Senior Systems Administrator – Onsite, TS/SCI

Cova Strategies; Fort Meade, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental & vision coverage

No payroll deductions

Disability insurance

Life insurance 150% of salary up to $<

401(k) with 6% match

Job summary

Cova Strategies is seeking a skilled System Administrator to join our engineering team at Ft. Meade, MD. You will support, troubleshoot, and maintain IT systems across UNIX and Windows environments, ensuring secure, high-performance operations.

The role requires on-site work five days a week, TS/SCI with FS poly clearance, and extensive SA experience. You will contribute to system design, deployment, monitoring, and rapid issue resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline; 5 years SA experience may substitute.
• Active TS/SCI with FS Polygraph clearance.
• Must be willing to work onsite five days/week.
• Fifteen (15) years of SA experience required.
• Unix and Windows Administration and configuration.
• Active Directory, LDAP, and Group Policy management.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems.
• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems.
• Provide assistance to users in accessing and using IT systems.
• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems.
• Provide support for the dispatch system and hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process.
• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows operating systems and related components.

Skills

Unix administration

Windows administration

Active Directory/LDAP

VMware/Hyper-V

Cloud platforms

Networking fundamentals

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

System monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

15 years SA experience substitute for degree

Tools

Splunk

SolarWinds

Nagios

Job description

Cova Strategies is seeking a skilled System Administrator to join our engineering team at Ft. Meade, MD. You will support, troubleshoot, and maintain IT systems across UNIX and Windows environments, ensuring secure, high-performance operations.

The role requires on-site work five days a week, TS/SCI with FS poly clearance, and extensive SA experience. You will contribute to system design, deployment, monitoring, and rapid issue resolution.