Senior Windows Administrator

🕒 September 2

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $87.3k - $135.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥️ Administration

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Empower AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1989

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Defense • Healthcare • Logistics

Empower AI, formerly known as NCI, is a company that enhances the capabilities of public sector teams through advanced artificial intelligence solutions. With a focus on federal agencies, Empower AI leverages its extensive technical expertise to address complex challenges in both Civilian and Defense missions, enabling government leaders to boost workforce productivity and make informed decisions quickly. The company's offerings encompass a range of specialties, including AI, cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration, aimed at facilitating meaningful transformation within government operations.

📋 Description

• Support the ALTESS Windows team in a mixed and growing Windows Server 2019 and 2022 environment • Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support Windows Server 2019/2022 systems for a mixed customer environment • Plan, execute, and implement new system hardware and software • Create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies • Monitor and tune system performance • Harden servers and report on overall security and operational status • Recommend enterprise improvements and manage new software/hardware integrations • Produce utilization reports to identify problems and corrective actions • Support the lifecycle of mixed-vendor equipment in the datacenter, including firmware version control and preventive maintenance • Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency of the current environment • Support mission-critical Army IT services across enterprise data centers and cloud-hosted environments

🎯 Requirements

• CompTIA Security+ • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is preferred; equivalent years of hands-on Windows systems administration experience will be considered in lieu of a degree • Computing Environment (CE) Certification (e.g., MCSE, Server+, CCNA, RedHat, Palo); may be waived for 30 days after project join date • Experience in Computer Science or IT • Active DoD Secret Security Clearance • Five or more years' experience as a Windows Systems Administrator or Engineer • Three or more years automating tasks utilizing PowerShell • Five or more years' experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex applications and websites (IIS, Apache, etc.) • Five or more years' experience in complex networking environments with senior-level knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, and SNMP • Five or more years' experience managing enterprise-level Active Directory structures • Five or more years' experience creating and maintaining complex MS Group Policy implementations • Five or more years' experience creating, maintaining, and following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution • Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player • Seven or more years' experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and STIGs, SRG, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA) (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-eligible position • Option to work on-site or hybrid for local candidates who prefer it • Occasional travel to government facilities or data center locations may be required • Military-friendly employer supporting active-duty and veteran employees