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This individual would support both projects (60%) and user (40%) actives in a high interrupt tiered support environment requiring rapid response to the most complex customer systems inquiries. On a daily basis this individual may divide their time between (1) managing junior Admins to support lower level issues; (2) identifying, evaluating and prioritizing customer problems to ensure that inquiries are resolved appropriately; (3) conducting project work on several complex system projects simultaneously; and (4) managing and actively reporting on project status.\nThe duties will include, but not be limited to:\nProviding Mid-Tier to Top-Tier Systems Administration for clients and servers in a heterogeneous environment.\nSystems Administration - Maintain IT Security posture according to organization requirements, Manage rigorous patching schedule for all systems, Manage existing Patching deployment tools, maintain and enhance current tools, replace the current backup system with a new one.\nInstalling SW packages, compiling where necessary, Maintenance inventory of all assets and applications.\nManaging smart card authentication infrastructure.\nSupporting Project (60%) and User (40%) actives in a high interrupt environment.\nWriting/updating/enhancing system documentation concerning problem resolutions and HPC assets).\nWriting technical justifications for the procurement of hardware & software.\n Qualifications:\nB.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field and five (5) years or more experience; 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