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# Tier 3 System Administrator Lead

- **Company:** DAWNE IT Solutions Inc.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $145,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Linux, Windows Servers, Runbook, Shell Script, Virtualization Technology, Enterprise Software Applications, Gsuite, 3-tier Architectures, Vmware
- **Published:** June 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=27ff41bc70ea4c70

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Windows support?, Expert-level Linux and Windows server administration and shell scripting.

 - 5+ years in enterprise systems administration, including virtualization and cloud (AWS).

 - Experience with Active Directory, backup/restore, and storage systems.

 - Able to obtain U.S. federal suitability/badging; onsite in Washington, DC.

Preferred

 - AWS or Microsoft certification; VMware (VCP).

 - Federal experience; experience with PowerScale/Cohesity and ITIL processes.

## Description

Senior systems engineer responsible for the operational integrity of all servers (on-premise, virtual, and cloud) in a Google Workspace and AWS hybrid federal environment.

What you will do

 - Own the health, performance, patching, and lifecycle of physical, virtual (VMware), and cloud (AWS) servers.

 - Administer Active Directory/ADFS, identity, certificate services, and storage (Dell PowerScale/Unity, Cohesity backups).

 - Lead incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and recovery for server and infrastructure issues; support 24x7 escalation.

 - Execute patch and configuration management through the change-control process; maintain documentation and runbooks.


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