Description

Overview:

Job Title: Systems Administrator Tier III

Location: NSA, Bahrain

Security Clearance: Active, in-scope US Government issued Secret clearance (Interim Secret Clearance is acceptable)

Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US Citizenship is required.

Job Responsibilities:

The System Administrator Tier II Support position shall be responsible for maintaining and operating a computer system and/or network.
• Shall have detailed knowledge of deploying information systems, managing, and troubleshooting Windows Active Directory, Group Policy Object (GPOs), and Domain Name Service (DNS).
• Shall have detailed knowledge of Microsoft operating systems Windows 2008(R2) and Windows Server 2003.
• Shall have detailed knowledge of system deployment, management, and troubleshooting of messaging protocols and operations with Microsoft Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010 products.
• Shall have detailed knowledge of backup technologies specifically Symantec backup exec and NetApp SIPR/NIPR Access Point (SNAP) manager utilities.
• Shall have knowledge and familiarity with reviewing and deploying vendor updates for security patches.
• Shall have knowledge and familiarity with storage technologies such as Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network Attached Storage (NAS).
• Shall have knowledge and familiarity with server performance tuning and monitoring tools.
• Shall have knowledge and familiarity with server configuration and management tools (Microsoft System Center Operations manager (SCOM) and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)).
• Shall have network troubleshooting skills and knowledge of networks.
• Shall have technical documentation skills. Shall have knowledge and familiarity of action plans for planned and unplanned changes to the network infrastructure.
• Shall have experience with server performance tuning and monitoring tools.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Shall have six (6) years related work experience.
• Shall have three (3) years related experience working with Windows 2003 Server and Exchange 2003 systems administration.
• Shall have two (2) years of experience in a military environment.

Required certifications include:
• Security+
• Network+
• MCITP or MCSE.

Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field preferred OR an Associate’s degree plus seven (7) years of recent specialized experience OR eleven (11) total years of recent specialized experience.

Company Housing is provided. Transportation from housing to work location provided.