SFMT Systems Administrator – TS/SCI (Fort Meade)

Peraton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO qualified

Subsidized employee benefits

Bonus plan eligibility

Job summary

Peraton is hiring a SFMT System Administrator in Fort Meade, MD to support a major enterprise contract in the Cyber Mission unit. This full-time role requires 1880 hours per year and is performed at a customer location.

The Systems Administrator will work with the ISSO to operate and maintain hardware/software, apply patches, manage accounts, run vulnerability scans, and coordinate with event locations. Security+ IAM Level 1 and DoD eligibility apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 5 years’ SA experience required or 5 years additional SA experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 2 years of experience with modern operating systems and network architectures.
• Experience with certification and accreditation, architecture development, risk assessments and IA metrics.
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAM Level 1 (Security+ minimum) requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide tier 1 helpdesk support at an annual exercise event.
• Collect and transfer files between networks; manage user accounts.
• Apply and verify patches on Windows and Linux systems; update Trellix ePO.
• Run and review vulnerability and compliance scans; manage IT asset configuration.
• Coordinate with event locations to ensure access and security compliance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Travel readiness

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Tenable Nessus/ACAS

Trellix/McAfee

DNS

Linux CLI

Bash

Powershell

Nginx

Apache

Job description

Peraton is hiring a SFMT System Administrator in Fort Meade, MD to support a major enterprise contract in the Cyber Mission unit. This full-time role requires 1880 hours per year and is performed at a customer location.

The Systems Administrator will work with the ISSO to operate and maintain hardware/software, apply patches, manage accounts, run vulnerability scans, and coordinate with event locations. Security+ IAM Level 1 and DoD eligibility apply.