MORI Associates, Inc Hiring for System Administrator/ System Engineer I – NASA Houston Job at Houston, TX Full Time

Take your career to new heights. Come join us at MORI Associates and help us support the most exciting projects at NASA. As a Systems Administrator/System Engineer I, you will be part of a dedicated team of diverse professionals creating and supporting cutting edge solutions for our client’s critical missions. MORI is a mid-sized nationwide company founded in 1997 with the ideals that creating an agile organization full of innovative and passionate people will progress science and technology for all life on earth. We focus on offering a complete range of services from strategic consulting to the development of Information Systems and providing advanced engineering solutions. Now, let’s see if this opportunity is the right challenge for you.

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:

• Perform system administration duties on a variety of data center systems.
• Responsible for a variety of duties such as; design, development, installation, monitoring, maintenance, and administration of complex devices and systems; or analysis, design, development, installation, configuration, operation, monitoring, maintenance and administration of IT hardware and software components and systems.
• 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 administration 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 OCIO managed servers and storage in the Data Center
• System Administration for OCIO managed servers in the Data Center
• New server baseline configuration
• Patching and maintenance
• De-commissioning servers
• Monitoring and remediation of designated computer systems
• Coordination with and support of other Data Center users
• AEGIS Networking 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
• Coordination with Facilities for repairs

Desired:

• Infrastructure monitoring experience a plus, including Windows or Linux, virtualization, and cloud environment support.
• Experience in government contracting and/or NASA organization a plus.

Required:

• Associates degree in Computer Science (or related field), or two years’ experience. All experience must be relative to the position
• Must have 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.

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.

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