Senior Systems Administrator

Saic; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Albuquerque, NM, seeks a systems administrator to support Space Systems Command programs for the US Space Force. The role involves managing both physical and virtual IT systems, ensuring rigorous security, and delivering high-velocity support in a national-security context.

Responsibilities include deployment, automation, security patching, RMF compliance, disaster recovery, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field; 5+ years of relevant experience, or 4 years with degree.
• Active Top Secret or DoE Q clearance with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Minimum 4 years IT support or system administration experience.
• Proven Linux systems administrator experience, Red Hat preferred.
• Bash and Python scripting experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-team deployment and administrative support for systems integration.
• Create and extend system configuration and automation tools.
• Participate in security processes including patching, auditing, remediation, and disaster recovery.
• Identify and adapt technologies to better serve customer goals.
• Day-to-day process and service optimization with on-call rotation.
• Project analysis, requirements gathering, testing, and deployment.
• Maintain project and system documentation and run monthly system reports.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Security+ / RMF

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Cisco routers

Juniper switches

Virtualization

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a systems administrator to support the Space Systems Command on a program that directly assists the US Space Force. The ideal candidate will have experience providing design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting functions for physical and virtual information systems and web-based applications.The selected candidate will interfacewith Active Duty, US Government, and contractor personnel to provide top-notch support with a focus on system/network security in support of national security; provide break/fix and design supporting Information Technology in a fast paced, high-energy environment; provide root cause analysis and be comfortable recommending permanent configuration changes when necessary. Support will encompass a range of capabilities from server and workstation configuration and support, LAN setup and maintenance. This position is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

With information technology constantly changing, specialists must stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and the potential effectiveness of these advancements in their current systems. Primary duties and responsibilities may include:

• Provide cross-team deployment and administrative support for services including systems integration.
• Create and extend system configuration and automation tools.
• Participation in all security processes, including security patching and auditing, security remediation, and disaster recovery operations.
• Identify, experiment with, and adapt technologies that can better serve the customer and its goals.
• Participation in day-to-day process and service optimization, issue discovery and remediation, along with membership in a rotating on-call schedule.
• Project analysis, requirements gathering, analysis of alternatives, testing, and deployment.
• Author, collaborate on, and maintain project, systems, services, and process documentation.
• Run monthly system reports and provide metrics.
• Work successfully with cross-functional teams and staff, to include configuration management and supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in information technology or related field and five(5)or more years ofrelevant experience; Masters and three(3)or more years of relevant experience. Will accept 4 years' experience in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret or DoE Q clearance with SCI eligibility (must be eligible for SCI indoctrination within the first 3 months of start date) and ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in IT support, system administration, or related technical work.
• Proven work experience as a Linux systems administrator, Red Hat-based distributions preferred.
• Practical experience in Bash and one additional scripting language such as Python.
• Must be compliant with DoD 8140.03 Foundational and Residential Qualifications (Security+ to start.)
• Familiar with the RMF process.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience with storage administration.
• Knowledge of Puppet and/or Ansible.
• Knowledge of Cisco and Juniper routers and switches.
• Experience with Linux in a secured environment.
• Experience with virtualization products.