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Sr. System Administrator- Second Shift (IOSS)

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Job Requisition:Sr. System Administrator- Second Shift (IOSS)

Job Description:

Leidos is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator to work from our customer site in Austin, TX. This role is onsite we do not provide any relocation assistance. The work shift hours are: 8 hours/5 days  Second Shift 3:00pm – 11:00 pm  Monday - Friday

The Sr. Systems Administrator should be operationally inclined with analysis skills utilizing monitoring tools like; AppDynamics, Aternity, Riverbed appliances, CA Introscope, CA Spectrum, CA UIM, Service Now Event Management, and SolarWinds. Must understand and operated in an environment of ITSM,  ITIL, Agile, KANBAN, Change Management, Service Now and able participate in solutions for a DEVOPS environment.

Primary Responsibilities

The Sr. Systems Administrator will provide a 24x7x365 basis the following tasks:

  • Perform discovery and requirements analysis for new system features, analysis of current system capabilities and limitations and design/engineer/integrate new system capabilities to meet requirements.
  • Provide SME level support on application performance, desktop performance, and application availability and desktop availability monitoring and reporting using current VA monitoring tools such as CA Application Performance Management, AppDynamics monitoring tools, Arcturus Applicare, Microsoft Bluestripe Factfinder, XPOlog Management, CA Service Operations Insight, CA Business Service Insight, Aternity Desktop monitoring, and other performance monitoring tools as required.
  • Customize the monitoring interface to provide dashboards, monitoring and alerts for all monitored applications. .
  • Document and test the customizations.
  • Use monitoring diagnostic tools to find the root cause of performance issues.
  • Assist Government and Contractor helpdesk staff on the use of monitoring diagnostic tools to pinpoint production issues.
  • Assist Government and Contractor staff on Root Cause Analysis based on data reported from the monitoring system.
  • Create and tune performance monitoring and availability alerts.
  • Recommend policies and procedures on actions to take based on the alerts generated. All recommendations shall be provided to the COR/VA PM(s) for approval prior to any implementation or changes.
  • Develop standards, policies and procedures around the use of application performance monitoring and availability in the pre-production and production environments, and provide all recommendations to the COR/VA PM(s) for approval prior to any implementation or changes.
  • Participate in tuning and troubleshooting efforts.
  • Work with customers to resolve performance and availability issues.
  • Monitor subsystems using customized scripting appropriate to the monitoring tool being used.
  • Document operational steps and practices necessary to perform the assigned administrative duties, example creating Run-Books.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific /technical discipline, plus 5 years of experience.  8 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for degree.
  • Ability to work in a matrix team environment, actively and effectively managing relationships with customers, build and release managers, technical teams, product development, project managers, and other application managers.
  • Experience leading information technology projects involving innovation and/or modernization.
  • Experience developing and reporting upon metrics relative to operational and financial performance.
  • Excellent organization and analytical skills.
  • Exceptional ability to communicate with leadership, staff and customers
  • Extensive experience with monitoring cloud-based applications and infrastructure, specifically Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).  AWS or Azure formal training preferred. Demonstrated knowledge and use of Azure and AWS native monitoring API’s.

External Referral Bonus:Eligible

Potential for Telework:No

Clearance Level Required:Public Trust

Travel:No

Scheduled Weekly Hours:40

Shift:Evening

Requisition Category:Professional

Job Family:Systems Administration

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Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to spam.leidos@leidos.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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Security Clearance:
Public Trust
Location:
Austin, Texas
Country:
United States
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