Systems Administrator / Data Center Operations

Position Title: Systems Administrator / Data Center Operations

Location: Fort Hood, TX; White Sands Missile Range, NM

Clearance required: Secret minimum (Tier 3 / T3R); Top Secret / SCI eligible (Tier 5 / T5R) required to administer classified systems or networks or for critical- or special-sensitive duties.

Scope of Work: Performs systems administration and data center operations for ATEC servers and infrastructure, sustaining 99.95% server availability and managing backups, compliance, and environmental monitoring.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Build, maintain, patch, and upgrade Windows and UNIX/Linux servers, including virtual machine environments

• Maintain an authorized software list and perform user account and permissions management

• Apply vulnerability patches and STIG/SRG configurations and run ACAS and SCAP compliance scans

• Perform data backup, archival, and recovery, sustaining a 98% or better backup success rate and meeting restore service levels

• Monitor data center environment, UPS systems, network racks and report and correct deficiencies

• Perform server room cable and equipment remediation and ongoing maintenance to industry standards