Expert System Administrator (Virtual Infrastructure & Cluster Management)

Cornerstone Defense LLC

College Park (MD)

On-site

USD 220,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

Generous PTO Policy

401(k)

Tuition Reimbursement and Training

Fitness Reimbursement Program

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC is seeking an Expert System Administrator to manage existing network resources and support infrastructure in College Park, MD. This role requires active TS/SCI clearance and provides a competitive salary range from $220K to $240K.

The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining VMs, troubleshooting network issues, and implementing security policies. A Bachelor’s degree and 15 years of experience in system administration are required.

Benefits include a comprehensive package covering medical, dental, vision, and more.

Qualifications

Fifteen years of experience as a System Administrator in similar scope and complexity.
Experience in programs and contracts relevant to system administration.
Five years of additional experience can substitute for degree.

Responsibilities

Maintain customer network resources and support servers.
Create and delete VMs, manage security updates.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues, managing tickets using Jira.

Skills

Multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix)

Ubuntu

System and Network security policies implementation

Monitoring and troubleshooting systems and networks

Maintaining and deploying VMs

Ansible

Jira and Confluence

Cluster management experience

DevOps experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

NetBox

SLURM

Job description

Expert System Administrator (Virtual Infrastructure & Cluster Management)

Location: College Park, MD

Compensation Range: $220 - $240K

Clearance: Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply

Benefits Overview

Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to:

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
Generous PTO Policy
401(k)
HSA and FSA options
Life and Disability Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement and Training
Perks at Work Discount Program
Referral Program
Leads Generation Program
CollegeAmerica 529
Fitness Reimbursement Program
Travel Assistance
Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions
Life Planning Financial & Legal Services

Summary

The System Administrator shall maintain existing customer network resources located XX miles from NSAW. Responsible for supporting servers, current hardware, storage, virtual infrastructures with VMs, new hardware, and resources. Responsible for day-to-day operations, creating/deleting VMs, security updates, troubleshooting, resolving issues, managing tickets (Jira). Familiar with automation tools and building of workflows. Responsible for keeping networks up-to-date utilizing industry best practices and be able to advise on system and network designs, mission architectures, and simplify and streamline network maintenance tasks.

Qualifications

Fifteen (15) years’ experience as a SA, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Required Skills

Experience with multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix)
Experience with Ubuntu
Familiar with System and Network security policies and able to implement policies
Maintain and administer systems and networks (monitoring, patching, troubleshooting)
Maintaining and deploying VMs. Able to build VMs.
Assist in annual inventory activities
Experience with Ansible
Create and maintain system and network documentation
Experience with Jira and Confluence
Responsive to users
Able to set up enclaves
Experience with system hardware
Experience with NetBox
Managing SLURM
Cluster management experience
DevOp experience