System Administrator

Leidos; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income protection

Paid leave

Retirement

Job summary

Leidos Defense Sensors in Huntsville, AL seeks a System Administrator to support missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. The role covers management of unclassified and classified environments across Linux, Windows, and cloud platforms, with emphasis on daily admin tasks and incident response.

The ideal candidate will have strong problem‑solving skills, be a team player, and hold U.S. Citizenship with an active secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible or similar technology.
• Demonstrated experience in Azure/AWS or similar technology.
• 3+ Years’ experience with Linux Operating System Administration (i.e., RHEL8).
• Security+ Certification or obtain within 90‑days of start.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily system administration and O&M support in a complex physical and virtual environment.
• Sustainment of existing computing and network systems.
• Monitor infrastructure systems, applications and processes; track and resolve issues promptly.
• Provide hardware and software issue resolution and ISSM-guided support.
• Maintain documentation to assist incident resolution and support IT enhancements.

Skills

IaC (Ansible)

Azure/AWS

Linux admin

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

VMware

vCenter

vSphere

Horizon

Nessus

Splunk

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? This posting is for multiple opportunities ranging in years of experience. Level of opportunity, including compensation, will be matched to a candidate's experience. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos’ Defense Sensors is seeking a System Administrator to join our team…with the ability and experience to work missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. As a System Administrator you will manage both unclassified and classified environments across Linux, Windows, and cloud platforms. This role sits at the heart of our Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) simulation and analysis effort and directly supports agile software‑development teams delivering mission‑critical capabilities for the nation’s defense. The ideal candidate will possess excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with peers and technical staff members within the program. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos Defense Sensors provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide.

Primary Responsibilities

• The selected individual will be responsible for performing daily system administration and O&M support activities in support of a complex physical and virtual environment.
• The position entails the daily sustainment of existing computing and network systems.
• Will be responsible for monitoring infrastructure systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Individual will provide support for all infrastructure systems and will respond to hardware and software incidents impacting local users as well as working with and taking direction from ISSM.
• Working with other system administrators and technicians in identifying, troubleshooting, and correcting hardware and software issues including network connectivity.
• Providing hands on technical assistance in support of overlapping projects and maintaining good inter-departmental relations.
• Communicating with users and publishing status of any system outages, as needed.
• Proactively contacting customers when infrastructure processes are significantly delayed or may impact their ability to complete a business function on time.
• Executing the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs) and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems in order to rapidly and accurately identify and remediate IAVAs.
• Initiating IAVA responses and system security scans; completing remediation; extending IAVA patches and security updates on various IT and network systems.
• Participating in the creation and ongoing maintenance of documentation to ensure clear, concise and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.
• Providing support for implementing IT enhancements and undertaking project work.
• Handling IT Help Desk calls and emails, ensuring all interactions are handled timely and in a professional manner.
• Utilizing enterprise monitoring solutions to identify alarms that have been triggered against the environments.

Basic Qualifications

• This posting is for multiple opportunities ranging in years of experience. Level of opportunity, including compensation, will be matched to a candidate's experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible or similar technology.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Using Azure/AWS or similar technology.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Linux Servers, DNS servers, Domain controllers, network storage devices and HP or Dell servers.
• 3+ Years’ experience with Linux Operating System Administration (i.e., RHEL8, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience designing, configuring and installing information systems such as routers, servers, switches, storage systems and laptops.
• Security+ Certification or obtain within 90‑days of start.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active secret clearance.
• Full time onsite support.
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience deploying the complete DevSecOps lifecycle including integration of build pipelines, automated deployments, and compliance scanning using test driven development.
• Experience with vulnerability remediation and security management (system hardening, log management, configuration management (i.e., Nessus, McAfee, WSUS, Splunk, ACAS, SCAP, HBSS, etc.)).
• Experience with Virtualization (i.e., VMware, Horizon, vSphere, vCenter, vSAN).
• Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) Requirements and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Implementation.
• Demonstrated experience in the deployment, automated deployments, and compliance scanning using test driven development.
• Demonstrated experience with issue tracking tools such as Gitlab/VersionOne/Agility.
• Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in Missile Defense.

Pay Range

$69,550.00 - $125,725.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2billion for the fiscal year ended January2,2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income protection
• Paid leave
• Retirement

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment‑related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment‑related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.