Systems Administrator 4

Base-2 Solutions; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health insurance

Company-paid dental insurance

Company-paid vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Floating holidays

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Administrator in Chantilly, VA to join a mission-focused team maintaining applications, services, and platform components. You will design and implement systems within a SOA framework to support intelligence analysts and operators across IC agencies and Combatant Commands.

The role requires DoD 8570 IA Level 2 compliance, DoD/DIA RMF experience, and strong UNIX/Windows system administration skills.

Qualifications

• DoD 8570 compliant at IA Technical (IAT) / IA Management (IAM) Level 2
• Experience on a development team under DoD/DIA Risk Management Framework
• Understanding of Oracle and CENTOS based architecture

Responsibilities

• Perform systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks.
• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems.
• Participate in developing and delivering training as requested to support applications.
• Review documentation for completeness, accuracy, and correctness; witness testing requirements; present IV&V results; troubleshoot technical problems; and recommend improvements to overall quality.
• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for client/server/storage/network devices and mobile devices.
• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution.
• Support escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers.
• Support dispatch system and hardware problem resolution processes.
• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows operating systems.
• Install/load operating system and application software.
• Isolate and resolve hardware and software problems involving applications, operating systems, hardware, communications infrastructure, or combinations thereof.
• Troubleshoot, maintain integrity, and configure network components; implement operating system enhancements to improve reliability and performance.
• Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including transition and migration of corporate systems.

Job description

• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph
• Location: Chantilly, VA
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First

• Requisition ID: 4093
• Standard Title:
• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph
• Location: Chantilly, VA
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First
• Referral Eligibility: Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Administrator to join a mission-focused team that maintains applications, services, microservices, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and support services. The role involves maintaining and enhancing current application capabilities, identifying future needs, and eliminating overlaps. The Systems Administrator is responsible for the design and implementation of systems, mission architecture, and associated hardware, with expert knowledge of system administration interdependencies as part of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The position supports intelligence analysis and collection management for intelligence analysts and operators across the intelligence community and Combatant Commands.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks, including account monitoring, security, OS installation, and other local area system administration functions.


• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems.


• Participate in developing and delivering training as requested to support applications.


• Review documentation for completeness, accuracy, and correctness; witness testing requirements; present IV&V results; troubleshoot technical problems; and recommend improvements to overall quality.


• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for client/server/storage/network devices and mobile devices.


• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution.


• Support escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers.


• Support dispatch system and hardware problem resolution processes.


• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows operating systems.


• Install/load operating system and application software.


• Isolate and resolve hardware and software problems involving applications, operating systems, hardware, communications infrastructure, or combinations thereof.


• Troubleshoot, maintain integrity, and configure network components; implement operating system enhancements to improve reliability and performance.


• Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including transition and migration of corporate systems.

Required Qualifications

• Must be DoD 8570 compliant at IA Technical (IAT) / IA Management (IAM) Level 2.


• Experience working on a development team under DoD/DIA Risk Management Framework.


• Understanding of Oracle and/or CENTOS based architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or information management and twelve years of comparable work experience.


• Up to ten or more years of program/application operations experience.


• Experience in the Intelligence Community.


• Strong analytical skills and ability to prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues.


• Strong risk management skills, excellent communication, teamwork, and conflict management skills.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• High School Diploma/ GED with 16 years of experience.


• Associates Degree with 14 years of experience.


• Bachelors' Degree with 12 years of experience.


• Masters' Degree with 10 years of experience.


• PhD with 8 years of experience.

Required Certifications

• DoD 8570 compliant at IA Technical (IAT) / IA Management (IAM) Level 2

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).


• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.


• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.


• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.


• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.


• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 200% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.


• 200% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.


• 200% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).


• 200% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).


• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).


• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).