Junior Systems Administrator

VT Group (VTG); Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VT Group (VTG) in Fort Meade, Maryland is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to support a mission-focused customer. The role involves developing, deploying, and maintaining RF processing systems.

Candidates must have a TS/SCI with Poly clearance and be experienced in system administration, particularly with CentOS, Rocky, and RHEL. You will manage IT systems while providing Tier 1 and Tier 2 support, making this an essential role for the team.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Poly required.
• Experience with Customer Secure the Enterprise (STE) tasks.
• Experience with Customer data transfer process.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems.
• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution.
• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems.

Skills

System Administration experience with CentOS 7

System Administration experience with Rocky 9

System Administration experience with RHEL 9

Upgrading servers

Hardware installation experience

Linux

Tools

Ansible

Proxmox

Job description

Overview

VTG is looking for a Junior Systems Administrator to join our team. This position will support a mission-focused customer developing, deploying, and maintaining RF processing systems.

What will you do?

The Level 1 System Administrator (SA) shall possess the following capabilities:

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems
• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems
• Provide assistance to users in accessing and using IT systems
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems
• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.
• Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform system capacity analysis and planning

Do you have what it takes?

Required Qualifications

TS/SCI with Poly required

Required Skills

• System Administration experience with CentOS 7, Rocky 9, and RHEL 9
• Upgrading servers, workstations, laptops
• Experience with the Customer Secure the Enterprise (STE) tasks
• Experience with the Customer data transfer process
• Hardware installation experience (servers/workstations)
• Linux

Desired

• Task Automation
• Ansible experience
• PXE boot
• Building VMs using Proxmox
• Identity Manager (IDM) experience
• Integration of IDM with a CentOS LDAP server
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator
• Experience trouble shooting and configuring Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Windows 10/11 administration
• Linux networking experience