System Administrator

761411 - OUC System Administrator

ENGAGEMENT TYPE:

Contract

WORK ARRANFEMENT:

Onsite – 5 days onsite per week. Candidate MUST be local to the DC Metro area.

Virtual Interview

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

16+ years of experience. Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and

maintenance of computer hardware, software, and related infrastructure.

COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Master System Administrator is responsible for the effective provisioning, installation, and maintenance

of computer hardware, software, and related infrastructure essential for emergency response operations

within the 911 center.

This position involves engineering, configuring, and managing server systems and networks to ensure high

availability and reliability of services.

The Master System Administrator will provide operational support, troubleshoot issues, and implement

security measures to protect sensitive data.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills, a thorough understanding of systems administration,

and experience in a high-pressure environment, ensuring that all systems function optimally to support

emergency services.

ADDITIONAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

1. Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of

computer hardware, software, and related infrastructure.

1. Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the

infrastructure.

1. Ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures

adhere to District policies, standards, and guidelines.

1. Systems administration, engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and

research and development to ensure continual innovation.

1. Installs new/rebuild existing servers and configures hardware, peripherals, services, settings,

directories, storage in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.

1. Performs daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server

resources, systems, and key processes.

1. Reviews system and application logs.

2. Verifies completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.

3. Performs regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.

4. Performs daily backup operations, which include ensuring all required file systems and system data

are successfully backed up to the appropriate media; creating recovery tapes or disks; and recycling

media and sending off-site, as necessary.

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Use or disclosure of this data is subject to the restrictions on the title page of this proposal or quotation.

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1. Performs regular file archival and purging, as necessary.

2. Creates, changes, and deletes user accounts by request.

3. Provides Tier III/other support, per request from various constituencies.

4. Investigates and troubleshoots issues.

5. Diagnoses and recovers hardware or software failures.

6. Coordinates and communicates with impacted constituencies.

7. Applies operating system (OS) patches and upgrades on a regular basis

8. Upgrades administrative tools and utilities.

9. Configures/adds new services, as necessary.

10. Upgrades and configures system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset

Management applications per project or operational needs.

1. Maintains operational, configuration, or other procedures.

2. Performs periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.

3. Performs ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization, as required.

4. Configures central processing unit (CPU), memory, and disk partitions, as required.

5. Maintains data center environmental and monitoring equipment.

MINIMUM EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience