Junior Systems Administrator – TS/SCI, On-Prem & Cloud

PingWind, Inc.; Quantico (VA); Presencial; USD 54.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Eleven Federal Holidays

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Medical plan choices

Dental and Vision Insurance

401k with matching

Continuing education assistance

Wellness benefits

Descripción de la vacante

PingWind is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to maintain on-premises servers serving sensitive missions at Quantico. You will assist with day-to-day server, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, backup, and documentation tasks under supervision from senior staff.

The role requires 1–3 years' experience, an associate degree or higher, and TS/SCI clearance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to sustain mission operations and ensure continuity of services.

Formación

• Foundational-to-intermediate knowledge of server operating systems, virtualization, enterprise storage, backup/recovery, identity services, and system monitoring.
• Working knowledge of Red Hat/Linux, Windows Server, VMware or comparable virtualization, and Commvault or comparable backup platforms.
• Basic knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-209, and applicable DAF and AFOSI COOP concepts.
• Ability to follow technical procedures, troubleshoot systematically, document work accurately, and escalates issues appropriately.
• Ability to safeguard classified and sensitive systems and comply with configuration, change, and cybersecurity controls.
• Ability to perform routine assignments under senior technical oversight and recognize work requiring advanced or expert-level support.

Responsabilidades

• Perform routine administration and maintenance of Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers under senior technical oversight and 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 escalates complex issues with complete technical notes.
• 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.

Conocimientos

Server administration

Windows Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

VMware

Backup/Recovery (Commvault)

Identity services

Documentation

Educación

Associate's degree or higher in IT / Cybersecurity / CS

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS

Herramientas

VMware vSphere

Commvault

Active Directory

Descripción del empleo

PingWind is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to maintain on-premises servers serving sensitive missions at Quantico. You will assist with day-to-day server, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, backup, and documentation tasks under supervision from senior staff.

The role requires 1–3 years' experience, an associate degree or higher, and TS/SCI clearance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to sustain mission operations and ensure continuity of services.