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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Administrator IV (HPC) - **Company:** Cornerstone Defense - **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States - **Salary:** $210,000.0 - $230,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Backup Devices, HP BladeSystems, Unix, Computer Clusters, System Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), General Parallel File Systems, Interoperability, Commercial Software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SAS (Software), Server Administration, Systems Integration, SUSE Linux, Information Technology, Slurm, User Accounts, Vmware - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9187883/systems-administrator-iv-hpc ## About the Role SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV shall have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. Or the individual shall have five (5) years of full time computer science work that can be substituted for the Bachelor's Degree, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience., In addition to the above qualifications, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV FOR HPC must have the following qualifications required by the relevant TTO: * Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of: o Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements o Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat of SuSe with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs * Distributing computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM * HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of Special Purpose devices (SPDs) * IBM of HP Blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back end * Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre * Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems * Accepted professional certifications include: o Valid RHCSA or higher red Hat certification o Valid VMWare certification *IAT Level II Certification Required* *Candidates with Lustre Experience highly preferred* ## Description Experience shall include installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT based platforms. 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