NAVAIR Systems Administrator, Senior

AMERICAN SYSTEMS; California (MO); On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs in IT, testing, engineering, analysis, and training. The next Systems Administrator will support NAVAIR and collaborate on mission-critical solutions for naval aviation and defense operations.

Responsibilities include deploying and maintaining physical/virtual infrastructure, implementing backups, managing access, and ensuring system security per DoD guidance.

Qualifications

• Active Secret with ability to obtain Top Secret (interim to start). Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• RMF compliance experience preferred (scanning and STIG execution).
• CompTIA Sec+ requirement.
• Windows or Linux OS certification.
• ACAS Operator and Supervisor Course completion preferred (within 3 year active window).
• At least 5+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering solutions for government software hosting facilities.
• Deploy and maintain physical and virtual hardware infrastructure, including VMs and containers.
• Perform routine maintenance and configuration changes to hosts.
• Install, configure and troubleshoot hardware and software on servers/workstations.
• Maintain backups and disaster recovery plans.
• Manage user accounts and permissions.
• Deploy and maintain software applications.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and maintain documentation.
• Provide customer support and best-practices guidance.
• Secure information systems per DoD guidance and maintain security posture.

Skills

Security clearance

RMF compliance

Agile experience

Education

Windows or Linux OS certification

CompTIA Sec+

Tools

ACAS

STIGManager

Evaluate-STIG

VMware

Docker

Podman

GitLab

Job description

Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As our next Systems Adminsitrator forNAVAIR,you'll collaborate with talented professionals to create innovative, mission-critical solutions that empower naval aviation and defense operations. Your expertise will help shape cutting-edge systems, enhance national security, and drive technological advancement for our nation.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering solutions for various and unique problem sets and customers in a government software hosting facility.
• Deploy and maintain physical and virtual hardware infrastructure, to include virtual machines and containers.
• Perform routine maintenance and configuration changes to various physical and virtual hosts.
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of hardware and software issues on servers, workstations, and IT equipment.
• Maintain system backups and disaster recovery plans.
• Manage user accounts and permissions.
• Deploy and maintain software applications.
• Troubleshoot technical issues.
• Maintain documentation to include knowledge base, incident response actions, system configurations, and other information related to system administration.
• Provide technical support to customers, ranging from resolving technical issues to providing guidance and best-practices.
• Secure information systems and applications to current DoD guidance
• Maintain configuration and security posture of information systems through continuous monitoring and routine security events/reporting.
• Participate in project planning using Agile methodology.
• Provide networking support to on-premises infrastructure.
• Understanding and familiarity of Linux operating system and virtual networking.

Qualifications

• Active Secret with ability to obtain Top Secret (interim to start). Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance experience preferred (example: scanning and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) execution)
• CompTIA Sec+
• Windows or Linux OS certification
• ACAS Operator and Supervisor Course completion preferred (Certification must be within the 3 year active window)
• At least 5+ years of experience

Desired:

• Software familiarity:
  • Veeam Backup
  • Windows (10-11)
  • Windows Server (2016-2022)
  • Linux (Red Hat)
  • VMWare (ESXi, VSphere, VCF, VSAN, NSX)
  • Cisco (iOS and NX-OS)
  • PDQ Deploy
  • Atlassian
  • Gitlab
  • Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
  • ACAS (SecurityCenter, Nessus Scanner)
  • STIGManager
  • Evaluate-STIG
  • Containers (Docker, Podman)

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $86,000.00/Yr. - USD $137,600/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

EEO Statement

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