System Administrator

LCAT : IT Systems Engineer, Level 2  Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI, with CI Poly. Salary : $130k with benefits  Job Highlight: Employer Benefits! 100% Company paid Healthcare, Dental and Vision Plan for the Employee and Family and 401k up to 8% match and more.  Location: Chantilly, VA DESCRIPTION Our client has an opening for a System Administrator to support the National Security Sector, to provide technical expertise and to operate and maintain the IT environment. The job duties of the System Administrator are as follows: · Support the administration of but not limited to VMWare VCenter 7 and VMWare Horizon 8, Window virtual servers, Window 10 VDI workstations, VDI clients, file and print servers, shared folders, Exchange, analyzing and troubleshooting system anomalies, and ensuring optimal user experience. · Maintain and troubleshoot Windows 2019 virtual servers (Microsoft Server, SQL, File & Print & Exchange) · Maintain and troubleshoot Windows 10 desktops and VDI clients · VMWare VCenter 7 and VMWare Horizon 8 · Install, configure, and maintain user thin clients · Maintain and update desktop master image (Gold Image) · User account configuration, management & provisioning · Test and deploy software, patches, and firmware updates · Shared folders Support (monitoring, managing, and provisioning) · Support new user account creation and day-to-day administrative tasks. · Provide support to maintain a stable and efficient network, desktop (VDI) · Organizes and directs the configuration and operation of information management systems · Provide the day-to-day system administration to include system and resource optimization, and user assistance · Increase system administrator efficiency and accuracy via the use of automated tools and scripts, develop system administrator procedures, and conduct system administrator training and skills assessment · Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of systems, and perform system capacity analysis and planning · Maintain servers, create monitoring reports and logs, and ensure functionality of system links · Performing daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, system, and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups · Applying operating system (OS) patches for RHEL and Windows servers; configuring/adding new services as necessary; and performing ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource, optimization as required · Managing frequent and regular (at least daily) backup operations, ensuring that all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to appropriate media, plus creating recovery tapes or disks as necessary; performing regular file archive and purge as necessary REQUIREMENTS Required Skills, Experience, and Education : Candidate must have 10 years of…