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Senior System Administrator

Job ID 2024-5449
Job Locations US-TX-Austin

Overview

Are you a Senior System Administrator who would like to have a positive impact for millions of people? If so, we may have an opportunity for you!

 

TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

 

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Responsibilities

  • A Senior Systems Administrator shows emphasis on System Maintenance by maintaining and developing Linux infrastructure and ensures 24x7 system availability.
  • A systems administrator engineer's solutions for system administration needs and manages and coordinates software upgrades.
  • The ideal candidate should be committed to monitoring system performance and capacity planning.
  • A Systems Administrator collaborates with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes.
  • A system Administrator removes impediments and helps the team to become self-organizing and empowered to create, innovate, and make decisions for themselves as one team. 
  • The ideal candidates provide input on ways to improve the security of the environment.
  • Will use ServiceNow Integration Hub to schedule and automate file transfers between endpoints in software applications.
  • Work with System Architect to deploy ServiceNow Integration Hub, Flow Designer and SFTP Spokes technologies in Non-Production and Production Environments.
  • Mentor other System Administrators on the configuration of ServiceNow Integration Hub, Flow Designer and SFTP Spokes technologies.
  • Determines the technical specification of a project, creating technical blueprint and editing codes.
  • Evaluating, Identifying, and developing software solutions.

Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience working as a Senior Systems Administrator for software development teams.
  • Has extensive experience in taking program requirements and is able to create an architecture vision having experience in high volume and high availability networks and systems.
  • Experience in create and conveying to team members the architectural vision for a program or project.
  • Has extensive software development experience and thorough knowledge of a variety of programming languages and logic.
  • Middleware experience - Highest priority need; Experience and/or working knowledge of ServiceNow Integration Hub, Flow Designer and SFTP Spokes, preferred.
  • Good to have experience: IBM Sterling File Gateway, IMB WebSphere, Splunk.
  • Must have extensive experience with System Administrator responsibilities and product installations.
  • Experience working with ServiceNow Integration Hub, Flow Designer and SFTP Spokes, Nice to have.
  • Experience with ServiceNow administration.
  • Demonstrated ability with ServiceNow incident, change, problem, request CMDB and knowledge management applications.
  • Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex software application related problems.
  • Exceptional customer service skills.
  • Experience with JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, and web service integrations using REST, SOAP, etc.
  • Experience working SFTP/FTP transfer protocols and file transfers built-in software applications.
  • Linux scripting experience.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and foster collaboration among team members, stakeholders and leadership.
  • ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) or other ServiceNow certifications.
  • Sound technical foundation and working knowledge of the ServiceNow platform and applications.
  • Strong management experience to drive team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
  • Strong collaborator to work with the Scrum Teams, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive the decision making and support organizational project or product teams.

 

Nice to Have:

  • Proficiency in Agile project management tools such as Jira, Rally, or ServiceNow Agile Development
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification from a recognized Agile certification body
  • Experience with scaled Agile frameworks such as SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum)
  • Scrum methodologies champion responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
  • Strong communicator to effectively drive messaging, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team
  • Scrum advocate to contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization

 

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or related technical discipline and 5+ years’ work experience
  • Eight (8) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education (13 years total)

 

Clearance: 

  • The ability to pass a Tier 2/Moderate Background Investigation 

 

Location:

  • Department of Veteran's Affairs (100% On-site)
  • Monday - Friday  (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM CST Time)
  • Austin Information Technology Center (AITC)

1615 Woodward Street,

Austin, TX 78741

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TISTA Science and Technology Corporation, a CMMI Maturity Level 3 company, focuses on delivering information technology and professional services to Federal and State agencies. TISTA is recognized in 2019 by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. TISTA is also a recipient of 2019 Top Veteran-Owned Companies by the Washington Business Journal. TISTA also received a 2018 Moxie Award in the GovCon category.

Here at TISTA Science and Technology, we value Veterans and encourage all to apply!
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Employment Transparency:
TISTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of TISTA to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. TISTA will refrain from discharging, or otherwise discriminating against, employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants.

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Tista is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@tistatech.com or call (301) 968-3420 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

TISTA is a federal contractor and is subject to the federal contractor COVID requirements under the new FAR/DFARS clauses and must comply with the incorporated Guidance.

If the candidate is hired to perform work on or in connection with one of TISTA’s federal contracts, TISTA is contractually obligated to ask the candidate to verify and show proof of vaccination status and the candidate will be required to comply with mask and social distancing requirements imposed by the FAR/DFARS as well as any additional requirements imposed by TISTA’s customers for any required onsite work.