IT Specialist (sysadmin)

U.S. Army Cyber Command; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Cyber Command is hiring for a CES position located at Adams, Pennsylvania.

The role requires expertise in administering enterprise servers, implementing security baselines, and maintaining compliance artifacts in centralized tools. The incumbent will manage SAN/NAS storage infrastructure, perform disaster recovery planning, and diagnose hardware/software interoperability issues across modern infrastructures such as VDI and cloud workloads.

Qualifications

• Administering enterprise server operating systems (e.g., Windows Server 2019+).
• Implementing baseline security standards (DoD STIGs, NIST, CIS).
• Maintaining cybersecurity compliance records and authorization artifacts in governance tools (eMASS or equivalent).
• Managing SAN/NAS infrastructure, storage provisioning, snapshots, DR/restore.
• Diagnosing complex hardware/software interoperability issues with modern infra (VDI, thin clients, cloud).

Skills

Server administration

Security hardening

GRC/compliance artifacts

Storage infra management

Troubleshooting interoperability

Job description

About the Position:

This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the 7th SIG CMD (T) 21st SIG BDE 114th SIG BN in Adams, Pennsylvania.

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT.

Who May Apply:

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one-year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by:

• Administering enterprise server operating systems (e.g., Windows Server 2019+) and directory services within a clustered virtualization environment.
• Implementing baseline security standards (e.g., DoD STIGs, NIST standards, or CIS benchmarks) and conducting technical vulnerability remediation.
• Maintaining cybersecurity compliance records and authorization artifacts within a centralized governance tool (e.g., eMASS or equivalent GRC platform).
• Managing enterprise Storage Area Network (SAN/NAS) infrastructure, including storage provisioning, snapshot policies, and disaster recovery/restore operations.
• Diagnosing complex hardware and software interoperability issues and integrating modern infrastructure solutions (such as virtualized desktops, thin clients, or cloud workloads).

This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.