System Administrator

Astor & Sanders Corporation (Astor) is an award-winning IT solutions provider headquartered in McLean, VA and is seeking a System Administrator. This is a full-time position based in New Carrollton, MD. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Managing the configuration and operation of the enterprise infrastructure alerting system (Derdack) for event notifications
• Responsible for server and application maintenance including backups, failovers, upgrades, and patches
• Responsible for the overall health of the infrastructure alerting system and associated hardware
• Diagnose problems with the infrastructure alerting system and its environment and prepare an action plan to resolve the problem and communicate that plan to management
• Generate regular system status reports detailing the health and accuracy of the alerting system
• Troubleshoot all problems with the alerting system
• Monitor the health of the alerting system
• Work closely with the enterprise alerting system vendor
• Communicate with all stakeholders to ensure all are current on the status of the alerting system
• Recommend improvement of the system monitoring infrastructure
• Additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• Experience in managing and maintaining an infrastructure alerting system that generates and distributes voice messages to a large user base
• At least 3 years’ experience managing and maintaining network monitoring tools
• Candidate must have the ability to work as part of an operations team and be able to support multiple tasks at the same time.
• MS Server administration including software upgrades, hardware and software issue resolution and configuration. Security patching is required on a continual basis. 
• Disaster Recovery system implementation and testing

Optional, but desired:

• Experience with Derdack Network Alerting
• Experience supporting a large enterprise network, including LAN and WAN technologies based on Cisco hardware and platforms.
• Expertise in networking concepts and equipment such as IPv4 and IPv6, MPLS, PLS and SIP, Routers, Switches, Load Balancers, Protocol analyzers, and probes.

Benefits

Astor & Sanders Corporation ( offers a unique, stimulating and challenging environment that fosters individual growth and rewards performance. Astor & Sanders Corporation ( #Astor ) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

Some of our competitive benefits include: 

• Medical and dental coverage  
• 401k plan with employer contribution  
• Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave  
• Metro-check program  
• Tuition reimbursement