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Systems Administrator
at
John
in Herndon, VA
We have an urgent requirement for Systems Administrator with one of our direct clients. Kindly see below for references
Position Title: Systems Administrator
Location: Herndon, VA
Relevant experience: 5 Years
Required skills:
• Installs patches, software upgrades, modifies, configures and makes minor repairs to hardware and software systems.
• Install, configure and administer firewalls and intrusion detection
systems such as Checkpoint Firewall, IPCHAINS, Real Secure IDS and SNORT.
Working knowledge of vulnerability scanning and penetration testing tools.
• Provides technical assistance and training to system users.
• Maintain user email accounts to include workstation addresses, system and employee passwords.
• Manage network user accounts, shared folders for various projects and permissions for authorized access to users.
• Manage and troubleshoot network connectivity and systems performance including resolution of viruses.
• Setup workstations and necessary application software based on the project needs.
• Maintain internal peripheral computing resources including printers/plotters, switches, routers and hubs.
• Backup systems, servers and maintain backup data/files in safe place.
• Test deployed systems for performance metrics and develop system-level documentation.
• Monitor installed configurations for software compliance agreements.
• Monitor system and security logs and report any incidents or vulnerabilities to security manager.
• Provide support for the network and network peripherals such as routers,
switches, hubs, and load balancers.
• Assist in selection of hardware, software, and network components.
• Five years of experience in deployed systems maintenance, system backups including workstations, servers, network management, hardware& software installation and upgrades. Requires competence in troubleshooting system bugs, viruses and management of secure access to all users.
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