System Administrator

The System Administrator supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:

• Work closely with a team to provide high quality, innovative system administration services to the Government customer.
• Work with a team to identify and define requirements for new systems/system modifications, developing designs, and implementing and testing solutions.
• Ensure daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations.
• Be responsible for ensuring system software installations, maintenance, break/fix activities, and cyber security mitigations are performed in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements.
• Coordinate with hardware and software vendors and participate in all vendor-required activities, such as quarterly infrastructure reviews.
• Have a firm understanding of Windows and Linux (Rel 8) operating systems.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate effective and efficient interchanges with various members of the team and stakeholders.

Do you have experience in Virtualization tools?, * Must have 6, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience (May be reduced with completion of advanced education).

• Must have 3, or more, years of direct/specialized experience in a computer operations environment performing systems administration of either Windows or Linux Systems.
• Must have experience working with virtual environments.
• Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (Security+).
• Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Desired Requirements:

• Have experience administering a Red Hat Linux environment using Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) Servers.
• Have experience managing Windows Active Directory and Group Policy Objects.
• Have experience conducting log analysis to assess root cause analysis.
• Have comprehensive knowledge of Virtualization infrastructure.
• Have DoD networking experience with classified data networks and strong grasp of red/black concepts and IA compliance.
• Have 1, or more, of the following certifications CompTIA Linux+, CompTIA Network+, RHCSA and knowledge in Juniper Networks.

Pulled from the full job description

• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance, * 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance