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Unix System Administrator | NCI Inc. | Reston, VA

NCI/Advanced Placement Group is looking for talented, motivated individuals who want to become part of a growing company and a winning team. We are looking for skilled resources that have an active TS/SCI Full Scope Lifestyle Polygraph clearance.    As a leader in delivering innovative technology solutions for our nation's highest-priority defense and homeland security initiatives, we provide talented individuals with the opportunity to:
  • Work with the latest tools and technologies where you are set up to succeed
  • Perform important work that contributes to the well-being of the nation
  • Join an organization that values people and teamwork, and offers career growth and training   We offer our employees a competitive compensation, vacation and a robust benefits package, as well as a fast-paced and exciting work environment.   This opening qualifies for an enhanced benefits package.  If you have an active TS/SCI Full Scope polygraph clearance you will be contacted with details about the enhanced benefits package.

    REQUIRED CLEARANCE:
    Top Secret (TS) with full scope poly required (TS/SCI/FSP).  A lapsed full scope poly (FSP) within the last 12 months with eligibility for reinstatement is acceptable.

    Required/Desired Skills:
    • Functional and technical experience in UNIX, Windows (hardware and software).
    • Some experience in system administration of all Unix Servers to include: installation, backups, patch maintenance, performance tuning, monitoring results of cron jobs, hardware/software installs, de-installs, upgrades, and relocations to ensure no operational impacts occur.
    • Knowledge of common protocols like SMTP, SSH, SFTP, FTP, HTTP, DNS, PKI.
    • Ability to communicate problems and solutions both verbally and in writing to customers and management.
    • Ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with speed and efficiency.
    • Ability to work closely with others in a small team environment.
    • Ability to interface with all customer levels

    Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Systems Administrator - Operations and Maintenance Support Duties
    • Responsible for UNIX servers (Sun F15000 and smaller) and the operating systems software and its successful integration with the hardware and applications software of the major computing systems across the organization.
    • Plan, test, install, and integrate new and upgraded versions of the relevant operating systems on organizational computer systems, all third-party software components, and subsystems.
    • Develop test plans and procedures.
    • Test and integrate software and hardware.
    • Manage software life cycles.
    • Establish development, testing, staging, and operating environments.
    • Design interfaces to external systems.
    • Maintain and consult for relevant operating systems on organizational computer systems, all third-party software components, and subsystems.
    • Research and resolve systems software problems efficiently and accurately while adhering to internal software management standards and procedures.
    • Troubleshoot problems that may involve applications and the network.
    • Provide technical support to applications and utility developers on requirements for integration into the operating environment.
    • Maintain and update documentation on the operating systems configuration.
    • Provide full range of systems administration and IT support for team of developers and engineers application.
    • Create / register users for systems user access control.
    • Systems Admin will work with Senior System Administration to learn and/or support the following:
    • Provide application and system support for future builds and releases, to include after-hour, weekend, non-core hour support (pager duty).
    • Ensure equipment inventory is kept current.
    • Create and follow standard processes, plan effectively to complete tasks on schedule, and clearly document results.
    • Monitor and complete daily file processing, perform system backups, examine log files and escalate identified issues to appropriate group.
    • Analyze system failures, replace or coordinate the replacement of failed equipment.
    • Build, upgrade and maintain server hardware in test, development and production environments.
    • Assist in the development of project plans, system concept of operations and briefings.
    • Assist with coordinating project activities as appropriate with multiple customer client components. Implement CM, documentation policies, and other project programmatic directives.
    • Provide system administration support to the system environments, to include but not limited to deployed (operational), test, and development environments.
    • Provide system administration operations procedures, installation procedures, test procedures, build reports, and support transition to operations build releases.

    Desired Skills:
    • Virtualization
    • Linux
    • MySQL
    • SRS

    Additional details:
    • Foreign travel not required.
    • Domestic travel not required.
    • ***Pager Duty/Carrying Pager/On Call required***. 

    NCI is a leading provider of information technology (IT), engineering, and professional services and solutions to U.S. Federal Government agencies. As an ISO 9001:2000-certified company, NCI's award-winning expertise encompasses areas critical to its customers' mission objectives, including network engineering; information assurance; enterprise systems management; systems engineering and integration; program management, acquisition, and lifecycle support; engineering and logistics; medical transformation/health IT; and distance learning and training solutions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, NCI has approximately 2,800 employees at nearly 105 locations worldwide.

    It is the policy of NCI to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status.

    To apply for this position, please copy and paste the following link into your browser address bar:

    http://nciinc.contacthr.com/16126637





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