System Administrator, Mid

Booz Allen Hamilton•Arlington, VA

7d•$62,000 - $141,000

About The Position

The Opportunity: 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 supporting our client? As a System Administrator on our project, you’ll support the operation, maintenance, and design of information technology resources within a virtual environment for High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, digital engineering, and data analytics. You will maintain responsibility for the installation of new equipment and operating systems to best suit the needs of analysis to be conducted and the engineers requiring support. You’ll support the review of current infrastructure to provide an overview and prepare plans for improvement and enhancement that will increase efficiency and security within the network. You will maintain responsibility for cutting-edge computing systems and the evaluation of their use for research in furtherance of the mission. 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. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

Experience providing support to IT systems, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client, server, storage, or network devices
Experience configuring and managing Unix, Linux, and Windows operating systems, including installing or loading operating system software, troubleshooting, maintaining the integrity of and configuring network components, and implementing operating systems enhancements to improve security, reliability, and performance
Experience optimizing system operations and resource utilization, and performing system capacity analysis and planning
Experience contributing to performance benchmarking, system tuning, and capacity planning
Experience supporting researchers by providing expertise and resolving IT roadblocks or issues
Knowledge of network engineering
Ability to communicate with researchers to develop computing environments that will optimize results
TS/SCI clearance
HS diploma or GED
IAT Level II Certification, such as CySA+, Security+ CE, or CCNA Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience with network fundamentals and network troubleshooting
Experience in shell scripting and diagnosing open-source issues
Experience with system automation tools or system provisioning tools
Experience with distributed storage systems and containerization tools
Experience installing, maintaining, and using infrastructure and performance monitoring and optimization tools
Bachelor's degree in System Administration, Network Administration, Computer Information Systems, or Computer Science
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Certification