Job Type :
Full-time
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
SA Engineering and Provisioning
1. INSTALL new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
2. INSTALL and configure computer based systems
3. DEVELOP, document and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
4. CONTRIBUTE to and maintain system standards.
5. RESEARCH and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.
6. IDENTIFY approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
Operations and Support
7. MONITOR and verify the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
8. ENSURE regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
9. ENSURE daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
10. ENSURE regular file archival and purge as necessary.
11. CREATE, change, and delete user accounts per request.
12. PROVIDE Tier III/other support per request from various agencies.
13. INVESTIGATE and troubleshoot issues.
14. REPAIR and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted agencies.
Maintenance
15. APPLY OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
16. CONFIGURE / add new services as necessary.
17. UPGRADE and configure system software that supports local infrastructure or operational needs.
18. PERFORM periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
19. PERFORM ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
20. CONFIGURE CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
21. MAINTAIN data center environmental and monitoring equipment.