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Form of workThe Leidos Civil group has an opening for a System Administrator to support EPA's NCRFO (National Center for Radiation Field Operations) located in Las Vegas, NV. Leidos provides support to EPA network infrastructure, system administration, Microsoft SharePoint, radio communications services and general IT services. Leidos manages on-premises and cloud virtual server environments on two separate networks.
As a System Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contract, the candidate will be responsible for overall network support for a broad range of programs including planning, designing, and evaluating various components of the network. Duties may include providing specifications for network architecture, evaluating and recommending new technologies to enhance current capabilities, and performing needs assessments. Support level duties may include monitoring, installation, modification, testing and servicing of network equipment serve as a point of contact for special projects and activities. Responsibilities include but not limited to:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Responsible for two federal networks enforce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and agency Standard Configuration Documents (SCDs) consisting of 32 servers and 70 workstations.
- Responsible for vulnerability mitigation detected by Nessus; remediation entails OS/application upgrades, registry modifications, and configuring security certificates
- Configure and maintain backup strategy of all data stored on-site. Tasks include maintenance of the Backup Exec servers, verification of nightly backups, retention of shadow copies, monthly test file restores, SQL native backups
- Manage Active Directory and Group Policy to set up network shares/user drives, access control lists, printers, and security policies.
- Perform tasks on Cisco switches as a backup network engineer: enable/disable ports, clear port security, assign VLANs, and configure trunk/accessports required for server virtualization
- Assist in the documentation of IT system policies and procedures as required for the annual IT security assess.
- Daily review of critical notifications across all servers, storage, and backup systems
- Participating in and providing support for special projects.
Basic Qualifications:
- Effectively communicate to team members and users of upcoming maintenance windows and outages
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Microsoft office skills, Sharepoint
- Must be able to obtain a public trust security clearance.
Education and Experience:
- Relevant Bachelor Science/ Arts Degree with 2 years of experience as a System Administrator project manager or 1 year with a Master's degree. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
Additional Skills and Abilities (nice to have)
CompTIA Security+, CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
Pay Range:
Pay Range $55,250.00 - $99,875.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
