Senior System Administrator (Onsite)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a System Administrator for their Vancouver, Washington location. This position provides hardware maintenance lifecycle support for the Control Center (CC) systems. This position also provides General Support System (GSS) infrastructure maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, emergency response, client support, system energization/acceptance testing, and performance analysis and trending.
This onsite position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think you’d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Senior System Administrator:
- Configure applicable software and systems, maintain local documentation, install, update, and remove software, applying change control processes and procedures.
- Plan and prepare for future growth, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues, and perform system-related training for the following systems:
- Server administration.
- Vulnerability Scanning, including Nessus.
- Cyber Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) and Mitigation Research.
- Implement, design, and maintain least privilege and role-based access control models.
- Patch Management of network and compute devices.
- Server Virtualization, i.e. Hyper-V, VMWare vSphere
- Network Virtualization, i.e. VMWare NSX, Cisco ACI.
- Antivirus, antimalware, and malicious code prevention.
- Storage services, i.e. Nexgen, Pure, vSAN, other network-attached storage arrays.
- Display infrastructure.
- Laptop and workstation support.
- Software deployment services.
- Virtualization infrastructure.
- Windows & Linux operating systems.
- Windows infrastructure, i.e. active directory, group policy, PKI, et al.
- Support of in-house developed applications.
- Network time distribution.
- Windows file services.
- Linux infrastructure (deployment services, CentOS).
- Provide the following support:
- Research, test, and draft / document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server and workstation computer hardware and associated operating systems.
- Perform regular assessments of newly discovered vulnerabilities on a wide range of operational network devices, computer systems devices, and various software packages.
- Implement, design, and maintain least privilege and role-based access control models.
- Research, test, and document standardized technical procedures for the deployment of server, workstation computer hardware, and associated operating systems for final review and approval by manager/staff.
- Respond to help desk client support calls utilizing change management software to process and complete the tasks necessary for resolution of technical client issues.
- Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements.
- Provide input and recommendations to the manager, technical lead, and staff regarding computer infrastructure decisions and create tasks to fulfill management-directed goals.
- Assist management with the implementation and promotion of approved operational compliance process improvement efforts, specifically, as relates to the administration of the above referenced systems.
Requirements for Senior System Administrator:
- U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S Driver’s License is required.
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.
- 8 years of experience is required with an associate or bachelor’s degree in applicable fields.
- 10 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
- Experience must include direct work experience in Information Technology performing System Administration.
- 2 years of experience with the following:
- Working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully support and maintain a virtualized and converged compute environment.
- Working knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully support, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Windows infrastructure using active directory, group policy, PowerShell, and other Windows utilities.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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