Systems Administrator

Parsons Corporation•Annapolis Junction, MD

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to be part of a cutting edge cyber project that will make a huge impact on the security of DOD/Intel community? If you’re interested in leveraging and honing your systems administration skills in support of a unique and awesome mission, we have the ideal role for you to start your new career path at Parsons! You'll be working onsite, embedded with our customer. If you're in our field, you know that's about what we can share here. You'll have to trust us that the work is as awesome as you are! Our team maintains a strong focus on our people first, mission-focused culture, taking on our customer's mission as our own to ensure their success, while still ensuring we also maximize your work happiness with regular engagement events, including quarterly pizza, regular snack and Parsons SWAG drops, monthly board game nights, no-host team happy hours, tech talks, hands-on technical training (as part of our Cyber Analyst training series), technical leadership training (as part of our Propel Technical Leadership training series), access to free online video training in a variety of cyber and technical topics, and more! We leverage your future dreams and desires (for example, where you want to be in 1, 2, and 5 years) to help select the topics for our myriad of internal trainings, determine which opportunities to pursue to ensure we plenty of work options right for you, and to help build your customized career path to make Parsons the best place you've ever worked!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of systems administration (or related) experience, including Windows and Linux network admin; will consider 15+ years of experience without a degree
SAS requires a CITE Facility Administrator to execute spanning five key disciplines: Network Management Network Design/Architecture Network Systems Engineering Network Installation/Maintenance Information Systems Security Engineering
SAS requires experienced Network Managers/Administrators with Radio Frequency systems and components familiarity who are capable of reliably executing the following responsibilities:
An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.

Responsibilities

Consult and coordinate with external organizations to resolve network, system, server, or other development and test infrastructure issues
Identify and select IT products, tools, services, and infrastructure components for development systems
Strategize/design/select architectures and procedures required to solve complex infrastructure problems
Develop/contribute to/evaluate technical proposals for changes to CITE facility networks
Install and customize as necessary HW and/or SW components into development and test infrastructure computer systems and networks
Maintain computer system and network HW or SW, including UPS network
Manage, monitor, and control networks
Troubleshoot networks, computers, and peripheral devices to isolate causes of failures/issues
Conduct site surveys for IT installations
Validate testing and quality assurance of development and test infrastructure systems
Analyze infrastructure problems to determine technical solutions
Identify new and existing products, technologies, and/or architectures to solve design, development, and test problems
Perform high-level design, specifying system and component performance and interface requirements
Translate conceptual designs into technical specifications
Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, configure, and improve development and test infrastructure equipment
Perform all life cycle support: HW, SW, firmware, and configuration upgrades or modifications to currently installed development and test infrastructure equipment
Effect repair and modification of HW components to include micro-soldering to replace components, repair traces to keep systems/devices in operating condition, and facilitate reverse engineering efforts
Understanding the architecture/topology of SW/HW/networks, including WANs/CANs/LANs, telecommunication systems, their components, and associated protocols and standards
Configuring, managing, and sustaining development and testing network infrastructure and computer systems
Comprehension of the theory, design, and implementation of network architectures
Applying concepts, principles, theories, and methods for designing, development, evaluating, testing, and securing development and testing infrastructure networks
Monitoring and maintaining applications within an IT environment
Expertise in the concepts, principles, theories, and methods for network connectivity (e.g. routing, switching, and IP addressing)
Maintaining awareness of new, emerging, and evolving technology, tools, and trends applicable to mobile/RF development and testing infrastructure networks requirements
Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of telecommunications, including their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they integrate with one another (e.g. transmissions, switching, routing management)
Experience in the design, implementation, and operation of telecommunications systems
Familiarity with the specifications, uses, and types of security hardware and software options
Understanding of the concepts and principles of computer security
Using the principles and key elements of Configuration Management to plan, manage, or document the implementation, modification, or integration of systems
Implementing, configuring, and sustaining computer/network security solutions (e.g. encryption, firewalls, anti-virus rule sets, and intrusion detection/prevention systems)
Planning, coordinating, and administering the installation, testing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems
Maintaining systems inventory, non-attributable systems matrix, and rack/elevation/room drawings
Implementing safety protocols