Systems Administrator

TCS; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Technical Consulting Solutions (TCS), Inc. seeks a Systems Administrator to support the Missile Defense Agency's ARC in Huntsville, Alabama. This on-site role requires TS/SCI clearance, AWS/VM experience, and strong OS administration skills.

The candidate will work in a HWIL research environment, implementing automation, containerization, and CI/CD practices with modern tooling and security controls.

Qualifications

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance required.
• IAT Level II certification such as SecurityX or Security+.
• Hands-on AWS cloud and virtualization experience.
• Minimum of three years of Windows or Linux administration.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems administration and support for MDA ARC HWIL facilities.
• Install, configure, and manage Windows/Linux OS and virtualization stacks.
• Implement IT automation with Ansible and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

AWS cloud

Virtual machines

DoD clearance

IAT Level II

Windows admin

Linux admin

Python

Bash

PowerShell

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Istio

GitOps

Ansible

RMF/STIG

Education

High school diploma or GED with 6+ years experience

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

Docker

Podman

GitLab/Jenkins/ArgoCD

Nexus/Harbor

VMware/Hyper-V

Job description

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes

Clearance Type: Active Secret to start

At Technical Consulting Solutions (TCS), Inc., our team of professionals tackles many of our country’s most difficult engineering and technology challenges to further our country’s defense and space programs. At TCS, we strive to provide our people with a strong, interesting career along with strong benefits and work-life balance.

TCS is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our team of professionals supporting the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Advanced Research Center (ARC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The ARC is MDA’s premier Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) research and development facility for missile defense research to develop, integrate, and test complex missile defense systems with state-of-the-art computational modeling and simulation resources.

This is an on-site position in Huntsville’s Research Park.

Basic Qualifications:

• One of the following:
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent with 6 Years relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math discipline with 2 Years related experience
  • Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math discipline with 0 Years related experience
• Active Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance
• IAT Level II certification such as SecurityX (formerly CASP+) or Security+
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and virtual machines, or comparable enterprise virtualization technologies.
• Minimum of three years of experience administering Windows or Linux operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with IT process automation using Ansible and similar tools.
• Experience with Docker and Podman containerization, installation, and configuration.
• Scripting experience using tools such as Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Experience operating under and managing systems within RMF or STIG information system environments.
• Experience with DevOps architecture leveraging automation, containerization, and GitOps, using GitLab/Jenkins/ArgoCD for CI/CD, Kubernetes (K8s) for orchestration, Istio for service mesh, and Nexus/Harbor for artifact repositories.
• Understanding of basic networking, including subnets, routing, and VLANs.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.