Onsite Lab Systems Administrator

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks an Associate System Administrator to join Lab Services. You will deploy, patch, monitor, and sustain Windows and Linux systems, VMs, and lab infrastructure, working with senior admins to keep environments secure and compliant.

You will support daily system administration, user access, backups, and incident response, with growth in a mission-focused setting. On-site role; four days/week with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Experience with Windows, Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), and general system administration tasks.
• Experience administering or supporting virtualized Windows and Linux systems; VMware ESX/ESXi helpful.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day Windows and Linux system administration support for MITRE lab environments.
• Deploy, configure, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot lab workstations, servers, and virtual machines.
• Support user accounts and access requests, including local and centralized identities, permissions, and basic access troubleshooting.
• Perform basic Windows and Linux support, including user environments, SSH, package installs and updates, logs, and common configuration issues.
• Acknowledge, categorize, triage, and document incoming tickets and requests; escalate complex issues to senior staff as needed.
• Support lab and data center activities, including rack and console setup, KVM support, cable management, inventory updates, and hardware troubleshooting.
• Monitor system health, backups, and operational status; perform basic troubleshooting and communicate issues, risks, and status clearly.

Skills

Windows OS

Linux

Shell scripting

PowerShell

Python

VMware ESX/ESXi

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Veeam

Centralized identity management

Configuration management

Job description

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks an Associate System Administrator to join Lab Services. You will deploy, patch, monitor, and sustain Windows and Linux systems, VMs, and lab infrastructure, working with senior admins to keep environments secure and compliant.

You will support daily system administration, user access, backups, and incident response, with growth in a mission-focused setting. On-site role; four days/week with occasional travel.