[Hiring] Senior Systems Administrator @Flatirons Solutions

Role Description

Flatirons Solutions is hiring a Senior Systems Administrator with advanced skills and experience with Defense workloads. Must be a US Citizen.

As a Senior Systems Administrator, you play a crucial role in managing and maintaining our customer-facing IT infrastructure. You are responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and optimization of systems, ensuring their reliability, security, and performance. You have extensive experience in system administration, a strong understanding of networking and cloud technologies, and a passion for problem-solving.

• Assist with design of long-term strategic vision for the IT environments.
• Participate in product evaluations given by vendors for potential implementation.
• Participate and provide expert guidance/response for all audits such as ISO27001, ISO9001, ISO 27701, CMMC, NIST etc.
• Advise management on hosting budget for all infrastructure-related expenditures.
• Design, deploy, and maintain the company's Hosting IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage, and virtualization environments.
• Manage and monitor system performance, capacity, and availability to ensure optimal performance and uptime.
• Implement and enforce security best practices to protect company and/or customer data and systems from potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to servers, networks, and applications in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with other IT teams and departments to support business initiatives and projects.
• Plan and execute system upgrades, patches, and migrations with minimal disruption to operations.
• Design backup strategies for all systems.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standard operating procedures, and policies related to system administration.
• Mentor and provide oversight to other system administrators, sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Serve as a point of escalation for other systems administrators.
• Perform planning, configuration, deployment, and maintenance-work associated with the Flatirons Solutions production and development Hosting environments.
• Perform systems administration tasks associated with implementation, migration and deployments utilizing remote hands.
• Quickly and efficiently troubleshoot simple and complex issues to provide outstanding support for customer and internal needs.
• Identify areas for process and efficiency improvement within systems operations; recommend solutions and assist in overseeing implementation.
• Actively facilitate continuous improvement with a focus towards efficiency, value, and improved stability, security and privacy.
• Ensure all necessary operational processes and procedures are carried out with a high level of attention to detail, expediency and on-time delivery.
• Create and maintain system information diagrams and detailed documentation.
• Monitor various systems capacity and provide analytics & forecasts for added or reduced capacity as required.
• Use strong communication skills (both written and verbal) to direct with precision and clarity remote-hands technicians over the phone to execute deployment, break-fix, and upgrade plans accurately.
• Understands and adheres to all requirements of the Integrated Management Systems (IMS), which includes Quality, Information Security, and Privacy.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in virtualization technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V.
• Strong understanding of networking principles and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, etc.)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Industry certifications such as MCSE, RHCE, CCNA, or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator preferred.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python) for automation is a plus.
• Experience with cybersecurity practices and tools preferred.
• Preferred location Denver/Boulder area, but open to fully remote work for the right candidate.