Systems / Network Administrator Lead

Lead enterprise systems administration, network operations, and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities across the USMEPCOM enterprise. 

Serve as the contractor's service owner for enterprise infrastructure services and ensure systems consistently meet defined service level objectives. 

Plan, organize, and direct contractor personnel responsible for operations and maintenance of USMEPCOM-constructed networks. 

Provide technical leadership for Windows and UNIX/Linux operating systems, physical and virtual servers, databases, VMware ESXi environments, Storage Area Networks (SANs), collaboration tools, enterprise applications, and cloud infrastructure. 

Perform system-level configuration, validation, integration, and administration of enterprise hardware, software, operating systems, and infrastructure platforms while maintaining interoperability with existing legacy systems. 

Lead engineering development, infrastructure integration, interface design analysis, software and hardware testing, and enterprise systems implementation activities. 

Apply Risk Management Framework (RMF) security principles, practices, and procedures to maintain compliance with Department of Defense cybersecurity requirements. 

Lead the Outage Response Team (ORT) and direct all activities associated with enterprise outage response, incident management, disaster recovery, and Continuity of Operations (COOP). 

Serve as the primary point of contact during enterprise outages, coordinating response activities with Government leadership, vendors, DISA, external agencies, and other stakeholders. 

Coordinate, direct, and oversee outage resolution efforts while providing timely status updates to Government leadership throughout incident response activities. 

Develop, maintain, and regularly update enterprise outage response procedures, Incident Response Plans, disaster recovery documentation, and operational playbooks. 

Review Incident Response Plans quarterly to ensure system inventories, procedures, documentation, and operational processes remain current. 

Lead geographically dispersed teams responsible for enterprise infrastructure operations, systems administration, and network support. 

Monitor enterprise performance, availability, and operational health while proactively identifying opportunities for infrastructure improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies. 

Support cloud technologies, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), enterprise networking, firewall administration, secure communications, and enterprise modernization initiatives. 

Foster continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with Federal Government, Department of Defense, and enterprise IT operational standards and best practices. 

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred. 

Minimum five (5) years recent experience managing enterprise IT teams in geographically dispersed locations supporting operations and maintenance of enterprise servers (physical and virtual), operating systems (Windows and UNIX/Linux), databases, VMware ESXi, Storage Area Networks (SANs), collaboration tools, enterprise applications, scripting, and enterprise security. 

Minimum one (1) year recent experience: