Systems Administrator IV

Company: Perspecta
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: September 3, 2020

Job Description:

Business Group Highlights



Intelligence
The Intelligence group provides high-end systems engineering and integration products and services, data analytics and software development to national and military intelligence customers. Serving federal agencies and the Intelligence Community for more than 50 years, the Intelligence group helps our clients meet their mission needs by providing trusted advisors, leading-edge technologies, and innovative solutions.



Responsibilities



Job Summary:
The System Administrator is responsible for configuring, operating, and maintaining the customer's Systems Engineering business process tools to support processes to include configuration management, risk, issue and opportunity management, schedule management, architecture management, and requirements management and provides system administrator functions for the tools. The Digital Engineering Team also provides user training on systems engineering business process tools and has a large emphasis on identify opportunities to optimize systems and tool execution through automating processes, consolidating or migrating existing tools, and/or acquiring new tools.

As a member of the Digital Engineering Team, the team member will be responsible for the configuration of the COTS application to support tools transition and integration efforts supporting the contractors' and customers' needs. Responsibilities include: Assess user requirements; design and configure user interfaces; perform integration testing. The applicant will also perform system administration tasks supporting our cloud environment. Upgrades patches and migrations are just some of the tasks being performed. Designs, develops, evaluates and modifies systems and systems-oriented products. Gathers information concerning the capabilities of Company products; investigates the technical capabilities of Company products and competing equipment and/or solutions; stays abreast of developments in hardware and software; analyzes customer problems; assists in designing systems to satisfy customer needs. Researches, collects, and reports information on the ability and capacity of Company products and competitors. Coordinates resolution of product/service issues, upgrades, and problems. Prepares equipment analysis to instruct sales force and customers in equipment capabilities. Coordinates the planning, design, and installation of equipment, using knowledge of engineering and programming as well as sophisticated instruments and computers. Provides supervision of the customer installation of hardware and software. Conducts system calibrations after the hardware and software are installed and provides technical guidance.



Qualifications



Required Skills:

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• Requires 8 to 10 years with BS or 6 to 8 years with MS or 3 to 5 years with PhD.
  
• BS Degree in Computer Science or a related field (IT/Engineering/etc.).
  
• Must have an active TS/SCI and Security + Certification.
  
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a team.
  
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with team lead to prioritize tasks.
  
• Well-rounded working knowledge of IT concepts and best practices.
  
• Experience analyzing COTS software capabilities to aid tool integration.
  
• Experience configuring COTS software to fit customers' requirements and processes.
  
  Desired Skills:
  
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  • Experience evaluating and testing COTS software functionality.
    
  • Experience with Windows 2016 and Red Hat Linux.
    
  • Experience developing and troubleshooting work-flow.
    
  • Experience identifying, researching, and testing alternative solutions.
    
  • Experience with DB2.
    
  • Experience with Installs/Upgrades / Automation / IaaS.
    
  • Knowledge of Agile terminology, theories and best practices.
    
  • Knowledge of Java and VBA.
    
  • Knowledge of IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) Tool Suite.
    
  • Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
    
  • Network + Certification.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    About Perspecta
    
    
    
    What matters to our nation, is what matters to us. At Perspecta, everything we do, from conducting innovative research to cultivating strong relationships, supports one imperative: ensuring that your work succeeds. Our company was formed to bring a broad array of capabilities to all parts of the public sector-from investigative services and IT strategy to systems work and next-generation engineering.
    
    Our promise is simple: never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. And with a workforce of approximately 14,000, more than 48 percent of which is cleared, we have been trusted to just that, as a partner of choice across the entire sector.
    
    Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.
    
    
    
    
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    PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION
    The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
    

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