Senior System Administrator — Cloud & Secured Infra (ITAR)

Inversion; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion, headquartered in Playa Vista, CA, seeks an experienced System Administrator to support mission-critical IT infrastructure in a defense contracting environment. The role requires strong cloud, virtualization, and security skills across Windows and Linux, with experience in controlled change and identity management.

The position is in-office at our Playa Vista headquarters, with duties including ITAR compliance, disaster recovery planning, and collaboration with security, compliance,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in defense/federal or highly secure environments.
• Experience supporting systems in regulated settings (ITAR/NIST/DFARS).
• Expertise in virtualization, cloud, and networking.
• Strong Windows and Linux administration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and monitor costs.
• Maintain Windows and Linux environments (RHEL preferred).
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes containers.
• Configure and secure network devices, firewalls, VPNs, and segmented networks.
• Patching, hardening, and continuous monitoring for security/compliance.

Skills

Windows administration

Linux administration

Cloud platforms

Virtualization

Networking

Security & compliance

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Change management

Clearance eligibility

Tools

PowerShell

Bash

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Inversion, headquartered in Playa Vista, CA, seeks an experienced System Administrator to support mission-critical IT infrastructure in a defense contracting environment. The role requires strong cloud, virtualization, and security skills across Windows and Linux, with experience in controlled change and identity management.

The position is in-office at our Playa Vista headquarters, with duties including ITAR compliance, disaster recovery planning, and collaboration with security, compliance,