Senior System Administrator – SME (TS/SCI, Zero Trust)

World-Wide-Technology; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

401k with company matching

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Nursing Mothers Benefits

Pet Insurance

Employee Discount Program

Job summary

World Wide Technology (WWT) is recruiting a seasoned System Administrator – SME for our Government Services team in the Washington DC area. The role leads enterprise infrastructure modernization, security integration, and cross‑enclave collaboration across complex environments.

This senior position requires deep experience with Windows/Linux, cloud platforms, IaC, and automation to design, implement, and govern resilient, scalable systems while aligning with DoD and federal security standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience in system administration or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal authority for enterprise systems architecture and infrastructure modernization
• Lead design, automation, and optimization of highly available infrastructure environments
• Implement zero-trust security principles and cross-enclave interoperability solutions
• Drive IaC and configuration management initiatives across the enterprise
• Establish and enforce governance for disaster recovery and compliance automation
• Provide strategic leadership for enterprise security and operational resilience
• Optimize infrastructure for scalability, performance, and security across complex environments
• Guide teams on best practices for system administration and infrastructure management

Skills

Windows

Linux

Hybrid cloud

IaC

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

AWS

Azure

GCP

Monitoring

Disaster recovery

Backups

Security controls

Leadership

Tools

Prism Central

NDFS

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitLab CI/CD

Lambda

Job description

World Wide Technology (WWT) is recruiting a seasoned System Administrator – SME for our Government Services team in the Washington DC area. The role leads enterprise infrastructure modernization, security integration, and cross‑enclave collaboration across complex environments.

This senior position requires deep experience with Windows/Linux, cloud platforms, IaC, and automation to design, implement, and govern resilient, scalable systems while aligning with DoD and federal security standards.