AFCENT NOSC – Network Administrator, Sr

As a dynamic systems integrator, SMS offers proven solutions in engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. With expertise in modernizing and optimizing legacy infrastructure and systems, ensuring operational efficiency, and designing, implementing, and managing secure environments, SMS supports business and mission goals with proficiency, quality, and integrity.

SMS has been serving the advanced information technology needs of the federal government since 1976, delivering talented teams and innovative, cost-effective solutions and services to support our customers’ missions for more than 45 years. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States. For additional information on SMS, visit www.sms.com.

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• Provide administration, installation, operation, and maintenance support on applications, systems, and infrastructure equipment supporting all the NOSC networks.
• Monitor the security posture (STIG compliance, patching, vulnerability mitigation, and end-point protection compliancy) of the NOSC networks devices and systems.
• Execute remediation actions to ensure proper STIG compliance, patching, vulnerability mitigation, and end-point protection compliancy of NOSC networks devices and systems.
• Maintain server room including enforcing and monitoring equipment installations, proper cable maintenance, and cleanliness.
• Engineer and maintain network layer architecture and systems design to include architecture diagrams and rack elevation drawings.
• Monitor NOSC network and systems status using NOSC standard network management platforms and remediate outages and events, as required.
• Coordinate ASIs for any scheduled maintenance and maintain updates of all spare parts and components of the NOSC domain.
• Conduct and monitor data backup and recovery for servers and applications.
• Respond and resolve tickets and incidents in accordance with local NOSC policies and procedures.
• Provide desktop/client support for NOSC networks to include desktop imaging, hardware/software troubleshooting, and peripheral installation and support.
• Create and maintain standard and elevated user accounts to include cloud mail accounts.
• Coordinate with and assist equipment custodian to complete equipment inventories, prepare equipment for disposition and disposal via DLA and DRMO procedures and guidelines.
• Control, safeguard, configure, and provide touch maintenance of encryption devices.
• Participate in new technology rollouts on the NOSC domain/networks.

Qualifications

• B.S. in related field and 5 or more years’ relevant experience (preferred)Or  7 or more years’ relevant experience
• Firewall experience
• Conduct framing of pleadings to properly identify alleged violations of law, regulations, or policy/guidance.
• Must possess experience and demonstrate an understanding with installation of Microsoft Windows Server in Host and Compute Environments, and Windows Server using server images.
• Experience with implementation of storage solutions, high availability, Domain Name Systems (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), network connectivity and remote access solutions, core and distributed network solutions, advance network infrastructure, and maintain and monitor server environments.
• Secret clearance required 

Certifications

• Unix/Linux, Network+ or CCNA, VCTA
• ITIL Foundation (candidate has up to 60 days to acquire ITIL Foundation certification)

SMS is a dynamic systems integrator established in 1976, delivering talented teams and innovative, cost-effective solutions and services to support our customers’ missions for more than 47 years. Our ability to hire and retain quality people in a rapidly evolving IT market is proven through our employee retention rate averaging over 3 years. At SMS, we place a high value on quality of service, customer satisfaction, and best-of-breed policies and practices, resulting in CMMI Level 3 certification and ISO registrations including 9001:2015, 20000-1:2018, and ISO/IEC 27001:2013. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States. 

SMS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.