Peraton is seeking a Senior Windows Systems Administrator (“Sys Admin”) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals on our Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) program. CAEIO provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting consular applications and services globally.
Core Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, approximately 8:00 AM ET - 4:00 PM ET (flexible)
Location: This position is fully remote; however, candidates must reside in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area (DMV) to accommodate occasional onsite meetings, training, or customer support activities at the Washington, DC, customer location or the Peraton office in Sterling, VA. The number of days the team member works on-site in Washington, DC, or Sterling, VA, is subject to change based on government/program requirements (for example, surge support might require the individual to be in the office five days per week).
Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities
- Receive guidance from the Windows Support Team lead and Program Management to support the client’s Microsoft environments.
- Track significant problems, monitor performance, and perform upgrades to systems as required with the proper change control approvals.
- Participate in long-and short-range technology planning and, additionally, will participate in new technologies initiatives and engineering to advance and optimize the client network.
- Work in a collaborative multi team trouble shooting environment for critical incidents.
- Maintain documentation regarding system configurations, procedures, and service records related to system changes.
Characteristics of team members who thrive on the CAEIO program include:
- Demonstrate flexibility by managing multiple tasks and re-prioritizing tasks – often to meet tight and periodically changing deadlines.
- Drive projects to completion in a fast-paced environment.
- Leverage strong written and verbal communications skills to prepare and present technical documentation to audiences with different levels of technical knowledge.
- Transition seamlessly between being self-directed with limited supervision to being a team player who takes direction from others.
- Collaborate effectively with government customers and cross-functional contract teams.
