System Administrator III - BCT LLC
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701
About the Job
**Job Summary:**
The System Administrator III will be responsible for providing system administration and support for a large client-server based IT enterprise. They will have experience in installing, configuring, and networking UNIX and/or NT based platforms, managing user accounts, performing system backups, and maintaining system configuration files. Additionally, the System Administrator III must be able to develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration, and consolidation, and ensure the health and status of the entire IT infrastructure.
**Qualifications:**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
- Eight (8) years of experience in system administration and support of a large IT enterprise
- Alternatively, five (5) years of full-time computer science work experience can substitute for the Bachelor’s Degree
- Fundamental understanding of operating systems and familiarity with UNIX or NT commands/utilities
- Experience in installing and configuring hardware, operating systems, and commercial software packages
- Strong knowledge of enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration, and consolidation
- Proficiency in supporting enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, e-mail services, and security protection mechanisms
- Industry-recognized professional certification is a plus
**Responsibilities:**
- Install, configure, and network UNIX and/or NT based platforms
- Manage user accounts, perform system backups, and maintain system configuration files
- Develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies
- Configure and consolidate servers, and monitor the health and status of the IT infrastructure
- Provide support for enterprise services like DNS, NFS, e-mail services, and security protection mechanisms
**Additional Qualifications for HPC Division:**
In addition to the above qualifications, the System Administrator III for High-Performance Computing (HPC) must have experience in:
- Installation, configuration, tuning, and support of multi-vendor servers running various applications to meet HPC support requirements
- Working with multi-vendor servers running Red Hat or SuSe with different types of storage setups
- Managing distributed computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM
- Supporting HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, and Front-End servers of Special Purpose devices
- Familiarity with IBM or HP Blade servers with different backend setups
- Working with multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS, and Lustre
- Conducting pre-factory testing, factory testing, system integration, and acceptance testing during the purchase process of HPC systems
- Holding an IAT Level II Certification
**Benefits:**
- 401(k) Plan with Matching Contributions
- Independent 401(k) and Investment Advisory Services
- Health Savings Account (HSA) funded by the company
- Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Life/AD&D Insurance Coverage fully paid by the company
- Disability Coverage fully paid by the company
- Fitness/Gym Reimbursement
- Pet Adoption Reimbursement
- Scholarships
- Employee Referral Program
- Tuition/Training Reimbursement
- Mentor Program