Network Administrator - Senior (GEF)

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2022 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS BY LEVEL:

• Provides consulting services to members of the professional staff and to the customer in the analysis and design of data processing systems, management systems, scientific systems, and other related areas
• Makes technical decisions on kinds of data to be gathered and methods to be used in data collection and analysis
• Analyzes, diagnoses, and recommends solutions to complex problems
• Makes technical decisions on kinds of data to be gathered and methods to be used in data collection and analysis
• Leads technical direction, guidance, and assistance to assigned projects, suggesting efficient approaches and methods for solving problems
• Provides technical leadership for the integration or requirements, design and technology
• Ultimately responsible for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverable
• Operate, maintain, and administer existing network architectures, including hardware and software.
• Provide network device operation and maintenance.
• Monitor, maintain, and report on network and system performance.
• Perform performance tuning, troubleshooting and root cause analysis and benchmarking via established procedures.
• Provide Network administration services.
• Create and maintain network diagrams and network administration documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Provide system operation and maintenance.
• Provide basic and advanced systems administration services to include but not be limited to Tiers 1, 2 and 3 support of Network Storage and Compute environments.
• Create and maintain documentation with updates to system configuration made completing required changes and fixes.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance of all system hardware, and software.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent related experience
• ITIL v4
• IAT Level II Certification 
• Education/Experience in one of the following:
  • SQL
  • Windows Server 2016/2019
  • VMware
  • Linux

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED BY LEVEL:

• III: 4 - 9 Years 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required
• Repeatedly lift and carry weight up to 25 pounds
• Travel by land or air transportation 15%

It is the policy of Empower AI to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class or category as may be defined by federal, state, or local laws or regulations. In addition, we affirm that all compensation, benefits, company-sponsored training, educational assistance, social, and recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It is our firm intent to support equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in keeping with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.