System Administrator, Mid

[Industry: Retail Office Equipment, E-Learning Providers, and Professional Training and Coaching | Type: Contract | Level: Mid-Senior level] ResponsibilitiesKforce has a client that is seeking a System Administrator, Mid in Huntsville, AL. Duties:Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining operating system workstations and servers, including web servers, in support of business processing requirementsPerforms software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packagesSchedules installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and proceduresMonitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum performance levelsEnsures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutionsEnsures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operationsDevelops and promotes standard operating proceduresConducts routine hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelinesDevelops and maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentationRequirementsBS or BA degreeMicrosoft Windows, Active DirectoryMicrosoft Windows Server Hybrid Administrator AssociateVMware Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Understanding of NIST 800 series publications and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) complianceFamiliarity with system accreditation and authorization and the FBI's ATO processesPreferredVMWare vSphere 7 experienceCisco NetworkingDell Server, and SAN Storage hardware experienceExperience evaluating, documenting, and managing NIST 800-53 control implementationsExperience with GRC tools (RiskVision, Xacta and JCAM)The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role.