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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # System Administrator - **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. - **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $99,000.0 - $225,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Proxmox, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac Systems, Backup Devices, Linux, VMware ESX Servers, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), NetApp Applications, Network File Systems, Routing, OpenLDAP, Performance Tuning, Regression Testing, Ansible, Samba (Software), Security Information and Event Management, Virtualization Technology, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Okta, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Vcenter, Nessus, Nutanix, Terraform, Splunk, Data Pipelines, Cisco, Docker - **Published:** September 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9200067/system-administrator ## About the Role * 10+ years of experience administering Linux, Windows, and Mac OS systems in enterprise or secure environments * Experience with system installation, configuration, patching, backups, and performance tuning * Experience conducting hardware or software audits, maintaining configuration baselines, and enforcing SOPs * Experience supporting secure, multi-enclave or air-gapped systems such as Unclassified, Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI environments * Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues across distributed networks * Top Secret clearance * Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in technical management or program management, Master's degree and 5+ years of experience in technical management or program management, or 12+ years of experience in technical management or program management in lieu of a degree Nice If You Have: * Experience with Docker or Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, or Infrastructure-as-Code, including Terraform or Ansible * Experience with advanced networking, including multi-tier tunneling, complex routing, VPNs, and Cisco or Arista * Experience with virtualization or hyper-converged platforms, including VMWare ESXi/vCenter, Proxmox, or Nutanix * Knowledge of monitoring and security tools such as Splunk, Nessus, OpenSearch, or SIEM workflows * Knowledge of large storage platforms, including QNAP, Synology, TrueNAS, and NetApp, and file protocols such as NFS, SFTP, and Samba * Knowledge of identity and access services such as AD, LDAP or OpenLDAP, Keycloak, FreeIPA, or SSSD/HBAC ## Description Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology across key law enforcement systems? We're looking for a system administrator to help us deploy and sustain next-generation capabilities. As a System Administrator on our project, you'll work with development teams on integration pipelines, conduct regression testing, and deploy new capabilities. You'll provide your customers with insight into their network through monitoring and performance management. Your system administrator expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. You'll help your team better understand the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning. This is an opportunity to broaden your skill set into areas like containerization, virtualization, and scaling. We focus on growing as a team, so you'll share your expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies. As a system administrator leader, you'll identify new opportunities to modernize the network so your clients achieve their goals. 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