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System Administrator 3

This position provides all System Administration technical expertise, integration and leadership for CANES [Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services - U.S. Navy program) in the following technical infrastructure design elements, Server, Storage (multiple technologies, FC/iSCSI/NAS), Database Services (Oracle/SQL Server), Collaboration, Service Automation, Enterprise System Management/Monitoring, Data Protection/Backup and MLS (Multi-Level Security) architectures all for the purpose of design development, integration, installation and maintenance of the CANES program solution.
- Coordinates the technical implementation efforts of a group of skilled employees and supplier provided employee resources in their respective functional area.
- Interfaces with technology suppliers and resources directly assigned to the CCS/CCE team(s) to delegate and accomplish the design, implementation, installation of the CANES program solution
- Supports integration with the larger program functions such as Business Management, Program Management and other technical areas such as Information Assurance (IA)
- Participates and leads projects, approves designs/processes and cost estimates in technical areas of responsibility
- Engages in customer relationship management and interaction (technical and business briefings, strategy and architecture reviews)
- Sets priorities, provides input to budgets, procurement processes and participates in long-range planning for functional areas.
- Recommends methodologies and leads change to improve performance not only the technical design but in business execution of the program.
- Provides hands on system administration and technical build/implement/installation skills in multiple technical areas in order to design and maintain systems over their life cycle and refresh

Competencies



General


Project Management
Experienced in creating comprehensive project schedules identifying time frames for key project milestones. Directs and manages more complex project schedules; independently identifies project resource requirements, may collaborate with others on the most complex projects assigned or assist more experienced employees in complex large scale projects. Ability to accept, direct and perform responsibilities and work assigned tasks as a project team member in support of the overall project; leads and directs the activities and resources of assigned projects and supports higher graded employees in more large scale and complex projects.

Systems Thinking
Evaluates job tasks and processes on how well they help meet team objective(s); identifies non-value-adding components and barriers. Formulates change strategies; seeks input from others to evaluate options for change and encourage buy-in. Makes appropriate changes to job/role structures and processes by communicating effectively and focusing on new skill development. Uses accurate measurement systems to monitor the implementation.

Work Standards
Establishes criteria and/or work procedures to achieve a high level of quality, productivity, or service. Dedicates required time and energy to assignments or tasks to ensure that no aspect of the work is neglected; works to overcome obstacles to completing tasks or assignments. Accepts responsibility for outcomes (positive or negative) of one's work; admits mistakes and refocuses efforts when appropriate. Provides encouragement and support to others in accepting responsibility; does not accept others' denial of responsibility without questioning. Technical


Enterprise Architecture
Complete ability to work across the enterprise, model and analyze data from a computing technical and total business viewpoint, and integrate into an overall computing system and application systems architecture. Complete ability to connect the networking, processing, and data management that provides the most effective computing infrastructure.

Host Environment
Complete knowledge of host environments, including processors, operating systems and networks. Ability to build, integrate and troubleshoot software components.

Release & Configuration Mgmt
Complete ability to manage all software configuration items, installation and cutover of the computing products within a given scope.

System Integration/Design
Complete ability to build computing systems from a variety of components to provide a business solution, including the ability to integrate application components and databases across computing platforms.

Typical Education/Experience



Technical bachelor's degree and related work experience or a Master's degree with related experience or a PhD degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study.


Other Job related information



Ability to Obtain Interim and/or Final Clearances (Post Start) - Eligibility to live and work in US required. Experience in the Design, Integration, Build/Deployment of end-to-end Data Center technical infrastructure and business/mission environment in an MLS (Multi Level Security) environment in which cross-domain design requirements are integral (including cross-domain guard/firewall type of devices). - Experience implementing all of the following in an enterprise data center environment including/considering TCO/Life Cycle and Acquisition Cost trade-offs: Database Services (multiple, primarily Oracle/Oracle RAC/SQL Server), designing, installing, maintaining and performing fundamental supporting system administration activities; Servers - with an emphasis in Solaris, various Linux distributions and Windows (multiple versions) and familiarity with Active Directory, and in particular designing, optimizing performance, and maintaining databases; Storage - familiarity with Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NAS/NFS/CIFS; Virtualization Technologies (Server Virtualization [VMWare with SRM, Sun LDOMs and Containers] desired exposure to Network Virtualization [Cisco VSS, Load Balancing, MPLS); Remote Session and Desktop technologies - Citrix, Microsoft RDP, OpenRDP on UNIX platforms; Collaboration technologies - Microsoft Exchange and IBM Sametime); Enterprise System Management/Monitoring (desired - BMC Atrium and suite of service monitoring tools) and associated database integration; Service Automation - (desired - HP Service Automation [OpsWare]);Data Protection/Backup (Symantec Netbackup and deduplication, backup strategies involving leveraging storage arrays for snaps and replication); Information Assurance Integration in an MLS (Multi-Level Security) architecture; Exposure and familiarity with network design - both data center network design, MAN/WAN, as well as MLS (Multi-Level Security) topologies and supporting technologies - including familiarity with network fundamentals as VLANs, IP subnetting, MLS network separation. Experience integrating This position is contingent on the award of a competitive contract expected between November 2009 and January 2010. The prime work location will be at the Boeing Offices in San Diego, CA with periodic travel to the Boeing offices in Huntington Beach, CA.


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