STS IMI Systems Administrator | Secret Clearance

General Dynamics Information Technology • Chesapeake, VA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Administrator and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you. As a Systems Administrator, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission. This position may require being on-call as needed for after-hours support. Install new software, troubleshoot, grant permissions to applications, and assist in training lesser experienced administrators. Perform system updates, make recommendations on server configurations, and implement changes in multiple environments from test or development to production. Respond to alerts, customer reported issues, escalate problems as required, and resolve significant matters exercising independent judgment and within established support practices. Deploy approved release packages and break-fix solutions in accordance with all enterprise architecture and configuration, change, and release management policies and procedures. Monitor infrastructure, systems operations, and critical application services 24/7; provide information and statistics relevant to system limits on capacity, data storage, system utilization, etc.; respond to critical outages and restore services within agreed upon service levels. Provide technical expertise in the areas of system design, installation, configuration, tuning, capacity planning, troubleshooting and problem resolution. Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains system documentation, tunes system performance, and installs system-wide software. Ability to perform work under continuous deadline pressure. Data Transfer Agent (DTA) duties: Primary POC for DTA activities. Move data files to the system when necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and at least 5 years work experience with the design, installation, administration & maintenance of Windows (versions up to WIN11 and Server 2026)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills needed to work with business partners, engineering, operations, and vendors
• Demonstrated success in automating server builds, standardizing images.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with a service oriented mindset
• Quick learner, detail oriented; demonstrable thoroughness and strong ownership of work
• Good team player with a strong willingness to participate and help others
• Able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment; high sense of urgency
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Security clearance level: Secret
• US citizenship required
• 5 + years of related experience
• Backup and Recovery
• Critical Systems
• Information Technology (IT) Systems

Nice To Haves

• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification

Responsibilities

• Patching desktops/servers
• Installing, and configuring software, hardware, and networks
• Responding to service outages
• Monitoring system performance
• Troubleshooting systems issues
• Monthly Microsoft patching (OS, apps, desktop, and server)
• Maintain WSUS servers (classified)
• Download and test updates on unclassified systems before importing onto classified WSUS
• Update CCB documentation in reference to patching OS
• Participation in the Configuration Control Board (CCB) to denote proposed system modifications
• Reviews of proposed changes to denote vulnerabilities and recommend secure solutions or alternatives
• Update and maintain CCB documentation
• Monthly vulnerability scans (SCAP) of classified systems, notification of vulnerabilities to ISSM/O, remediation or inclusion in POAM
• Scripting or light programming
• Project management for systems-related projects
• Sets up administrator and service accounts
• Maintains system documentation
• Tunes system performance
• Installs system-wide software
• Data Transfer Agent (DTA) duties
• Primary POC for DTA activities
• Move data files to the system when necessary

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior