Job Details
Overview:
MPR Associates, Inc. (MPR), a thriving multi-discipline, specialty engineering services and consulting firm, is actively seeking a capable and motivated System Administrator to join our IT team. If you are seeking a unique, challenging, and rewarding career opportunity, MPR may be the right company for you.
Founded in 1964, MPR has a wide and growing client base in the fields of power and energy, federal services, and health and life sciences. We work throughout the United States as well as internationally. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, we also have offices in East Lyme, Connecticut, and Burlington, Massachusetts. MPR makes challenging projects successful, delivering safe and reliable technical solutions across the entire project or product life-cycle to benefit our clients and society as a whole. We hire the best and brightest staff that we can find which results in a high-performance, high-respect culture making this an exceptional place to work.
General Job Description
The System Administrator will be a member of a dynamic and high-functioning team responsible for the overall management and administration of applications and services in a hybrid cloud and on-premise Windows/Linux environment. This individual will work closely with other IT team members to provide cross-functional administration, support, and maintenance. This is a great opportunity to enhance your skill set by managing existing applications and systems as well as researching, developing, and implementing new applications and systems across the organization. This is a full-time, exempt position in MPRs Alexandria, VA office reporting to the IT Operations Manager.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Upgrade, patch, and maintain operating systems and application software on RHEL 7.x, 8.x & 9.x; and Windows Server 2016 & 2019.
- Administer the Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
- Implement, deploy, and maintain the MECM Software Center.
- Using MECM, or other tools, patch and remediate endpoint and server vulnerabilities on an ongoing basis.
- Assist team members with the designing, planning, and implementation of Group Policy Objects.
- Maintain and upgrade application servers supporting engineering, industry-specific applications.
- Participate in the planning and implementation of cybersecurity and disaster recovery processes and procedures.
- Create standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other necessary technical documentation as needed.
- Provide Tier 3 escalation support for the Service Desk.
- Occasional evening and weekend work is required to support emergencies and MPR business goals.
Qualifications:
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Education
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline preferred.
- Network +, Security+ and/or ITIL v3 certifications are a plus.
- Microsoft and/or Linux Certifications are a plus.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP) or Azure Fundamentals certifications are a plus.
Experience
- Candidates without a degree will be considered if they have a minimum of five (5) years hands-on experience in systems or application administration.
- At least 4 (four) years of experience in systems or application administration.
Skills
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong understanding of Windows Active Directory troubleshooting and maintenance required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Server 2016 and 2019 required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft MECM required.
- A strong knowledge of basic network principles and functions, e.g., DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, etc. required.
- A firm understanding of industry security best practices required.
- Strong time management and customer service skills required.
- Experience with AWS Services like Directory Service, Identity & Access Management, Elastic Compute (EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3), Glacier, and Relational Database Service (RDS) preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure applications such as Office 365, Teams, OneDrive InTune, and SharePoint in Government Community Cloud HIGH and public cloud tenants preferred.
- Experience with platform virtualization software such as VMWare preferred.
- Familiarity with RHEL or similar preferred.
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies while multitasking.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to work collaboratively across functional teams, in a dynamic fast-paced environment.
- Persistent, questioning attitude and ability to accept that in others.
- Motivated to expand skills and knowledge, as well as tackle new problems and take on new responsibilities.
MPR Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, who participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veterans status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other classification as required by applicable laws. MPR is a certified Virginia Values Veterans (V3) employer.