Senior Network and Computer Systems Administrator
AMERICAN SYSTEMS El Paso County, Colorado, United States · $115K–$170K/yr
IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
The role involves leading platform and infrastructure sustainment, including managing servers, virtualized services, and system configurations. It also requires monitoring system resources, ensuring cybersecurity compliance, and coordinating with network engineers to maintain operational efficiency.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree and 8-10 years of relevant work experience. Additionally, applicants are required to be U.S. citizens and hold an active Top Secret clearance.
Benefits
Full description
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities
- Leads platform and infrastructure sustainment for Red LAN servers, virtualized services, operating environments, storage, accounts, patches, backups, restorations, and system configurations.
- Oversees maintenance execution and approved technical changes; resolves escalated infrastructure issues; and ensures platform readiness supports availability, operational continuity, cybersecurity compliance, and engineering/test activity.
- Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers.
- Monitors and manages system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency.
- Performs systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts.
- Other duties may include setting up administrator accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning systemperformance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space. Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
- Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery.
- Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
- May be assigned responsibility for less experienced staff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 8-10 years of related work experience
- US Citizenipship
- Active Top Secret Clearance
Pay Transparency Statement
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $115,000.00/Yr. - USD $170,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement
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