Job Description:

Akima Systems Engineering (ASE) supports the Intelligence, DoD, and Science and Research communities with tools, domain knowledge, analyst teams and essential mission staffing services. We continually seek people with the skills, experience and passion to successfully leverage the complete intelligence lifecycle across America’s most critical initiatives. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), 100% of our company’s profits go back to our more than 14,000 Iñupiat shareholders that have resided near and above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years. Our business helps support their way of life and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived in a challenging environment.

Job Summary: 

The Senior Systems Administrator is an integral part of the eight person multifunctional team (inclusive of the Lead) of Junior and Senior System Administrators, Network Administrators in support of 1st Information Operations Command (Land), headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

SYSADMIN-specific tasks include Active Directory Operations; support ticket resolution; creation, maintenance, and enhancement of team processes and documentation; account management; Active Directory Windows Server functional support for GPO, DNS, DHCP, PKI, DFS and other domain relevant services; and issue resolution coordination with various technical and managerial stakeholders. Senior System Administration tasks include assisting the contract lead with contractual requirements; ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality submission of team inputs to contract and corporate deliverables; and supervising, training, and mentoring members of the contract team.

Responsibilities:

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  Works under the supervision of the HQI-C2IO 1st Information Operation Command Team Lead and in direct support of government and contractor staff

  
  


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  Applies broad technical skills to administer and monitor Enterprise Active Directory systems within a Windows Server 2016/2019 environment

  
  


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  Applies best practices and establishes procedures in order to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Active Directory systems and ensures compliance with security standards

  
  


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  Contributes to the development of documents and artifacts to facilitate traceability of work activities and problem resolution; produces, updates, and applies technical work instructions, standard operating procedures, and checklists to assure consistent, high-quality results

  
  


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  Responds to GPO, AD Sites and services, DNS, DHCP, PKI, DFS requests, troubleshooting and projects as assigned

  
  

Minimum Qualifications: 

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  Active TS/SCI at start date

  
  


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  High School Diploma or GED equivalent

  
  


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  2+ years’ experience

  
  


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  CompTIA Security+ Certification

  
  


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  MCSA Server 2016, or Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (Must be obtained within 90 days of start date)

  
  


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  Working knowledge of MS Active Directory

  
  


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  Detail-oriented and ability to handle multiple tasks

  
  


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  Experience creating incident and after-action reports

  
  


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  Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

  
  


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  Outstanding problem-solving skills

  
  


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  Outstanding customer service skills

  
  


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  Consistent with Presidential Executive Order 14042, you must be able to meet all health requirements, including but not limited to, current and future vaccination requirements for infectious diseases such as COVID-19. The Executive Order generally requires that federal workers and federal contractor employees be fully vaccinated by January 4, 2022

  
  

Desired Qualifications:  

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  Strong-problem solving skills

  
  


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  Experience recommending and implementing improvements for increased effectiveness

  
  


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  Knowledge and experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS) for systems and databases and applications.

  
  


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  Knowledge and experience in the use of Microsoft PowerShell in a variety of applications

  
  


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  Experience with the administration and operation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2016

  
  

 

The duties and responsibilities listed in this job description generally cover the nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position.  This is not intended to be a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required.  Subject to the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement, the company management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as may be necessary.  We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

 

We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you have a physical and/or mental disability and are interested in applying for employment and need special accommodations to use our website to apply for a position please contact, Recruiting Services at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053.   Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

 

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