Systems Administrator, Senior
Chenega Corporation
Cape Canaveral, FL
**Req ID:** 33935
**Summary**
**Systems Administrator, Senior**
**Cape Canaveral, FL**
Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!
**Our Strength Is Our People**
We believe taking care of our employees will deliver the best support to our customers and our community. Our success is attributable to our employees. We recruit and retain civic-minded people who fit our family-oriented small business culture.
Valued people deliver the highest level of professionalism and support to our customers. We provide our employees with a positive work environment and social activities that reinforce teamwork.
This position is located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.
Venturi, LLC, a Chenega company, has an excellent opportunity for a **Systems Administrator, Senior** . This individual will join a team of engineers who pride themselves on analyzing the most difficult challenges for the launch-test range while developing and delivering solutions to meet the US Space Force's and its customers' needs.
Venturi is a subcontractor to a company that operates, maintains, and sustains mission-critical systems to provide safe and effective launch, testing, and tracking of Department of Defense, civil, commercial, and international space lift vehicles.We support ballistic missile, guided weapon, and aeronautical tests and evaluations as well as support space situational awareness operations and experiments to defend the United States to ensure our nation’s safety. Our employees serve at the forefront of global defense and space operations. We offer our team of experienced, professional employees an environment of challenging, stimulating, and personally and professionally rewarding career opportunities.
**Responsibilities**
+ Perform Microsoft 2003/2008/2016 systems administrator duties for a complex virtual enclave computing environment
+ Analyze, log, track, and resolve complex software/hardware anomalies about networking connectivity, printers, servers, and applications to meet mission needs
+ Oversee hardware/software installations and upgrades to ensure work is properly performed by company/Space Force policy
+ Organize, coordinate, and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems; document system events to ensure continuous functioning
+ Recommend a course of action and implement it as approved
+ Perform system backups and standard administrator duties
+ Interface with all levels of RGNext, Space Force, Department of Defense, Eastern Range customers and management
+ Review system logs for vulnerability optimization and suggests improvements and initiatives as appropriate
+ Conduct Information Assurance Assessments
+ Perform other duties as assigned
**Qualifications**
+ Bachelor’s degree in an associated discipline, (Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering) or an equivalent combination of education and experience
+ 5+ years of experience with system administration and related Information Systems, Computer/Network Security
+ Thorough knowledge of the following:
+ Windows 2000, NT, XP, Win 7, and Win 10
+ San technology - storage - switches - Fiber Channel and iSCSI
+ VMWare Data Center Virtualization technology
+ Windows 2008/2016 Active Directory administration
+ Red Hat Linux 5 and CLI interface
+ Juniper Firewalls
+ Knowledge of:
+ Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Virtual Address Extended (VAX) Model 3800 computers and DEC Model 550 terminal server
+ DEC VAX/Virtual Memory System (VMS) operating system (version 6.1)
+ Fortran 77
+ American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) files
+ Cisco IOS commands
+ Citizenship or U.S. naturalization
+ Valid U.S. driver’s license
+ DoD 8570 Certification (Security+ CE or CISSP or CASP), or ability to obtain and maintain certification within six months of employment
+ Applicant must have an interim Secret security clearance on day one and must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:**
+ Some local travel may be required to meet critical operational schedules
+ The flexibility to work frequent non-duty hours or on weekends/holidays to support specific project or mission requirements
+ Thorough knowledge of data communications protocols (TCP/IP); principles and practices of security implementation in the areas of data communications and information systems; PKI, data encryption, and encryption equipment, Firewalls; Air Force, and Department of Defense security regulations, and perimeter protection preferred
+ Familiar with Information Technology on the eastern range; networks, servers, PCs, network interfaces, security concerns and postures, preferred
+ Unix system administration certification, preferred
+ Advanced experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting O/S and server applications such as IIS, SharePoint, and MS SQL server
+ Advanced experience troubleshooting problems in a large complex environment
+ Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2016 systems administration and networking
+ Ability to analyze, provide, and implement solutions for, and document, hardware and software problems
+ Ability to work in a fluid environment with excellent verbal, written, and organizational skills
+ Ability to interface with all levels of personnel in a diverse, team-oriented environment
+ Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with employees and the public
+ Ability to meet deadlines under critical time and cost constraints
**How you’ll grow**
At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.
We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.
**Benefits**
At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.
Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.
**Chenega MIOS’s culture**
Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.
**Corporate citizenship**
Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.
Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.
Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/
**Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team**
We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links:
Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com
Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI\_IE369514.11,23.htm
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/
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