Senior NAVAIR Systems Administrator – TS Cleared, On-Site

AMERICAN SYSTEMS; United States; On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Senior NAVAIR Systems Administrator at Point Mugu, CA to support government hosting and mission-critical IT operations. You will deploy and maintain hardware and virtual infrastructure, manage backups, and ensure DoD-aligned security practices while supporting customers and teams across agile projects.

The role requires active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret, 5+ years of relevant experience, and familiarity with RMF, ACAS, and a broad set of IT

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret
• US citizen
• RMF compliance experience preferred
• CompTIA Sec+
• Windows or Linux OS certification
• ACAS Operator and Supervisor Course completion preferred (within 3 years)
• 5+ years of experience

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering solutions for government software hosting facility.
• Deploy and maintain physical and virtual hardware infrastructure, including VMs and containers.
• Perform routine maintenance and configuration changes to physical and virtual hosts.
• Install, configure and troubleshoot hardware and software on servers/workstations/IT equipment.
• Maintain system backups and disaster recovery plans.
• Manage user accounts and permissions.
• Deploy and maintain software applications.
• Troubleshoot technical issues.
• Maintain documentation: knowledge base, incident response actions, system configurations, and other information for system administration.
• Provide technical support to customers, resolving issues and giving guidance on best practices.
• Secure information systems per current DoD guidance.
• Maintain configuration and security posture via continuous monitoring and routine security events/reporting.
• Participate in Agile project planning.
• Provide networking support to on-premises infrastructure.
• Understand and be familiar with Linux and virtual networking.

Skills

RMF compliance experience

CompTIA Sec+

Linux OS

Windows OS

Networking

Documentation

Tools

Veeam Backup

Windows

Windows Server

Linux (Red Hat)

VMware (ESXi/VSphere)

Cisco IOS/NX-OS

PDQ Deploy

Atlassian

GitLab

PostgreSQL

MySQL

ACAS/SecurityCenter

STIGManager

Evaluate-STIG

Docker/Podman

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Senior NAVAIR Systems Administrator at Point Mugu, CA to support government hosting and mission-critical IT operations. You will deploy and maintain hardware and virtual infrastructure, manage backups, and ensure DoD-aligned security practices while supporting customers and teams across agile projects.

The role requires active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret, 5+ years of relevant experience, and familiarity with RMF, ACAS, and a broad set of IT