Senior Systems Administrator

Technica Corporation•Sterling, VA

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

This position description is for a Senior Systems Administrator role within Technica Corporation, contingent on a contract award for the Air Force Base Infrastructure Modernization (BIM) project. The role involves managing and supporting the design, implementation, integration, hardening, deployment, and sustainment of a modernized compute, storage, network, and management application environment for a U.S. Government project. The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for maintaining a secure, resilient, and highly available IT stack that supports network operations, providing hands-on support for various IT infrastructure components. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in DoD systems administration, platform hardening, patching, troubleshooting, operational support, and sustainment in highly secure and mission-critical environments. Technica Corporation specializes in advanced information technology solutions, including Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Software Development, and Product Solutions, serving Department of Defense and other Federal Agency customers.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility
Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 5 years of related experience
Must have either a technical certification or training provided within DoD 8140/DCWF: SecurityX / CASP+, CCNP Security, CCSP, Cloud+, FITSP-O, GFACT, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, SSCP
Understanding of general system interoperability in a LAN/WAN Environment
Experience operating in secure enterprise or government IT environments
Hands-on experience administering enterprise environments involving servers, operating systems, virtualization, storage, and systems management platforms
Specific skillsets: Windows OS, UNIX OS, Vulnerability Management, Identity Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), SmartCard authentication using Public-Key Infrastructure, Active Directory, and major databases
Strong troubleshooting, organizational, and communications skills

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ITIL Foundation or equivalent IAT Level II certification
Experience in Air Force or DoD environments
Experience supporting continuity of operations, failover testing, and disaster recovery
Experience with automation tools and scripting such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Ansible
Experience supporting system accreditation, test, and turnover in government environments

Responsibilities

Provide installation, configuration, integration, and hardening of physical and virtual hosting infrastructure, storage, and applications to operate and manage network environments.
Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and sustain physical and virtual server environments in accordance with program requirements and operational schedules.
Provide system administration support for our Network Integration Lab, Integration Test Facility, and Network Operations Centers.
Support account management, access control, system auditing, and secure administrative practices.
Perform system hardening in accordance with DISA STIGs, RMF requirements, cybersecurity policies, and vendor best practices.
Monitor infrastructure health, availability, performance, capacity, and fault conditions across supported systems.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues involving servers, operating systems, virtualization platforms, storage, backups, and management tools.
Establish backups and monitor site security.
Support system integration activities with network, cybersecurity, storage, and management toolsets.
Maintain system configurations, baselines, inventories, and operational documentation, including SOPs, as-built records, maintenance procedures, and recovery guides.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation for infrastructure-related outages or degradations.
Coordinate with engineers, cybersecurity staff, network administrators, and program leadership to support secure and reliable operations.
Provide administrator-level support during deployment events, maintenance windows, and sustainment operations.
Mentor junior administrators and provide technical guidance on best practices for systems administration and operational support.