Junior Systems Administrator

AILANI HAWAIIAN FEDERAL LLC; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ailani Wind Joint Venture is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to support on-premises systems serving NIPR, SIPR, SAP, and AFSCI missions. You will work with senior admins on day-to-day server, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, backup, and documentation tasks.

You will respond to incidents, verify backups and system health, and help maintain secure, recoverable mission environments in a classified Federal setting.

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of server OS, virtualization, backup/recovery, and business continuity concepts.
• Experience with Red Hat/Linux, Windows Server, VMware, and Commvault.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53/34/209 and applicable DAF/AFOSI COOP requirements.
• Ability to follow procedures, troubleshoot systematically, document work, and escalate issues.
• Safeguard classified and sensitive systems and comply with cybersecurity controls.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine administration and maintenance of Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers under approved procedures.
• Monitor server, storage, application, authentication, and virtualization dashboards and report or resolve conditions.
• Provision and update virtual machines, accounts, groups, permissions, DHCP records, etc.
• Assist with SAN, NAS, cloud-storage, and capacity-management activities.
• Execute approved patches, configuration changes, and maintenance tasks and document completion.
• Monitor backup jobs, investigate failures, and support restoration testing.
• Troubleshoot incidents and escalate issues appropriately.
• Support migrations to approved cloud environments.
• Participate in backup/restoral, DR, and COOP exercises.
• Maintain inventories, system records, diagrams, and SOPs.

Skills

Server OS

Virtualization

Backup/Recovery

Business continuity

NIST standards

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

VMware

Commvault

Windows Server

Red Hat Linux

Job description

Description

Ailani Wind Joint Venture is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to support the operation and maintenance of on-premises systems serving NIPR, SIPR, SAP, and AFSCI missions. Working with senior administrators, this position performs day-to-day server, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, backup, and documentation activities.

The administrator responds to incidents, completes approved maintenance, verifies backups and system health, and helps maintain recoverable, secure, and reliable mission environments.

Primary Responsibilities:

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Perform routine administration and maintenance of Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers under approved procedures.
• Monitor server, storage, application, authentication, and virtualization dashboards and promptly report or resolve identified conditions.
• Provision and update virtual machines, accounts, groups, permissions, DHCP records, and other assigned services.
• Assist with SAN, NAS, cloud-storage, and capacity-management activities.
• Execute approved patches, configuration changes, software installations, and maintenance tasks and document completion.
• Monitor Commvault or comparable backup jobs, investigate failures, and support scheduled restoration testing.
• Troubleshoot assigned system, application, performance, and access incidents and escalat issues appropriately.
• Support workload, application, and data migrations to approved cloud environments.
• Participate in backup/restoral, disaster recovery, business continuity, and continuity of operations exercises.
• Maintain inventories, system records, diagrams, checklists, standard operating procedures, and configuration documentation.
• Coordinate with senior administrators and network, cyber, application, and service desk personnel to sustain mission operations.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Expert-level knowledge, as required by the PWS, of server operating systems, virtualization, enterprise backup/recovery, and business continuity concepts.
• Knowledge of Red Hat/Linux, Windows Server, VMware or comparable virtualization, and Commvault or comparable backup platforms.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-209, and applicable DAF and AFOSI COOP requirements.
• Ability to follow technical procedures, troubleshoot systematically, document work accurately, and escalat issues appropriately.
• Ability to safeguard classified and sensitive systems and comply with configuration, change, and cybersecurity controls.
• Ability to work effectively under the direction of senior technical personnel in a classified Federal environment.

Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Certifications: Cloud+ CE, Server+ CE, and/or Security+ CE, as applicable

Required Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent specialized experience may be considered.

Required Experience: Minimum of three (3) years of specialized Federal or DoW system administration experience involving server, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms.

Desired Qualifications:

• RHCSA, Microsoft Windows Server, VMware, or Commvault certification.
• Hands-on experience supporting Active Directory, DHCP, SAN/NAS, virtual machines, and enterprise monitoring tools.
• Experience participating in recovery testing, COOP exercises, or cloud migrations.
• Experience supporting DAF or AFOSI systems and users.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.