System Administrator 4

Job Title:System Administrator 4

Job Location:Herndon, VA

Duration:6 months

Active Full Scope TS/SCI Clearance

Job Description:
This position is part of a small team of shift-work rotational schedule high caliber System Administrators who perform several system administration tasks, sometimes under high pressure and tight deadlines, to include infrastructure administration, information security support and configurations, software and OS support, and follows configuration change control/configuration change management processes. You will create new solutions to hard technical problems and provide system support using best practices with modern and innovative tooling. This position requires comfort in a high-paced environment and interfacing with a small group of end users.

Responsibilities include:
• Support a small group of end users who use our system and several other systems that we support.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues, sometimes under time pressure.
• Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and document proposed optimizations to improve overall system efficiency and responsiveness.
• Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Interface with customer and represent the entire System Admin Team during high impact operations.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
• A current Full Scope Polygraph (FSP).
• Experience in System Administration (i.e. Linux/Unix or Windows platforms).
• Experience in communicating with customer representatives in a variety of forums, in both written and spoken form, regarding technical subjects.
• Willingness to successfully complete on-the-job (OJT) training to confirm ability to perform assigned duties and tasks.
• Willingness and ability to work variable shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
• Experience managing and maintaining servers, workstations, and related infrastructure components.
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and other core services.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills and problem-solving abilities and able to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
• Expertise in on-premises virtualization (AHV, VMWare ESXi, Hyper-V, etc.) or cloud expertise (AWS or Azure).
• Experience with VDI infrastructure, monitoring infrastructure, securing infrastructure.
• Experience with documenting technical details in Confluence and task tracking in Jira.
• Cloud, INFOSEC, or any recent IT certifications.
• Previous shift-work experience.