Praxis Engineering Careers

System Administrator
 

The System Administrator will be providing day-to-day system upkeep, conducting system & vulnerability scans and mitigating any findings, patching Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs), and updating software and operating systems.

What will you need?

• Fifteen (15) years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a technical degree.
• Five (5) years of additional system administration experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading systems engineering efforts
• Proficient with Microsoft Entra/O365/Exchange Online
• Experience with Microsoft Powershell
• Experience with Quest KACE
• Experience with VMware vSphere virtualization systems administration (ESX). Ideally 5+ years experience
• Proficient with Windows System Administration (system including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution). Ideally 8+ years of experience (additional if no degree)
• System Performance Assessment/ System Performance Enhancement Skills
• Strong End-user support experience (3+ years of Customer support experience to include phone, email and in person contact as well as experience assisting end users with new desktop capabilities and/or software)
• Experience with monitoring tools to include ArchSight and Splunk
• Expertise with Network Monitoring tools (Tripwire, Xenos, Wireshark)
• Cabling and system design experience
• Experience with Confluence, JIRA, SharePoint
• Microsoft products experience to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel

• Active Directory – Working knowledge
• Group Policy – Working knowledge
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking including VLANs, creating and managing DHCP scopes, and managing DNS servers
• Backups – configure and maintain backup architecture, perform test restores (Veeam Desired)
• Ability to install, configure and perform backups proficiently
• Ability to perform all routine maintenance, upgrades and security patching Microsoft Windows 2008/2012/2016 R2 servers proficiently
• Demonstrable server OS knowledge
• Working knowledge of Storage Area Networks
• Strong knowledge of specific and general storage technologies

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of troubleshooting, testing, and performance tuning
• Ability to interact well with all members of a team and all levels of expertise across the team

•              Backup and Recovery Skills (Netbackup or similar tools)
•              Scripting experience with Ansible or SALT

*The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems. 

With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.  

*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.

Why Praxis? 
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace.   We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission.  We've been profitable year after year.  We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do.   We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best.  No red tape. No micromanagement.  Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.

And then there is the...

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan! 
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.
• Annual bonus plan
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!) 
  • We reward longevity! On your 5^th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!
  • On your 10^th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!
  • At any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$! 
• Carryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice! 
• Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.         
  • Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
  • Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
  • Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.
• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day. 

Praxis Engineering provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.