Systems Administrator – DoD-Cleared, Secure Cloud

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education assistance

Retirement contributions

Work-life balance

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory seeks an Intermediate Systems Administrator to secure and maintain our IT environments, including Linux/Windows systems, virtualization platforms, storage, and secure cloud solutions in highly classified facilities.

You will configure and sustain approved baselines, perform patching, backups, and documentation, and support RMF/compliance activities under senior technical direction. An active TS/SCI eligibility path is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 4+ years’ related experience.
• Experience in proactive system administration beyond helpdesk roles.
• Proficiency in Linux/Windows admin, AD/GP config.

Responsibilities

• Provide intermediate system administration for Linux/Windows, virtualization, and HPC in SAP/SCI.
• Configure, install, maintain, and document systems per baselines.
• Troubleshoot Linux/Windows, support virtualized environments and backups.
• Perform system backups, recovery, and continuity testing.
• Monitor health, capacity, security; respond to alerts and document actions.
• Support RMF/authorization activities with security documentation.

Skills

Linux admin

Windows admin

Active Directory

Cloud virtualization

Security basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree + 5+ yrs exp

Tools

Splunk

Ivanti

McAfee

ACAS

SCAP

VMware

Hyper-V

QUEMU

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory seeks an Intermediate Systems Administrator to secure and maintain our IT environments, including Linux/Windows systems, virtualization platforms, storage, and secure cloud solutions in highly classified facilities.

You will configure and sustain approved baselines, perform patching, backups, and documentation, and support RMF/compliance activities under senior technical direction. An active TS/SCI eligibility path is preferred.