About Level Up 

Level Up, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AVIAN, represents a fusion of innovation, reliability, and top-tier cyber security and IT solutions. As a Virginia-based small business with over 150 years of collective experience, we pride ourselves on providing industry-leading expertise, big data analytics, and all-source research and analysis. Our technical capabilities directly bolster our customers' objectives, from mission centers to forward-deployed operations. 

In 2021, we joined forces with AVIAN, an employee-owned business and one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. With a shared commitment to resourcefulness, responsiveness, and reachability, we continue to uphold our trademark dependability and innovation, delivering exceptional services to our 80 government and commercial clients across 13 states. 

Beyond our technical and consulting prowess, we at Level Up believe in creating a positive impact within our communities. Through our charitable giving and volunteer programs, we support causes close to our hearts and inspire meaningful change. This commitment to service and community enhancement is what we call "The Level Up Way". 

Together, Level Up and AVIAN offer comprehensive solutions, blending technology and community engagement to create an exceptional partnership for our employees, customers, and community. 

• Monitor the system’s logs and applications on a daily basis. Automate this monitoring to the extent possible
• Conduct system backups on an interval agreed upon with the Sponsor
• Conduct data archiving on an interval agreed upon with the Sponsor
• Perform system hardening of Linux and Windows systems according to information security engineering principles and industry best practices
• Maintain all server, including Windows servers, Linux servers, Oracle database servers, Apache servers, DNS servers and Domain controllers
• Apply server patches and operating system updates in a timely fashion as defined by the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM). Automate this process to the extent possible
• Assist the Sponsor with hardware and software acquisitions and implementation
• Ensure software licenses are renewed as appropriate
• Obtain Sponsor waivers as necessary
• Submit Discrepancy Reports (DR) and Requests for Change (RFC) through the appropriate Sponsor channels
• Work closely with the ISSM and other customer security elements as required

• Minimum 15 years of experience in Systems Administration
• Demonstrated experience performing security scans and compliance scanning
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Demonstrated experience administering Linux and Windows environments to include system hardening
• Working knowledge of Data Systems environments

Desired skills:

• Working knowledge of engineering in virtual environments (VMWare, VCenter, Hyper-V)
• Working knowledge of Solarwinds
• Windows Server 2016, 2019 and Windows 10
• Windows patching to include SCCM or MECM
• Windows Backup – DPM
• SQL
• Microsoft Deployment Tool – MDT

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in the field of computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or other related scientific or technical discipline. If the candidate does not have a Bachelor's degree, they must have (5) additional years of experience.

Clearance Required