System Admin III- FS Poly Job

System Administrator III

Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/FS Poly Required*

Responsible for unique or complex information systems and/or information technology projects across more than one discipline, such as application support, database administration, software quality assurance/quality control, software engineering, network telecommunications, and infrastructure operations of administration, analysis, engineering and design. Provides direction to other IT Administrators on the project in a senior administrator capacity. Considered a technical specialist in a variety of IT administrator disciplines.

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.


• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems.


• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems.


• Provide assistance to users in accessing and using IT systems.


• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems.


• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.


• Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers.


• Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform system capacity analysis and planning.


• Provide in-depth experience in trouble-shooting IT systems.


• Provide detailed analysis and feedback to agency management and internal customers for escalated tickets.


• Provide support for the dispatch system and hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process.


• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows (or other applicable) operating systems and installs/loads operating system software, troubleshoot, maintain integrity of and configure network components, along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance.


• Support the design of systems, mission architecture and associated hardware.


• Possess a working knowledge and understanding of system administration interdependencies as part of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).


• Analyze and resolve complex problems associated with server hardware, applications and software integration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent relevant experience; Five (5) years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Required Certification

• Must possess one of the following certifications: CCNA Security; CySA+ **; GICSP; GSEC; Security+ CE; CND; or SSCP.