System Administrator (DISA)

Horizon Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401k with employer match after 90 days

Educational Assistance program

Student Loan Repayment Program

Paid Time off

Dynamic, multi-disciplinary team

Job summary

Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) is a dynamic IT and Management Consulting firm based in the Washington, DC area. An active Secret Clearance is required for this role.

The candidate will join a team delivering IT operations support, system administration, and secure infrastructure services for government and private sector clients. The position emphasizes independent work with collaborative tech teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in system administration or infrastructure support.
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting software and operating systems.
• Experience administering enterprise applications and middleware.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field required.

Skills

5+ years IT experience

Troubleshooting

Independent and collaborative

Analytical skills

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Linux/Unix

Windows Server

JBoss/WildFly/WebLogic

Application deployment

Job description

Security Clearance: Must possess an active Secret Clearance

Who We Are

Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) is a dynamic IT and Management Consulting firm based in the Washington, DC area. Founded in 1996, Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) has evolved into a company of highly qualified professionals that provides full-cycle IT Consultant and Management support in both the private and public sectors.

Horizon’s culture is based on our core values, and we PRIDE ourselves on a diverse, employee, and family-centric approach.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in system administration, infrastructure support, or a related IT field.
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting software and operating systems.
• Experience administering enterprise applications and/or middleware environments.
• Experience supporting application deployment, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with application servers such as JBoss, WildFly, WebLogic, or similar technologies.
• Experience working with at least one major operating system, such as Linux/Unix or Windows Server.
• Understanding of system and application security best practices.
• Experience working in a large-scale enterprise or government IT environment.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with technical teams.

Education: Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in a technical discipline required

Why you will love working with us/ Perks

• A comprehensive benefits package including healthcare (medical, dental, vision and disability)
• a 401k program where you are 100% vested from day one with an employer match after 90 days.
• an Educational Assistance program.
• a Student Loan Repayment Program
• Paid Time off
• Dynamics, passionate, multi-disciplinary team of creative minds to work with and many more.

Horizon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and it is our policy to consider allapplicants for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or nationalorigin.

At Horizon, we believe in a fair, transparent hiring process built on trust, integrity, and meaningful human connection. We invite you to review our AI Policy for Hiring and Recruitment to understand how we thoughtfully and responsibly use AI, while maintaining clear expectations for candidates on the appropriate use of AI throughout the recruitment journey.