Senior Systems Administrator I with Security Clearance

CAE USA; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Safe work environment

Professional development & advancement

Job summary

CAE USA is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator I to design, implement, and maintain core infrastructure services across on-prem and cloud environments.

You will drive admin efforts for virtualization, identity systems, and enterprise collaboration, ensuring security, scalability, and operational excellence. The role requires strong troubleshooting, leadership in IT projects, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer-related curriculum with 5 years networking and OS experience, or AA + 6+ years in networking and OS design/maintenance.
• Experience with VPS Windows and Linux server technologies on-premises and cloud preferred.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy management.
• Experience with Office 365/Azure, Hypervisor technologies, and Virtual Desktop technologies.
• Knowledge of monitoring platforms (PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios).
• Must be able to work in a team and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, monitor, and support all OS, applications, and services with focus on high availability and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and design resolutions.
• Lead design and planning for systems, networks, cloud platforms, and peripherals.
• Support critical business initiatives and plan system design.
• Contribute to digital transformation initiatives (AI, identity federation, hybrid cloud).
• Provide Tier-3 escalation and coordinate with other teams; ensure incident management.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Teamwork

Self-motivation

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer-related field

Associate degree + 6+ years

Tools

VMware/Hyper-V

Azure / Office 365

Active Directory / GPO

Monitoring tools (PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios)

Networking (DNS/DHCP, TCP/IP)

Job description

Who We Are

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

SUMMARY

The Sr. Systems Administrator I is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining core infrastructure services critical to enterprise operations. This role provides technical leadership across virtualization platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), identity systems, cloud environments, and enterprise collaboration services. The administrator ensures high availability/ business continuity, security, scalability, and operational excellence for all enterprise systems at CAE USA.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administering, maintenance, monitoring, reporting, and support of all operating systems (guest OS and Hypervisor), applications, and services while focusing on best practices, SLA, redundancy, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Perform routine problem analysis, troubleshoot complex issues, and resolution design for systems and applications.
• Perform actions of a technical leader in the design, planning, installation, and support effort for computer systems, network hardware, software applications, cloud platforms, and peripherals.
• Support critical business-driven initiative with active involvement in planning and system design.
• Champion business and digital transformation across all business units for early adoption of new technologies and initiatives (AI, Identity Federation, hybrid-cloud, etc.)
• Exercises independent judgment in overall delivery of IT projects. This includes planning, scheduling, organizing, controlling, reporting, and monitoring.
• Effectively use Help Desk ticketing system for incident and problem management, customer interaction and follow-up.
• Create and maintain System Configuration, Standard Operating Procedures, runbooks, and architecture diagrams documentation to describe the overall IT platform using industry best practices and security-first designs.
• Maintain reports regarding system downtime, plans for preventative maintenance, and disaster recovery.
• Active contribution towards cross-training initiative and task/role planning with leadership with a focus on creating growth and education opportunities for junior staff members.
• Assist with management of Active Directory, Group Policies, Users and Computers.
• Provide Tier-3 escalation support and properly prioritize, coordinate, and elevate unresolved issues or emergencies to other support tiers/teams in accordance with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans.
• Liaises with end-users, management, and other systems departments for resolution of IT support issues.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production system support and support change management processes.
• Provide shift-based continuous monitoring of compute (on-premises, remote, and cloud), platforms, and storage performance providing support for a global network infrastructure.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in computer related curriculum and 5 years networking and operating system experience, or AA degree and 6+ years in networking and operating system design, test, and maintenance or equivalent related experience.
• Experience managing/implementing VPS Windows and Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Alma Linux, Rocky, Ubuntu) server technologies (on-premises and cloud preferred).
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, DFS, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy management.
• Experience managing, implementing, and supporting the following:
• Microsoft Office 365/Azure (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, InTune, Purview, Copilot Studios/Microsoft Foundry, BLOB storage, NSG, Azure Firewall, Conditional Access Policies, etc.)
• Hypervisor Technologies (Broadcom/VMware, Hyper-V, Azure Local, etc.)
• Virtual Desktop Technologies (Azure Virtual Desktop, Omnissa Horizon, Citrix Virtual Desktop)
• Database technologies (Microsoft SQL, Postgres, mySQL, etc.)
• Web Servers (IIS, Apache/Tomcat, Nginx, etc.)
• Mail Security Gateways (IronPort, ProofPoint, Exchange Online Protection, etc.)
• Identity Management and Federation Services (Microsoft ADFS/Entra, Identity Federation, Cisco DUO, etc.)
• Platform Configuration/Monitoring (PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios)
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking and related network services (i.e. DNS, ARP, vLANs, SMTP, DHCP, Load-Balancers, etc.)
• Must be self-motivated and able to work in a team environment.
• Must have well refined troubleshooting skills, ability to determine the root cause of a problem and identify and resolve systemic problems.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, while effectively focusing on priority issues.
• Ability to create, document, and follow processes and procedures.
• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
• Incumbent must hold one or more of the following: VMware Certified Professional (VCP), CompTIA Network+, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), CISSP.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience with SAN, NAS, Virtual Storage and Backup technologies (Nimble, Veeam, vSAN, and/or DataDomain).
• Administration of Copilot licensing usage and deployment/management of Copilot Studio based AI apps/bots.
• Administration experience on Microsoft Enterprise CA - Cert Requests/Monitoring
• Administration Azure Local stack (Compute/Storage/Networking, Amazon Kubernetes Services, Azure Virtual Desktop).
• Administration experience for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Platforms and Federation Services (ADFS/SAML, Duo, Entra, etc.)
• Administration experience managing/implementing an Enterprise Backup Solution and data replication strategies.
• Microsoft PowerShell Scripting for Server/Platform management.
• Hold a Microsoft Associate, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), or similar level certifications.

SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources. Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility.
• Must be able to work overtime, on and off-shifts as required.
• The employee is on call 24x7 for the resolution of problems and issues.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Employees are regularly required to sit, talk or hear, in person, in meetings and by telephone.
• Manual dexterity to operate computers or other standard office equipment; and reach with hands and arms.
• Able to support rack mounted equipment (up to 7 feet off the ground).

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please conta

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Position Type Regular Equal Opportunity Employer CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please conta