Senior System Administrator

Yakshna Solutions; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid time off

Training & professional development

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. seeks a Senior System Administrator for an onsite role at Quantico, VA. The position provides end-to-end support for on‑premise servers, SAN/NAS, and cloud storage, across classified and unclassified domains.

Required are 3+ years in DoW/Federal sysadmin, expert Red Hat Linux and VMware skills, and a current Top Secret clearance. US citizens or Green Card holders only; comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT/CS or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• At least 3 years in system administration within federal/DoW environments.
• Expert-level knowledge of Red Hat Linux, VMWare, and backup applications.
• Experience with backup/recovery best practices in distributed enterprises.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev5, SP 800-34 Rev1, NIST SP 800-209.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• US Citizenship or Green Card holder only.

Responsibilities

• Manage right-sizing of virtual machines and hardware recommendations.
• Assist migrating systems/data to a cloud enclave; data, systems, apps, NAS objects.
• Create backup plans and recovery procedures for mission-critical data.
• Maintain history of recoveries from real or simulated events.

Skills

System administration

Disaster Recovery

Business Continuity

Federal/DoW environments

Threat & security controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT Management, Cybersecurity, CS or related

Tools

VMware

Commvault

Red Hat Linux

Windows Server

Job description

Senior System Administrator - Quantico, VA (Onsite)

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Job Description

ID Job Title Job Description 99912 Senior System Administrator

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

YSI is seeking a Senior System Administrator to provide comprehensive technical support for on-premise servers, storage area networks, and network attached storage, as well as cloud-based storage solutions and virtual computing environments across both classified and unclassified domains. System Administrators will also

Responsibilities

• Manage the right sizing of virtual machines and make recommendations for additional hardware to increase performance or capacity.
• Assisting the agency with its ongoing activities of migrating systems and resources to an approved cloud enclave including but not limited to migrating data, systems, application, and network storage objects on an as needed basis.
• Create a back-up plan and schedule for mission-critical data and infrastructure configuration data, and a recovery plan that illustrates recovery from catastrophic system failure utilizing data from back-ups.
• Develop and maintain a history of past recoveries performed whether from real world system failures or quarterly data recovery samples.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in IT Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• At least 3 years of specialized experience in system administration within Federal/Department of War (DoW) environments, with specific expertise in typical server platforms (Red Hat Linux and similar), virtualization platforms (VMWare and similar), backup applications (Commvault and similar)
• Expert-level knowledge in typical server platforms (Red Hat Linux and similar), virtualization platforms (VMWare and similar), backup applications (Commvault and similar)
• Expert-level knowledge of backup and recovery best practices applicable to a highly distributed enterprise
• Expert-level knowledge of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning processes including execution of restoral of enterprise services at an alternate operations center or site
• Knowledge of applicable NIST publications including SP 800-53 rev5, SP 800-34 rev1, NIST SP 800-209, and related documents
• Certifications: CompTIA Cloud+CE, Server+CE, and/or Security+CE, Red Hat Certified System Administrator, Windows Server Adminstrator, VMWare Certified Professional (Data Center or Cloud Management), CommVault Certified Professional
• Active Top Secret clearance required.

US Citizen or Green card holder only

YSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.