Addresses complex technical issues and offers solutions supporting the enterprise.
• Participates in overall support rotation.
• Ensures system and tool checks are performed daily to verify the integrity, performance, and availability of servers and resources in physical/virtual and Cloud environments.
• Assists Systems Administrators as required or requested.
• Researches and recommends innovative, and where possible automated, approaches for system administration tasks in physical/virtual and Cloud environments.
• Performs troubleshooting as required and leads problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel and/or organizations.
• Performs ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization in physical/virtual and Cloud environments.
• Performs capacity monitoring and assists with short and long-term capacity planning.
• Installs, configures, tests and maintains operating systems, application software and system management tools in physical/virtual and Cloud environments.
• Identifies approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale.
• Assists with security monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing.
• Verifies data backup, replication, and testing operations are performing correctly.
• Applies OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrades administrative tools and utilities.
• Actively participates in the implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities.

Other Duties:

• Identifies and helps to gather and format data for Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Perform on-call responsibilities and after-hours duties as necessary.
• Creates and maintains detailed technical support and process documentation.

The preceding functions are examples of the work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments and make a reasonable accommodation as needed.

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years of experience administering Windows Server operating systems.
• 2+ years of experience administering servers and services in the Azure/AWS Cloud.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of Linux operating system, especially process and system monitoring facilities.
• Ability to analyze and tune performance issues by leveraging various industry-standard monitoring and reporting tools.
• Experience in server and application remediations to be complaint from Security scans, e.g.: Nessus/WASA/Pen.
• WAN and LAN configuration and troubleshooting skills.
• Enterprise backup and recovery procedures.
• Has knowledge of and the ability to use system performance monitoring tools.
• Experience administering servers and services in the AWS Cloud. Cisco UCS blade installation and management knowledge and skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience with installation, configuration of Monitoring tools (Stand Alone/Cloud) and providing On Call support.
• Exhibits mature organization and time management skills
• Excellent technical documentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate clearly and concisely, technical information to non-technical staff, both orally and in writing; prepare clear, detailed instructions

Desired:

• Fluency in at least one scripting language, shell scripting, and experience with object-oriented programming languages.
• Experience developing automation tools and frameworks for performance measurement and analysis.
• Project management expertise

Education:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience.

Desired:

• Master's degree, Computer Science

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Standing

10% per day

Sitting

80% per day

Walking

5% per day

Stooping

5% per day

Lifting

Ability to lift up to 20 lbs. unassisted

Computer Work

80% per day

Telephone Work

10% per day

Reading

10% per day

This role can be Remote which would allow most work to be performed at home; however, the Employer is a Federal Contractor and subject to federal vaccination mandate. Employees must be fully vaccinated to come onto any of DSS, Inc's sites or Client sites.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you need an accommodation seeking employment with DSS, Inc., please email jobs@dssinc.com or call (561) 284-7373. Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis.PI153336423 Apply Now