Systems Administrator

Peraton•Linthicum, MD

20d•$112,000 - $179,000•Onsite

About The Position

Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers. Monitors and manages system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency. Performs systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts. Other duties may include setting up administrator accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space. Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products. Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Ability to implement, maintain, and manage physical and virtual systems and upgrades. May assign responsibilities for less experienced staff. Manage and maintain hardware and back-end software to support end users. Support multiple centralized anti-virus and patch management systems. All other duties as assigned. This position requires full-time, onsite attendance Monday through Friday in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Requirements

Experience building and deploying physical and virtual servers.
Active Directory Domain and Forest Design, Implementation, and Management.
Strong familiarity with Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
User and group management.
PowerShell Scripting and Windows domain services.
DoD security hardening (STIG/SCAP).
DNS configuration and troubleshooting.
Familiarity with Network Security Principles (Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention).
A strong understanding of VMWare with the ability to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot.
A strong understanding of Omnissa Horizon with the ability to configure, deploy and troubleshoot.
Familiarity with Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), RAID configurations and file system management.
Familiarity with backup technologies.
Familiarity with ACAS, Splunk, and SolarWinds.
Education: Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience; OR Master’s Degree and 6+ years of experience; OR 3 years with PhD.
A degree must be in one of the following fields: Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or Cybersecurity. In lieu of a degree in one of these fields of study, four (4) years of additional relevant experience or specialized training may be considered.
Certifications: Active CompTIA Security+ certification.
Clearance: Active TS clearance, SCI eligible.

Nice To Haves

RHEL Administration Experience
CI/CD automation (Ansible/Teraform)
Cloud services (Azure/AWS)
Disaster recovery planning and execution
Gitlab
Trellix
CASP+
CCNP Security
CCSP
FITSP-O
GFACT

Responsibilities

Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers.
Monitors and manages system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency.
Performs systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts.
Setting up administrator accounts
Maintaining system documentation
Tuning system performance
Installing system wide software
Allocating mass storage space
Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery.
Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
Ability to implement, maintain, and manage physical and virtual systems and upgrades.
May assign responsibilities for less experienced staff.
Manage and maintain hardware and back-end software to support end users.
Support multiple centralized anti-virus and patch management systems.
All other duties as assigned.