Data Center System Administrator

• Be able to work with and employ rack level redundancy techniques rack standards properties and selection criteria and power rail/strip options cold aisle/hot aisle containment and standards for fire suppression security and safety.
• Provide support implementation troubleshooting and maintenance of servers. Rapidly distinguish isolated user problems.
• Coordinate with customers and stakeholders to collect data conduct analysis develop and implement solutions associated with incident tickets and requirements.
• Develop solutions to complex technical issues.
• Provide followup reports (technical findings feedback resolution steps taken) for root cause analysis engineering technical assessment and process improvement initiatives.
• Support customer requirements in a 24/7/365 mission environment and be able to respond to afterhours emergency calls (power/cooling disruption).
• Update operations and maintenance documentation for 24/7/365 personnel.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Provide support to other Infrastructure Operations teams based on skills/experience in System Administration.

Successful candidates must possess the following skills:

• Experience with interacting with customers to handle service inquiries and problems.
• Experience working in a data center.
• Knowledge of data center standards and best practices.
• Knowledge of power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level redundancy levels and techniques rack standards properties and selection criteria and power rail/strip options cold aisle/hot aisle containment and standards for fire suppression security and safety.
• Experience with Tier 2 system administration.
• Experience troubleshooting issues in a growing environment.
• Time management skills.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Track record of working effectively within a team and collaborating with peers toward improved processes and results.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) products such as ServiceNow or Remedy.
• Experience mentoring others.

Certifications

• Candidate must at a minimum meet DoDM 8140.03 (previously DoD 8570) IT System Admin Intermediate certification requirements (Cloud GICSP SSCP Security CE GSEC or higher)

Education

• Candidate must have a BS with 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Clearance

• Due to the nature of the government contracts we support US Citizenship is required.
• An active TS/SCI with polygraph required for position or TS/SCI and willingness to obtain and maintain a specific polygraph.
  

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.