Sr. System Administrator

<p>ECS is seeking an experienced <strong><em>Sr. System Administrator </em></strong>to work <strong><em>remotely </em></strong>providing scientific computing support for the work performed under this contract for <strong><em>NIH NIAID Enabling and Advancing Technologies (NEAT)</em></strong>. This engagement supports the Scientific Computing Services program area which includes Program Management, Scientific Instrumentation Support, and High Performance Computing. </p> <p><strong><u>Please Note:</u> This position is contingent upon [contract win].</strong></p> <p>The NIAID NEAT Sr. System Administrator will support day-to-day infrastructure sustainment activities across the scientific computing environment.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support account provisioning, access control management, operational maintenance, software deployment, endpoint coordination, compliance documentation, and backup validation across the Scientific Computing environment.</li> <li>Supervise and manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of systems which may be mainframe, mini, or client/server based.</li> <li>Plan and monitor the optimizing of system operation and resource utilization, and perform systems capacity analysis and planning.</li> <li>Plan and monitor assistance to users in accessing and using business systems.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security or related field.</strong></li> <li><strong>Active Public Trust or higher security clearance.</strong></li> <li><strong>Minimum 6 years experience supporting IT infrastructure, systems, and applications, including HPC environments, support teams, and ensuring quality of service operations.</strong></li> <li>Experience with scientific instrumentation and HPC and knowledge of working in a scientific research organization, with an emphasis on biomedical research.</li> <li>Experience supporting commercial scientific instrumentation, and the integration of this instrumentation in a federal government IT environment.</li> <li>Experience supporting infrastructure sustainment activities, software deployment, and activities of configuration and operation of systems.</li> <li>Have documented experience with FISMA and system authorization processes.</li> <li>Practical experience with industry best practices as articulated by, but not limited to, the Project Management Institute (PMI), Lean IT, Agile practices, DevOps and ITIL, as appropriate.</li> <li>Reside within the Washington DC Metro area</li> <li>Travel within the Washington DC Metro Area, and CONUS as needed.</li> </ul>