System Administrator 2 – IT Ops & Security (TS/SCI)

Sentar; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Voluntary Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

Generous PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development reimbursement

Recognition and Awards programs

Job summary

Sentar seeks a System Administrator II at Fort Meade, MD to support IT system implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance across UNIX/Windows platforms. You will handle day-to-day operations, monitoring, and Tier 1/2 support for servers, storage, and networks, while communicating status to agency management.

The role emphasizes problem resolution, capacity planning, and collaboration with internal customers to ensure reliable, secure IT infrastructure in a mission-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Active Poly.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Experience: Ten (10) years as a SA on programs/contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems
• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution
• Provide support for day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for client/server/storage/network devices
• Provide support for escalation and communication of status to management and internal customers
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform capacity planning
• Troubleshoot IT systems and provide detailed analysis to management
• Configure UNIX and Windows operating systems and related network components

Skills

Help Desk

Escalation

System Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

UNIX

Windows Server

Job description

Sentar seeks a System Administrator II at Fort Meade, MD to support IT system implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance across UNIX/Windows platforms. You will handle day-to-day operations, monitoring, and Tier 1/2 support for servers, storage, and networks, while communicating status to agency management.

The role emphasizes problem resolution, capacity planning, and collaboration with internal customers to ensure reliable, secure IT infrastructure in a mission-critical environment.