Senior Systems Administrator

Senior Systems Administrator

C5T Corporation is a Certified Service-Disabled and Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois. Founded in 2005 by three veterans, we value practical, innovation-minded people with a passion for successful mission accomplishment. We bridge the gap between operational and technical domains.

Our core values are: Integrity...Excellence...Patriotism

C5T is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to assume a key leadership position within a large team supporting mission-critical capabilities for our clients. This team is responsible for providing Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) support, IT security, administration, and expertise for the Integrated Data Environment & Global Transportation Network Convergence (IGC) program. The primary customer for this program is the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), with headquarters located on Scott AFB.

The ideal candidate will leverage their strong leadership and communication skills, along with extensive knowledge and experience to maintain and optimize development, testing, and production system environments, monitor system health, resolve performance issues, and ensure the security and reliability of IGC.

This position is onsite at Scott AFB, IL.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage system administration tasks, including configuring and maintaining both client and server computer systems
• Oversee installation and maintenance of web servers, database systems, and applications
• Accomplish system and network planning, configuration, and maintenance
• Perform capacity management, including tracking and reporting resources
• Administer network and/or system security measures.
• Perform regular installation, testing, and configuration management for all patches and updates, including tracking all bug reports, security advisories and information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVMs)
• Collaborate with team members to maintain system stability, security, and compliance with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards
• Monitor systems and perform necessary maintenance to ensure availability and correct operation for all system users.
• Perform system modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between systems and data communications hardware and software.
• Review logs for anomalous system and security events in accordance with audit and logging policies
• Implement changes to development and production environments, software baselines, network, databases, etc.
• Manage and perform system backup and disaster recovery. Perform system or component restorations as needed
• Provision and configure virtual workstation and server images; provision collections of virtual servers on demand (manual and auto provisioning)
• Create and maintain system documentation
• Manage required system hardware and software using approved GFE tools and processes
• Provide occasional after-hours and weekend support (Participates in on call rotation).

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, cybersecurity, data science, information systems, computer science, from an ABET accredited or CAE designated institution. Experience in lieu of education will be considered.
• If the degree is not in one of the topics listed, candidate should possess one of the certifications necessary to meet DoD 8140, 805 requirements:
• Required Certifications: Cloud+, or GICSP, or SSCP, or GSEC, or Security+. (Security+ preferred)

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience including complex systems design, programming, and systems support.
• Experience with Integrated Data Environment & Global Transportation Network Convergence (IGC) highly desired.
• Experience in managing cloud environments and using configuration management tools.
• Familiarity with security scanning tools and vulnerability remediation processes.

Required Technical Skills: The successful candidate will have experience with the following:

• Confluence
• Jira
• SonarQube
• TruffleHog
• Hewlett Packard Fortify Static Code Analyzer (SCA)
• VMWare vSphere
• Scrum/xP
• Java/Java Script developers/JDK
• Python
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) expertise
• Apache Tomcat and Web Server expertise
• Citrix
• Microsoft Office products, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude, with the ability to navigate and resolve complex challenges effectively

Security Clearance:

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret-level Security Clearance, granted by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required for this position.

Benefits:

• To show our commitment to our employees and their families we offer:
• Medical Insurance Benefits Options offered through United Health Care.
• Dental and Vision Insurance Benefits Options offered through Guardian.
• 401(k) Plan with company match
• Flexible Spending Account
• 10 Paid Holidays per year
• Responsible Paid Time Off (RPTO): C5T provides eligible employees with the flexibility to take time off for vacation and personal needs, while ensuring they meet their work responsibilities, support mission objectives, and contribute to the ongoing success of their team.

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