Systems Administrator

The Systems Administrator is responsible for effective installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.

The position requires someone that is detail oriented with a strong desire to provide exceptional service. The system administrator will be responsible for improving the stability and performance of various operating systems, maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuous monitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise.

The Systems Administrator is accountable as the primary resource for the Linux environment and will serve as a backup to the Windows System administrators as well as the applications that support the enterprise infrastructure and business critical services. Responsibilities on these systems include the administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of VMware systems, hosting hardware, Linux servers and Microsoft Windows servers.

This is a 3 month contract with a high likelihood to extend.  Please limit submittals to candidates who are local, and who can work for any employer in the USA, making them eligible to be hired directly by the state if selected. 

Responsibilities include:

•Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
•Fluent in various flavors of Linux: CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Enterprise Linux
•Install and configure Linux servers and application residing on Linux servers
•Develops and maintains appropriate system documentation to ensure that documentation is current.
•Contribute to and maintain system standards.
•Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
•Virtual Center administration and troubleshooting
•Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration
•Excellent oral and written communication skills; including documentation
•Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary.
•Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
•Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
•Provides backup to Sr. Windows Engineer and Storage and Virtualization Engineer as needed

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
System administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups	Required	5	Years
Windows Systems Administration and Active Directory	Required	3	Years
Strong knowledge of MS Windows 2008, 2012, 2016 servers	Required	3	Years
Experience troubleshooting system level problems including server failure and OS tuning	Required	3	Years
The ability to create and manage BASH scripting	Required	3	Years
The ability to schedule and manage Cron Jobs	Required	3	Years
Experience configuring and managing Apache Web servers including SSL Certificate configuration, reverse proxy and load balancing configuration	Required	3	Years
Ability to effectively communicate (verbal & written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel	Required	3	Years
Will be required to be accessible 24x7 in case of emergency	Required	3	Years
Hands on VMware experience, including vSphere and administration of VMware clusters	Desired	3	Years
Experience with Samba, CIFS and NFS mounts	Desired	3	Years
Experience with Nagios monitoring software	Desired	3	Years
associates degree or tech school	Desired	3	Years
The ability to setup and configure systemd services	Desired	3	Years
Experience with VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop	Desired	3	Years
Experience configuring and managing other application server and middleware technologies such as JBoss, AS/Wildfly, IBM MQseries	Desired	3	Years
Configuring and managing Apache Tomcat is a plus	Desired	3	Years
SOLR experience is a plus	Desired	3	Years
Alfresco experience is a plus	Desired	3	Years
Experience with DBMS software including, but not limited to, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server and MongoDB	Desired	3	Years
Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Terminal Services	Desired	3	Years
Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP and TCP/IP networking	Desired	3	Years
Knowledge of SAN storage, VMFS, iSCSI, NFS, etc.	Desired	3	Years

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	The Contractor must report any disciplinary action, misdemeanor or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided. Do you agree to this requirement?
Question2	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI Management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that a resource can be reached during his or her absence. The client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question3	This requirement falls under the e-RTR process. The candidate MUST submit their Right to Represent electronically following the process to be considered. Do you accept this requirement?
Question4	Please list candidate's email address HERE that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question5	The Vendor Rate for this position is -. Do you accept this requirement?
Question6	PROVIDE CANDIDIDATES CURRENT LOCATION (CITY/STATE) HERE:
Question7	SHOW YOUR WORK - In the summary of qualifications field under the details tab of the candidate's profile, you should explain why your candidate is the best fit for this position. Please confirm that you have thoroughly validated and attested to the accuracy of the credentials listed throughout this candidate's VectorVMS profile and resume according to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-009440. Do you confirm? Candidates will get rejected if an agency cuts and pastes the candidates' resumes into this field [REQUIRED]
Question8	Use of AI is Strictly Prohibited: Please be advised that the use of AI-generated responses during screenings and interviews is strictly prohibited. Confirm that your candidate has been informed of this policy and agrees to adhere to it. Non-compliance will result in disqualification from the interview process.
Question9	Background Check Requirements: DOM contractor personnel are required to undergo additional background check investigations (run by DOM) before starting, requiring the completion of several waiver forms & fingerprint processes. The selected candidate will be responsible for completing all the necessary waiver forms, scheduling and completing the fingerprinting process, and returning all completed items to DOM for processing. This is in addition to the National Criminal and Sex Offender check that the vendor
Question10	PROVIDE CANDIDATES FULL PHYSICAL ADDRESS where DOM DoIT Background Check form and Fingerprint cards are to be mailed [REQUIRED]
Question11	INTERVIEW DATES: Interviews will be conducted on [NOVEMBER 12th, 13th, and 14th ] Only submit candidates available for interviews on the date(s) provided.