Mission-Critical Enterprise Systems Administrator – TS/SCI

NS2 Mission; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NS2 Mission in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Systems Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise server environments that support Intelligence Community customers. You will collaborate with engineers, mission partners, and leads to deploy systems, maintain security, and ensure reliable operation of mission-critical environments.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in a tech field and experience administering Windows and/or Linux servers, patch management, monitoring, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience administering Windows and/or Linux server environments in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with server installation, configuration, patch management, OS upgrades, and lifecycle administration.
• Knowledge of server monitoring, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and capacity planning.
• Experience troubleshooting server hardware, OS, and enterprise infrastructure issues.
• Familiarity with asset management, system documentation, and configuration management best practices.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain enterprise server environments for optimal performance, reliability, and availability.
• Develop and maintain server build documentation, baselines, asset records, and technical procedures.
• Perform deployments, upgrades, OS updates, security patching, and baseline configuration changes.
• Monitor server health, capacity, and performance, with tuning recommendations.
• Respond to incidents by troubleshooting hardware, software, and OS issues and restore services quickly.
• Support backup, recovery, and data restoration with secure access controls.
• Coordinate server installations and infrastructure changes with internal teams and vendors.
• Maintain server rooms and infrastructure to stay secure and compliant.
• Evaluate infrastructure and recommend hardware refreshes and improvements.

Skills

Windows/Linux administration

Server patching

Backup & recovery

Monitoring & tuning

Documentation

Asset management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

NS2 Mission in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Systems Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise server environments that support Intelligence Community customers. You will collaborate with engineers, mission partners, and leads to deploy systems, maintain security, and ensure reliable operation of mission-critical environments.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in a tech field and experience administering Windows and/or Linux servers, patch management, monitoring, and