Senior System Administrator - Quantico, VA (Onsite)

Yakshna Solutions, Inc.; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; 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 and professional development

Job summary

Yakshna Solutions, Inc has a Senior System Administrator opening to provide comprehensive support for on-premises servers, SAN/NAS, and cloud storage environments across classified and unclassified domains. The role requires DoD-related system experience, TS clearance, and strong backup/recovery expertise.

The ideal candidate will manage virtual environments, lead disaster recovery exercises, and participate in securing enterprise IT capabilities for government and private sector clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• At least 3 years of system administration in Federal/DoW environments with Red Hat Linux, VMware, and Commvault.
• Expert-level knowledge of backup, recovery, and business continuity planning for distributed enterprises.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 rev5, SP 800-34 rev1, NIST SP 800-209, and related docs.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Manage right-sizing of virtual machines and advise on hardware capacity needs.
• Assist migrating systems/resources to a cloud enclave and related data/app/network storage objects.
• Create backup schedules and recovery plans for mission-critical data and configurations.
• Maintain history of recoveries and perform quarterly data recovery samples.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in IT Management/Cy…

3+ years DoW federal env experience

Red Hat Linux

VMware

Commvault

Backup and recovery best practices

BC/DR planning

NIST SP 800-series knowledge

Active Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT Management or related

Tools

Red Hat Linux

VMware

Commvault

Job description

We strive to attract and retain the brightest people and offer different job experiences with a full range of challenges and rewards.

We help companies realize and implement IT solutions strategically. Yakshna Solutions supports our client’s mission and goals by sharing our know-how, skills and knowledge. We strive to attract and retain the brightest people and offer different job experiences with a full range of challenges and rewards. We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer.

Working with Yakshna gives you the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Additionally, you can build a network of peers, mentors and advance your career! We offer exciting opportunities to work with leading industry experts, business consultants and IT specialists across large government and private sector companies. The people who work in Yakshna are as diverse as our services. We recognize the crucial importance of each individual to our success and offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and innovative training.

Opportunities here exist across many services and across many US states. Don’t forget to refer your friends to earn cash for qualified referrals! Based on your relevant profile and our current requirements, our recruitment team will contact you as soon as possible.

Open Jobs

Sep 08 2026

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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.