Enterprise System Administrator - Security Clearance

Columbia Technology Partners; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Vision & Dental

401k

PTO & Leave

Career growth funding

Life & Disability

Profit sharing

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Columbia Technology Partners is seeking System Administrators to support the implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of mission-critical IT systems and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will provide operational support across servers, storage, networks, operating systems, and end-user environments while ensuring system reliability, performance, and security.

Opportunities are available for experienced administrators supporting enterprise environments ranging from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) additional years of System Administrator experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
• Level 2: Ten (10) years of System Administrator experience.
• Level 3: Fifteen (15) years of System Administrator experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance support for IT systems and infrastructure.
• Manage the day‑to‑day operation, configuration, and monitoring of IT systems.
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) support for hardware, software, network, storage, and operating system issues.
• Assist users with system access, functionality, and technical support requests.
• Support client, server, storage, network, and mobile device environments.
• Configure, manage, and maintain UNIX, Windows, or other applicable operating systems.
• Install, upgrade, and troubleshoot operating system software and network components.
• Analyze and resolve system issues while maintaining system integrity and performance.
• Support ticket escalation processes and communicate status updates to management and customers.
• Perform system capacity analysis, resource planning, and operational optimization.
• Provide detailed technical analysis and recommendations for escalated issues.
• Support dispatch operations and remain engaged through problem resolution.
• In addition to the responsibilities above, Level 3 candidates will:
• Support the design and integration of systems, mission architectures, and associated hardware solutions.
• Apply knowledge of system administration interdependencies within Service‑Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments.
• Analyze and resolve complex server, application, software integration, and infrastructure issues.
• Provide advanced technical expertise for enterprise system administration and operational support activities.

Skills

System Administration

UNIX / Linux

Windows Server

Network & Storage

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Columbia Technology Partners is seeking System Administrators to support the implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of mission-critical IT systems and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will provide operational support across servers, storage, networks, operating systems, and end-user environments while ensuring system reliability, performance, and security.

Opportunities are available for experienced administrators supporting enterprise environments ranging from