IT Specialist (SYSADMIN)

Government Accountability Office; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 108,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government Accountability Office in Washington, DC is seeking an IT Specialist (SYSADMIN) to sustain the integrity and availability of GAO's IT systems, networks, and data in support of its architecture and business needs.

The role covers administering physical and virtual environments, addressing vulnerabilities, supporting customer-facing systems, and coordinating with federal staff to plan and deploy updates on Windows and Linux servers and desktops; telework eligibility is noted.

Qualifications

• No education requirement for this position.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage physical and virtual environments, including configurations, monitoring, performance, lifecycle management.
• Collaborate on vulnerabilities affecting GAO IT systems with colleagues and admins to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Support requirements for customer-facing systems and applications and provide technical advice, troubleshooting incidents and ensuring critical activities continue.
• Plan, test, and deploy systems and updates to Windows and Linux servers, monitoring and compliance systems, and workstation/desktop OS, with federal staff and contractors.
• Investigate and resolve complex integration or configuration issues across enterprise systems (Windows, Linux, enterprise storage, backup, archive).

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Government Accountability Office
• Location: Washington, District of Columbia

This position is located in the Government Accountability Office Information Systems and Technology Services, Enterprise Infrastructure Division. As a IT Specialist (SYSADMIN) you will be responsible for sustaining the integrity and availability of systems, networks and/or data in support of GAO's IT architecture and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

As a IT Specialist (SYSADMIN), PT- 2210- 2, your typical work assignments may include the following: Administer and manage physical and virtual environments, including configurations, monitoring, performance, optimization, issue resolution, and lifecycle management. Collaborate with colleagues and system owners on vulnerabilities affecting GAO IT systems; work with functional and system admins to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate vulnerabilities.

Collaborate with colleagues to support requirements for customer-facing systems and applications and special customer environments. Provide technical advice and assistance to include troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving issues and problems in response to reported or observed incidents and ensure critical business activities are carried out.

Work with federal colleagues and contract support staff to plan, test, and deploy systems and operational updates to IT platforms and customer-facing systems including but not limited to Windows and Linux servers, monitoring and compliance systems, and workstation and desktop operating systems.

Serve as a technical analyst for enterprise systems with responsibility for investigating and resolving challenging integration or configuration issues of a wide variety of infrastructure systems including but not limited to Windows and Linux servers, enterprise storage, backup, and archive.

Requirements & Education

No education requirement for this position.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Government Accountability Office, Legislative Branch.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $108430 – $160934/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-09.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

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