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# Systems Administrator

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $61,900.0 - $141,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Application Frameworks, Systems Engineering, Unix, Cloud Computing, Databases, Computer Engineering, System Configuration, Linux, Network Troubleshooting, Linux Servers, Network Architecture, Network Diagrams, Standard Sql
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/81efd957-9991-4ef2-9923-91a61fcdfcf4

## About the Role

* Experience in a System Administration or System Engineering role
 * Experience installing or configuring devices, applications, and security tools
 * Experience troubleshooting network infrastructure
 * Experience automating deployments
 * Knowledge of optimizing system operations and resource utilization
 * Ability to recommend process improvements
 * Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
 * HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience operating and maintaining Micro sof t Windows and Linux servers, including operating systems and virtualized networks
 * Experience with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure
 * Experience with DoD Risk Management Framework
 * Experience with Linux, Unix, and SQL
 * Experience creating system and network diagrams
 * Knowledge of different layers of the te chn ology stack, including network, application frameworks, database systems, and vendor solutions
 * Ability to use automation tools and Infrastructure-as-Code to manage installations, pipelines, and scripting
 * Bachelor's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering
 * Linux or Cloud Certifications

## Description

Your combination of people skills and system administrator knowledge makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the te chn ology supporting national security?

As a system administrator on our team, you'll ensure the current infrastructure is functional and available. You'll help clients overcome tough challenges through monitoring and performance management. Your knowledge will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a critical network. Your communication skills will come in handy as you turn metrics into information and articulate their meaning. We focus on growing as a team, so we'll share te chn iques, work through challenges, and develop new methodologies together. Work with us and resolve daily challenges.


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