System Administrator

Booz Allen Hamilton•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

6d•Remote

About The Position

The Opportunity: Are you ready to make a significant impact on the future of cyber technology in the defense sector? We are seeking passionate and innovative professionals to join our cutting-edge team dedicated to maintaining the Army’s capability advantage to perform advanced cyber-focused R&D and software development. As a member of the system administration team, you will lead Windows administration to define and manage the Windows domain supporting cyber R&D activities. You’ll help to design and implement improvements to hardware and software architecture and configurations, create and modify scripts used for system administration, and maintain and provide lifecycle support for deployed systems, including troubleshooting issues, updating hardware and software baselines, assisting with configuration control, and maintaining a reliable inventory. You will perform work on Windows systems, including imaging and management for both physical and virtual operating systems such as provisioning, configuration, patch and update management, and secure baseline management using SCAP tools and STIGs. You’ll help customers overcome challenges by recommending improvements to existing components or processes, creating and maintaining documentation, and supporting the configuration management processes. You’ll provide your customers insight into the network through monitoring and performance management. Your technical expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement and communicate those needs with the team. We focus on growing as a team, so we’ll share techniques, work through challenges, and develop new methodologies together. This is an opportunity to gain expertise in a wide variety of technologies, including virtual and cluster computing. Join our team and solve challenges daily as we work to provide our clients with a safe and secure environment for complex and efficient analysis. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with systems administration in both Windows Server and Linux, including Redhat and Ubuntu
3+ years of experience with network administration with routers, switches, and firewalls
1+ years of experience with virtual server management using VMWare, Hyper-V, or Kubernetes
1+ years of experience with desktop support
Experience with inventory control and management
Top Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED
DoD 8140 Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience with patch management and vulnerability scans
Experience with system imaging
Experience working in an air-gapped environment
Experience performing vulnerability management, STIG application, and POAM resolution
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree in IT or Computer Science
Cisco CCNA Certification

Responsibilities

Lead Windows administration to define and manage the Windows domain supporting cyber R&D activities.
Design and implement improvements to hardware and software architecture and configurations.
Create and modify scripts used for system administration.
Maintain and provide lifecycle support for deployed systems, including troubleshooting issues, updating hardware and software baselines, assisting with configuration control, and maintaining a reliable inventory.
Perform work on Windows systems, including imaging and management for both physical and virtual operating systems such as provisioning, configuration, patch and update management, and secure baseline management using SCAP tools and STIGs.
Recommend improvements to existing components or processes.
Create and maintain documentation.
Support the configuration management processes.
Provide customers insight into the network through monitoring and performance management.
Identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement and communicate those needs with the team.