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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Administrator - **Company:** Digital Prospectors - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Ubuntu (Operating System), Configuration Management, Software Documentation, System Configuration, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Monitoring of Systems, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, NetApp Applications, Oracle (Applications), Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Software Configuration Management, Data Logging, Information Technology, Patch Management, Puppet, Network Server, Cisco, User Accounts - **Published:** June 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8947787/systems-administrator ## About the Role * Ansible Automation platform to support Linux systems - 3 years experience * MS Active Directory and LDAP - 3 years experience * Software configuration management experience (Puppet or Ansible) * Experience configuring distributed environments including NFS for storage * Experience configuring and managing centralized logging and audit capabilities * Hardware: Intel/AMD, Cisco, Sun/Oracle, Dell, Apple, EMC, NetApp * 3+ years of Linux system administration (RedHat and Ubuntu) * 3+ years of Windows patch management POST-OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. Digital Prospectors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Digital Prospectors affirms the right of all individuals to equal opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment. ## Description Maintains operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination of infrastructure and cloud responsibilities. Develops and designs core operating system builds. Responsible for coding, virtualization, and automation of systems. Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains an active directory of users and system documentation, tunes system performance, installs system-wide software, and allocates mass storage space. Assesses and resolves user access problems related to security controls to minimize business impact and risk exposure. Identifies and evaluates vendor products and establishes vendor monitoring and tracking processes. Performs capacity planning and monitors/tunes systems. Recommends appropriate platforms for purchase, coordinates installation, and provides backup recovery. Serves as a point of escalation for major incidents that are unresolved at the helpdesk level. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. May draft general IT communications to end-users including notifications of outages/downtimes., * Install, configure, maintain and upgrade Linux (Red Hat and Ubuntu) workstations/servers, Windows 11 PCs, and macOS devices. * Provide troubleshooting to a group of 50 staff for hardware, OS, and application issues; manage user accounts, group policy, and permissions via Active Directory/LDAP * Design, develop, and maintain automation scripts and tooling; contribute to configuration-management frameworks (Ansible, Puppet, etc.) * Administer data-storage solutions, backup schedules, and disaster-recovery procedures; validate backup integrity and perform restoration testing * Evaluate new hardware/software, conduct proof-of-concept testing, and generate purchase recommendations * Participate in efforts that enhance research compute capacity, storage scalability, and network performance; utilize system-monitoring systems * Produce documentation and knowledge-base articles for technical staff and end-users on systems ## Related Videos - [Automate everything via NodeJS and Puppeteer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/322-automate-everything-via-nodejs-and-puppeteer) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Hacking MSSQL on Cloud. 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