System Administrator

System Administrator
Full Time Position
up to $85,000.00/year
US Citizens only please.

Our client is looking for a full time salaried System Administrator, hiring contingent upon award and budget.  Job location is L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington DC.

The System Administrator position shall support monitoring and maintaining system hardware and operating system software which comprise the infrastructure for software applications currently in production.  Responsibilities include ensuring all operating systems are up to date and secure, ensuring successful backups or systems and data, and maintaining all associated hardware.  Qualifications include:
•    Expertise with installing, configuring, and administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux and / or Windows 2008 operating systems
•    Substantial experience setting up and configuring clustered hardware systems
•    Understanding of load balancing and clustering
•    Experience with SAN technologies and Fiber Channel hardware
•    Familiarity with Enterprise network security
•    Familiarity with JAVA software projects (basics)
•    Experience with web server configuration, specifically Apache/HTTPD
•    Familiarity with Windows 200/2003 Active Directory and administration of Windows servers
•    Experience with managing enterprise backup software