IT Specialist (SYSADMIN /INFOSEC)

See below for important information regarding this job. Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows: Battle Creek, MI: $89,508 - $ 116,362 Columbus, OH: $93,400 - $121,422 Dayton, OH: $92,841- $120,696 Fort Belvoir, VA: $102,415- $133,142 New Cumberland, PA: $102,415- $133,142 Ogden, UT: $89,508 - $ 116,362 Philadelphia, PA: $98,630- $128,221 Richmond, VA: $93,499- $121,551

Serves as technical advisor for on-premises and cloud virtualization initiatives, overseeing scope, technical review, design, testing, implementation, and quality assurance to ensure timely delivery within budget.

Analyzes technical specifications and resource requirements, handles project tasks delegated to team members and contractors, and enforces IT change management processes and Agency system development life cycle standards.

Conducts user group and vendor meetings to determine storage allocation needs, monitors hardware and software maintenance contracts, and maintains up-to-date system operating manuals and life cycle documentation.

Installs, configures, and administers VMware ESX, Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Oracle OCI, and Google Cloud environments, ensuring enterprise virtual infrastructure is tuned, optimized, and maintained.

Diagnoses and recovers failed systems, evaluates new diagnostic tools, conducts feasibility studies for engineering changes, and resolves complex hardware and software integration issues across server systems.

Reviews storage area networks, infrastructure environments, and operational procedures to improve efficiency, and provides technical training on hardware, COTS tools, and third-party software packages to Agency staff.

Implements and enforces information security and information assurance policies, ensuring product configurations and virtual environments meet DoW and Agency security requirements.

Performs security validation activities, ensures PKI compliance, and enforces strict adherence to Personally Identifiable Information (PII) policies and procedures

Maintains COOP and configuration management documentation, tests server and storage continuity, participates in disaster recovery exercises, and prepares after-action reports to integrate COOP requirements.

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.