Job Description
MORI is currently seeking a Systems Administrator to work with our team onsite at Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas. Under general supervision, the Systems Administrator is responsible for the engineering, implementation, and maintenance of a diverse data center. The ideal candidate is team oriented with strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills. Candidate must be self-motivated and customer focused with excellent communication and time management skills. Essential Functions are as follows:
DATA CENTER SUPPORT:
- Perform system administration duties on a variety of data center systems.
- Responsible for a variety of duties such as; design, development, installation, maintenance, and administration of complex devices and systems; or analysis, design, development, installation, configuration, operation, maintenance and administration of IT hardware and software components and systems; or design, development, modification, testing, and implementation of software programming applications including web applications.
- Basic understanding and technical knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within the IT domains.
- Participate in technical test reviews and analysis of developed and implemented systems.
- Follow and enforce system administration best practices. Contribute to the best practices effort by documenting new standards as needed; attention to detail is critical.
- Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of projects published/released.
- Follow and monitor project/maintenance schedules and meet project/maintenance deliverables.
- Meet with team leads to ensure coordination of project/maintenance goals, objectives, priorities, status, and concerns; reporting also required.
- Works under an immediate supervisor.
- Must have the ability to adapt to a fast paced environment.
- Must possess a high degree of initiative and self-motivation.
- Provide system admin and touch support of hardware for Data Center customers. Data Center customers include JSC and WSTF Organizations.
- Touch support
- Support of JSC system administrators for IRD managed servers and storage in the WSTF Data Center
- Rotation of backup tapes in the library
- System Administration for IRD managed servers in the WSTF Data Center
- New server baseline configuration
- Patching and maintenance
- De-commissioning servers
- Coordination with and support of other WSTF Data Center users
- NICS Contract
- Environmental Department
- Facility Engineering
- Propulsion Data Acquisition and Control
- Other general Data Center support might include:
- Property Management
- Shipping/Receiving
- Configuration Management
- Cabinet Documentation
- Electrical Circuit Management
- Coordination with Facilities for repairs
QUALIFICATIONS:
- This position requires U.S. Citizenship
- Associate's degree in computer science (or related) with eight years of experience or Bachelor's degree with four years of experience; all experience must be relative to the position including experience with a variety of Linux operating systems.
- Must have a demonstrated proficiency in system administration, system testing, and maintenance implementation.
- Must have the ability to analytically solve problems that may arise and determine preventative measures.
- Applicant must be willing and able to work weekends and/or evenings as projects demand
PREFERRED:
- NASA experience
- Cloud support experience
- Windows or Linux administration experience
- Virtualization experience
Mori Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.