System Administrator - Gray Analytics

Gray Analytics was founded in 2018 with a vision to bring innovative and creative solutions in the cybersecurity, IT, engineering, and scientific spheres. Our customers span across the commercial and federal domains with our goal being to bring excellent customer service to our clients and employees.

Without the bureaucracy that often exists in larger corporations, Gray Analytics offers increased work flexibility, visibility in company progress, and greater opportunities for advancement. It's with our employees' support that we can help our clients achieve mission and operational success.

At Gray Analytics, our goal is simple: to help our country, its businesses, and its organizations improve security in the Cyber realm. Period.

Location: Huntsville, AL

Schedule: Immediate

Status: Full-time exempt

Position Description:

The System Administrator will manage technology systems, focusing on configuration management, access control, security, troubleshooting, user training, and ensuring business continuity. The candidate will support the customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and work closely with DevSecOps Engineers to assist with daily tasks and optimize systems. The System Administrator will work on systems of varying classification levels. Most work will be performed in-office with some at-home/remote work and may include time at Government facilities, integration laboratories, and/or hypersonic test facilities. Travel <10%.

Responsibilities:

• Perform the day-to-day maintenance and patching as well as ensuring STIG compliance by monitoring, testing performance, troubleshooting systems, resolving hardware and software problems, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with other engineers on network/system optimization.
• Collaborate with IT, DevSecOps, and other technical team members to provide prompt support and solutions.
• Research new technologies and leverage optimization techniques to ensure systems operate efficiently.
• Assist with the management and administration of various systems and applications, including requirements management, architecture, project management, security, operating systems, data management, virtualization, networking, simulation, version control, and cloud platforms.
• Automate repetitive system administration tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Implement and maintain single sign-on and multi-factor authentication systems in accordance with guidelines and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with Missile Defense Agency cybersecurity and IT policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience installing new or rebuilding existing servers both physical and virtual.
• Demonstrated experience configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage using Agile methodologies.
• Proven aptitude in maintaining DoD-approved cloud service providers (CSP) that provide information technology services and capabilities, including high-performance computing.
• Proven aptitude in analyzing, diagnosing, and resolving complex technical issues.
• Familiarization with networking technologies, including Juniper, Palo Alto, and Cisco.
• Experience with virtualization and infrastructure tools such as VMware vCenter, Nutanix, Veeam, NetBox, iDRAC, Dell OpenManage, and Eaton UPS.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Agile software development methodology
• Experience with Git configuration management
• Experience automating repetitive system administration tasks
• Experience with single sign-on and multi-factor authentication guidelines and oversight
• Experience with online Collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, Sharepoint, JIRA)
• Experience with Missile Defense Agency cybersecurity and IT policies and procedures
• Experience with developing formal builds within the DoD industry
• Maintain operation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) computer systems

Security Requirements:

US Citizen with a current US DoD Secret Clearance or possess/meet the eligibility requirements to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

About Gray Analytics

Gray Analytics values our employees as our most important resource. To showcase these values, we offer not only traditional medical, disability, life, etc. coverages that begin on day one of employment, but also unique benefits to improve our employees' quality of life. Some of these unique benefits include:

• A PTO policy based on total years of experience, not years of service to the company. PTO is available for use immediately at hire, subject to company needs.
• Eligibility for 401K contributions and company matching, Pet Insurance through Spot, Flexible Spending Account, and Tuition and Professional Development Funds begin on day one of employment.
• Charitable donations program on a yearly and quarterly basis where employees can nominate a non-profit of choice to receive donations.

Gray Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. Gray Analytics, Inc. welcomes minority and veteran applicants.