System Administrator

Job Description

We are working with a Federal Government client seeking a Level 2, System Administrator to join them onsite for a 2-year contract.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Install, monitor, upgrade and maintain operating systems.
• Install, monitor, upgrade and maintain hardware and software (e.g. virus detector software).
• Work with Business Analysts, Project Managers, Developers, and clients/stakeholders to maintain and improve software performance.
• Ensure timely and reliable system administration procedures, including backup and recovery.
• Apply problem solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems.
• Provide network and Internet support to users in response to identified difficulties.

Qualifications and Skills

• The proposed resource must have a minimum of five (5) years of combined experience, within the past ten (10) years, performing a minimum of three (3) of the following tasks:

  InstallationMaintenanceBackupsRestoration of computer servers.

• The proposed resource must have a minimum of five (5) years of combined experience, within the past ten (10) years, across a minimum of three (3) of the following tasks:

  Creating inventories for computer hardwareUpdating inventories for computer hardwareCreating inventories for computer softwareUpdating inventories for computer software
• The proposed resource must have a minimum of five (5) years of combined experience, within the past ten (10) years, in a corporate and/or Government-Wide Area Network environment, troubleshooting end users’:) hardware technical problemssoftware technical problems

Education

• The proposed resource must have a degree or diploma in the field of computer science or computer engineering.