Junior System Administrator — Automation & 24/7 Ops

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Junior System Administrator to support daily IT operations in a mission-critical federal environment. You will administer Windows systems, manage accounts, perform monitoring and patching, and contribute to automation under supervision.

Responsibilities include on‑prem and cloud basics, backup/recovery, and 24/7 readiness through on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 0–3 years of IT/system administration experience with foundational automation knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft operating systems and products (Windows, Windows Server, Office 365, SharePoint, Teams).
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve routine hardware, software, or networking issues with minimal supervision.
• Must meet DoD 8140 requirements and hold an active Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Administer operating systems, user accounts, permissions, and configurations per policies and security standards.
• Perform routine system monitoring, log analysis, and health checks for performance and availability.
• Apply patches, updates, and security configurations to servers and applications for compliance.
• Configure and manage backup and recovery solutions, and support data restoration.
• Troubleshoot server, application, and infrastructure issues; escalate as needed.
• Use scripting tools (PowerShell, Bash) to automate routine tasks and improve consistency.
• Support virtualization and cloud environments; basic VM and cloud resource management.
• Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and change records.
• Participate in on-call rotations and 24/7 monitoring.

Skills

Windows OS

PowerShell

Bash

Troubleshooting

Automation

On-call support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / related field

Tools

VMware

AWS

Azure

Office 365

SharePoint

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Junior System Administrator to support daily IT operations in a mission-critical federal environment. You will administer Windows systems, manage accounts, perform monitoring and patching, and contribute to automation under supervision.

Responsibilities include on‑prem and cloud basics, backup/recovery, and 24/7 readiness through on-call rotations.