Senior System Administrator - TS/SCI with Poly

Navstar Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K plan with employer match

PTO and holidays

Life insurance

Job summary

Navstar Inc. is seeking a senior System Administrator to support a large, complex network environment across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes safeguarding information, configuring servers, and maintaining security controls while collaborating with developers, testers, and engineers to meet mission-critical objectives. Strong experience with Windows Server 2019, Active Directory, and virtualization platforms is required, along with a TS/SCI clearance and polygraph.

Qualifications

• Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field and at least 8 years of relevant experience, with substitution allowed for degree.
• Experience as a systems administrator providing direct support to end users and technical staff (developers, testers, engineers).
• Proficiency with Windows Server 2019 and Active Directory.
• Familiarity with software/hardware deployment, patches, OS, and 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.
• Solid understanding of information security principles and practices.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs and travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Install applications, administer systems and processes, and resolve issues promptly.
• Ensure server and desktop configurations are optimized and running continuously.
• Perform security management and application performance optimization.
• Administer/sustain a system web-based application for storing/sharing information.
• Create/maintain complex server enclaves, patching, vulnerability management, AD configurations.
• Identify and correct hardware and software issues.
• Respond to system administration, operations, and maintenance problems with re-work solutions.
• Document complex server/network environments for incident resolution.
• Communicate with users and external support about outages/upgrades; confer with management on resolutions.

Skills

System administration

End-user support

Troubleshooting

Security principles

Client/Server virtualization

Communication with users

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a technical field

10 years SA experience in similar programs

5 years SA experience substituted for degree

Tools

SALT

Ansible

Splunk

Puppet

SolarWinds

Nessus

Red Hat

VMware

Windows Server 2019

Active Directory

Job description

Navstar Inc. is seeking a senior System Administrator to support a large, complex network environment across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes safeguarding information, configuring servers, and maintaining security controls while collaborating with developers, testers, and engineers to meet mission-critical objectives. Strong experience with Windows Server 2019, Active Directory, and virtualization platforms is required, along with a TS/SCI clearance and polygraph.