Senior System Administrator — TS/SCI Poly

Wood Consulting Services, Inc.; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Professional Development

Work-Life Support

Wellness Resources

Job summary

WOOD Federal Solutions is seeking a System Administrator (Mid or Senior) to manage a large, mission-critical network with distributed systems and air-gapped domains. You will work with Windows servers, Active Directory, virtualization, storage, and security tools to ensure secure, stable operations.

The role supports end-user and technical staff, coordinates patches and vulnerabilities, and collaborates with engineers and leadership on upgrades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Must have experience as a systems administrator providing direct support to end users and technical staff.
• Proficient with Windows Server 2019 and Active Directory.
• Experience with software/hardware deployment, patches, operating systems, and basic backup/restore functions.
• Experience with SALT, Ansible, Splunk, Puppet, SolarWinds, Nessus.
• Experience with Red Hat and VMware.
• Solid understanding of advanced security protocols and standards.
• Experience with Client and Server virtualization environments.
• Experience with installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and reimaging hardware.
• Strong information security principles and practices.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Willingness for occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Install applications, administer systems and processes, and resolve issues promptly.
• Ensure server and desktop configurations are optimized and running efficiently.
• Perform security management and application performance optimization.
• Administration/sustainment of a system providing a web-based application for storing, sharing, and distributing information.
• Create and maintaining complex server enclaves, including analyzing system reports, patching, cert renewals, vulnerability management, and AD configurations.
• Identify and correct hardware and software issues.
• Respond to system administration, operations, and maintenance problems and develop re-work solutions.
• Create and maintain documentation of complex server/network environments for incident resolution.
• Communicate with users and external support regarding outages and upgrades; confer with management on resolutions.

Skills

End-user support

Windows Server administration

Active Directory

Security management

Client/Server virtualization

Information security principles

Installation/configuration/troublesho​

Reimage hardware

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering/CS/Info Systems

Tools

SALT

Ansible

Splunk

Puppet

SolarWinds

Nessus

Red Hat

VMware

Windows Server 2019

Job description

WOOD Federal Solutions is seeking a System Administrator (Mid or Senior) to manage a large, mission-critical network with distributed systems and air-gapped domains. You will work with Windows servers, Active Directory, virtualization, storage, and security tools to ensure secure, stable operations.

The role supports end-user and technical staff, coordinates patches and vulnerabilities, and collaborates with engineers and leadership on upgrades.