Senior Systems Administrator

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

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Systems Administrator to support Space Systems Command in Albuquerque, NM. The role involves design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of physical and virtual information systems and web apps with emphasis on system and network security.

You will interface with active duty and government personnel to provide top-notch support, perform patching, auditing, disaster recovery, and on-call rotation, and work across cross-functional teams on deployments and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret or DoE Q clearance with SCI eligibility (SCI indoctrination within 3 months).
• Minimum 4 years of IT support, system administration, or related work.
• Proven Linux sys administration experience (Red Hat preferred).
• Bash and another scripting language (e.g., Python).
• DoD 8140.03 Foundational and Residential Qualifications compliance (Security+ to start).
• Familiar with the RMF process.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-team deployment and admin support for system integration.
• Create and extend system configuration and automation tools.
• Participate in security processes: patching, auditing, remediation, DR operations.
• Identify and adapt technologies to support customer goals.
• Rotate on-call and support day-to-day process optimization.
• Project analysis, requirements gathering, testing, deployment.
• Maintain project and system documentation.
• Run monthly system reports and provide metrics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including configuration management and supply chain.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Bash scripting

Python scripting

RMF process knowledge

Security clearance TS/SCI eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Master's degree (optional)

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Cisco routing

Juniper switching

Virtualization products

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 interface with 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 of relevant 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.