**ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**
The Systems Administrator (SA) will work as part of an elite and agile team responsible for maintaining and improving system functionality through proactive interaction with the customer, comprehensive understanding of their primary GEOINT exploitation system, and knowledge of the production mission. The successful candidate will provide on-site, on the floor, technical and system administration support through troubleshooting and implementing appropriate solutions to software/hardware anomalies as they occur. The SA will automate Software deployments, package Software, troubleshoot VDI endpoints, virtual machines and Geospatial/corporate software issues as well as make corrective recommendations as necessary. Likewise, the candidate should be able to quickly respond to application/hardware related issues, resolve on the spot problems (where possible), replicate the issue for internal analysis/diagnosis, and assist in the preparation of technical documentation that can accurately depict the problem and/or solution for feedback to the team.
What you get to do every day:
- Manage the functionality and efficiency of a group of computers running on one or more operating systems
- Maintain the integrity and security of servers and systems
- Set up administrator and service accounts
- Maintain system documentation
- Interact with users and evaluate vendor products
- Make recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinate installation and provide backup recovery
- Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources
- May program in an administrative language
- Develop and implement testing strategies and document results
- Provide advice and training to end-users
- Provide guidance and work leadership to less experienced staff members
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned
- Participate in special projects as required.
What you need:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience
- 5-10 years of directly related experience in systems administration and analysis.
- Provides support for maintenance and change requests of all user-facing devices and systems
- Attention to detail, strong organizational skills
- Strong writing skills (document creation and note taking)
- Strong time management skills
- Ability to work within a team for projects and/or tasks
- Multi-mission environment experience
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Ability to troubleshoot and document various problems
- Excellent customer service skills
Desired Skills:
- knowledge or understanding of the following methodologies:
- Software package/binary deployment (Tanium, Numecent, XenApp, SCCM/MECM)
- Service+ experience
- Thin Client operating systems and virtual hosted desktop OS (AVD/ThinPro/Citrix)
- Client operating systems (Windows 11)
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Azure Virtual Desktop, ESX/vSphere4, XenDesktop)
- Advanced Scripting in Python / PowerShell
- Log Analysis experience for troubleshooting
Additional Information
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $140-$150k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
- Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!
D2 Technical Services is committed to a merit-based recruitment process and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. As a Veteran-Owned Small Business, we particularly welcome applications from veterans who have the requisite skills and experience. Job applicants that are interested in one of our openings and may require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, should contact us to request an accommodation.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or equivalent education, certifications, training, or work experience
- 5–10 years of directly related systems administration and analysis experience
- Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance
- Experience supporting maintenance and change requests for user-facing devices and systems
- Experience working in a multi-mission environment
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to troubleshoot and document technical problems
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong writing, documentation, note-taking, and time-management skills
- Ability to work within a team on projects and tasks
- Excellent customer service skills
- Software package or binary deployment experience with Tanium, Numecent, XenApp, or SCCM/MECM
- Service+ experience
- Experience with thin-client operating systems and virtual hosted desktop operating systems such as AVD, ThinPro, or Citrix
- Experience with Windows 11 client operating systems
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure experience with Azure Virtual Desktop, ESX/vSphere, or XenDesktop
- Advanced scripting experience in Python or PowerShell
- Log analysis experience for troubleshooting
What We Do
D2 Consulting provides services to the Federal Government focused in the following three area's We leverage D2 Consulting engineering, operations and governance best practices to efficiently and effectively deploy, maintain and continuously improve IT services and solutions. This includes not only engineering solutions such as VDI and providing direct support to operations but also deploying the tools to instrument and maintain Enterprise performance and availability (including ITSM and Enterprise Management Tools). Protect & Secure: This is our cyber security practice, which includes functions like audit and information assurance, as well as the traditional mechanics of securing IT systems and services. We have experience working with the Government to better manage risk to help move the accreditation process along. This is especially true with respect to adapting accreditation controls to a cloud environment. Cloud Migration and Data Center modernization/consolidation: This area is focused on cloud migration and adoption as well as data center consolidation. We work to ensure that infrastructure requirements are implemented correctly, according to best practices and in a timely manner.
