The Operations Manager oversees IT operations, evaluates system performance, ensures data integrity, and manages infrastructure, including servers and cloud systems.
Location: Remote
Required Clearance: Required to have and maintain a Non-Sensitive / High Risk (Public Trust) security clearance (Tier 4/6c).
Certifications: Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification.
Required Education: HS Diploma/GED
Required Experience: Seven (7) + years of experience in supporting Information Technology as an Operations Manager.
Position Description:
PingWind is seeking a Operation Manager who evaluates system performance daily to ensure adequate response times for production applications. Administers, designs, implements, supports, and maintains operations for an organization's Information technology, applications, network components, and VMware environment infrastructure. Oversees performance tuning and monitors performance of server systems, including uptime, failover, antiviral, and anti-spamming.
Primary Responsibilities:
Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:
• Administers and provides overall support and maintenance of applications, operating systems, and network connectivity.
• Evaluates system performance daily to ensure adequate response times for production applications. Establishes and documents procedures to ensure data integrity including system fail-over and backup/recovery.
• Acquires, configures, and maintains servers for development work, internal and customer testing, and production environments.
• Maintains software updates, designs and implements new system structures, and tracks and monitors server usage and up-time.
• Plans, implements, administers, and optimizes company servers and network infrastructures to achieve high performance of the various supported business applications.
• Set up and maintain fault tolerances and monitors and manages accounts.
• Sets up environment, equipment, public and/or private cloud systems, understanding and depending on type of workload, and deploys them in an automated way; and monitors, moves, and alters the systems using a prescribed methodology.
• Establishes and implements standards for cloud operations according to specifications and parameters.
• Multi-discipline environment support, across various platforms and capabilities. May manage a team, or enterprise team.
• Experience with management, leadership, coordination, and customer contact for the maintenance and on-going operation of a large-scale highly available system that is integrated with business-critical systems contemplated in this PWS.
• Strong technical understanding of Information Technology, Identity and Access Management, and AWS GovCloud systems and services for the areas of work contemplated in PWS. An AWS Solution Architect certification is mandatory.
• Expert knowledge of recent technological advances in computer science and engineering.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in presenting material to senior Government officials.
Required Qualifications
• Required to have and maintain a Non-Sensitive / High Risk (Public Trust) security clearance (Tier 4/6c).
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification.
Desired Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree
About PingWind
PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cyber security, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is a VA CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA HUBZone Certified with offices in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. www.PingWind.com
Our benefits include:
• Paid Federal Holidays
• Robust Health & Dental Insurance Options
• 401k with matching
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Continuing education assistance
• Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• through Sun Life Financial EAP Guidance Resources
Veterans are encouraged to apply
PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law
Top Skills
Aws Govcloud
Cloud Operations
Network Connectivity
Operating Systems
Server Systems
VMware
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