Peraton requires Systems Administrators to support the Special Operation Command Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) – 3.  Positions are located at the SOCOM Headquarters at MacDill, AFB FL, and at the TSOC and Component locations in the United States and abroad. 

The purpose of the Special Operations Forces Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) 3 Enterprise Operations and Maintenance (EOM) Task Order (TO) is to provide USSOCOM, its Component Commands, its Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs), and its deployed forces with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services to maintain Network Operations (NetOps); maintain systems and network infrastructure; provide end user and common device support; provide configuration, change, license, and asset management; conduct training, and perform Install, Move, Add, Change (IMACs) services. The responsibilities and tasks associated with each requirement play a pivotal role to USSOCOM, the CIO/J6 organization, and ultimately the end-user who operate around the globe 24x7x365.

Systems Administrators perform admin level support in accordance with the SIE OPORD. Systems Administrators must possess strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills, in addition to in-depth technical knowledge of the Government’s systems’ hardware and software. The position requirements vary depending on system complexity, the types of operating and network systems being supported, and the size of the organization. A background in the specific types of hardware and software systems used by the Government is required. Systems Administrators monitor and control one or more mid-range application servers.

This position studies program operating instructions to determine equipment setup and operations. Systems Administrators continuously observes the operation of assigned applications and storage devices to monitor system operation and determines the point of hardware or software failure. This position manipulates systems in accordance with standard procedures to continue operations when individual units of a system malfunction. Systems Administrators confer with software systems engineering or applications programming personnel in the event that errors require a change of instructions or sequences of operations. Systems Administrators maintains operating records such as machine performance and production reports.

Typical duties include:

• Installing operating system software, patches, and upgrades
• Analyzing, troubleshooting and resolving system hardware, software, and networking issues
• Configuring, optimizing, fine-tuning, and monitoring operating system software and hardware
• Performing system backups and recovery
• Conducting server builds
• Complete troubleshooting issues related to Horizon VDI components
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures for VDI Environment
• Provide Systems Administrator support to systems hosting complex operational databases, software configuration control, and system interfaces for computer systems
• Maintains file servers, network access; documents, analyzes and troubleshoots systems anomalies to ensure optimum equipment performance
• Provide basic support of Identity Management roles, policies, hardware, software maintain AD/GAL synchronization
• Directory Services support, including DNS, GPO, AADC, ADFS, DFS, Domains and Trust, Sites and Services and Role Based Access Control
• Support Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) roles, policies, hardware, software and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption.
• Troubleshoot PKI-related server and client issues to include middle-ware applications and configurations

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA or High School Diploma and 12 years of experience
• DoD TS or higher clearance is required.
• A minimum of 4 years of related experience as a Systems Administrator or 8 years supporting complex end user desktop and mobile device support.
• DoDD 8570.01-M IAT II AND MCSA relevant to the candidate's work area examples are: CompTIA Server+ certification, CompTIA Security+ certification, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification, VMware Certified Associate (VCA); AWS Sys Ops Administrator Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate; Nutanix Certified Professional OR Microsoft Endpoint Manager or previous SCCM certifications.