Kansas City National Security Campus · 6 hours ago
Sr Systems Administrator (Big Data)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expKansas City National Security Campus is seeking a Sr Systems Administrator to ensure the availability, reliability, security, and stability of IT infrastructure. The role involves monitoring systems, evaluating and maintaining software and hardware, and leading enterprise projects to transform business requirements into technical solutions.
ConsultingManufacturingMechanical EngineeringProfessional Services
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Independent ability to quickly analyze, isolate and diagnose complex problems, recommend remedial actions, and implement resolutions
Applies advanced technical methodologies to the computing infrastructure, monitor operating efficiencies, performance tuning and assist in capacity planning
Reviews, evaluates and recommends new or upgraded systems software packages and related hardware, based on established standards
Develops detailed implementation plans based on the architectural plans and complete implementation
Serves as Technical Lead on medium to large enterprise projects according to division standards and requirements
Transforms business requirements into technical architecture requirements and design application architectures, which are scalable, robust, and manageable, while balancing the price/performance
Works closely and escalates issues directly with vendors to ensure that supporting operating systems are compliant with applications, including required patch levels, hot fixes, and revisions
Implements application and database high availability techniques and application/network security concepts
Qualification
Required
5+ years of systems administration experience and 0-2 years of project or technical consultant responsibility
Bachelor's degree in the field of Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, with a minimum of 24 semester hours of computer-related courses, or two additional years of direct work experience
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Ability to work remote, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and is determined by the needs of the business
Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job
United States Citizenship
Ability to obtain and maintain, if required for position, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations)
Preferred
Advanced knowledge of specific operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Windows Server), servers, peripheral devices and workstations
Highly skilled in scripting tools (like PowerShell, Puppet, Perl, Python) to support database, web, and application administration
Proven ability to mentor peers to better results and identify appropriate training to improve team's technical bench strength
Knowledge and experienced with installation, configuration and administration of enterprise web services, application servers, databases, clustering backup and recovery systems, portals, firewalls, virtual private networks, terminal services, authentication and authorization, collaboration, and load balancing
Company
Kansas City National Security Campus
The Kansas City National Security Campus is manufacturing facility serving the US Dept of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Josh Smith, SHRM-SCP
Learning Business Partner
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