Adsys Controls develops state of the art solutions for military and commercial optical and flight control systems. The Adsys team leverages innovative design of precision control systems, image processing, autonomy, high energy lasers, optics, precision gimbaled mechanisms, real-time embedded processing, system safety, and dynamic simulation. Products include small gimbals, long range ISR/RSTA payloads, laser navigation systems, free space optical communications systems, video processing/trackers, autopilots, flight simulators, and test systems. Our solutions are used in robotics, unmanned air and ground vehicles, high energy lasers, target tracking systems, industrial machine vision systems, bio-medical imaging, and spacecraft.
Job Description:
The IT System Administrator will be responsible for the company IT infrastructure. This includes server management/maintenance, desktop setup, IT processes and procedures, and IT security management. The position will deal with various operating systems to support company backend and program computing needs.
The candidate must be knowledgeable on existing systems as well as willing and able to setup new systems to adapt to a fast-paced growing small business.
Responsibilities:
- Provide installation, support and maintenance services within the company’s desktop computing environment. This includes installing, diagnosing, repairing, maintaining, and upgrading all PC hardware, associated operating systems, applications, printers and peripherals
- Install, configure, maintain and upgrade computer hardware, operating systems, applications and peripherals
- Recommend and implement proactive or automated solutions to resolve recurring system related issues
- Utilize tools to assess the need for performance upgrades to systems
- Ensure the overall efficient operation of the company’s computing environment
- Ensure that the computer systems are provided with appropriate network connectivity through existing LAN and wireless LAN
- Interact with approved hardware, software and services vendors
- Setup new user accounts with email and provision users for access to Exchange, VPN, SVN (a plus) and print services
- Perform basic security functions within a Windows-based network, such as: resetting passwords, changing file and directory permissions, enabling or restricting access to network services
Basic Skills & Knowledge:
- Bachelor’s degree in the field of computer science and/or 3 years equivalent work experience
- Administrative knowledge of Windows and Linux (Ubuntu)
- Functional knowledge of Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Samba File Server, SQL, Subversion (SVN), Jira and networking
- Maintain servers, routers, printers, laptops, PC’s, etc.
- Effective interpersonal, oral communication, written communication, detail-oriented, and relationship-building skills
- Be available to work late or on weekends if necessary (on-call)
Desired Skills & Knowledge:
- Familiarity with NIST SP800-171 highly desired
- Active security clearance or able to obtain one
- CompTIA, Microsoft, or Cisco certification is a plus
- Knowledge of Cisco ISR 2800 and 2900 series routers and various Cisco switches and APs
- Experience with VMs ranging from VMware, VirtualBox, and HyperV
- Knowledge of various backup methods for VMs, servers, datastores, etc.
- Be able to respond to and resolve a system infected by a malicious program (virus/malware)
