Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security engineering and the health industries. Leidos is seeking a Senior Windows System Administrator for a position as part of a team supporting the Unified Cyber Situational Awareness (UCSA) in Columbus OH. This is an onsite position no fulltime telework allowed.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide onsite touch labor in a data center environment.
- Build install configure maintaintroubleshootand repaircomputer workstationsserversand IT related peripherals (printers scanners etc.
- Manageand maintainboth physical and virtual Windows infrastructuresincluding domain controllers domain name servers file print serversshare drives etc.
- Performvarious system administration tasks including Active Directory management and the creation and maintenance of Group Policies Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) and user/service accounts
- Validate current security posture andperform system configuration changes as required or as directedby higher authority to improve enterprise security
- Leverage Group Policy ObjectsSecurity Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)tooland Security Technical Information Guides (STIGs) to maintain required infrastructure security levels and system hardening
- Install and configure software firmware upgradesand security updates/patches to maintain and secure Windows 10/11 and Server 2019/2022 operating systems and associated hardware
- Utilizesystem error logsuserreported errorsanddiagnosticsscansto troubleshootand repairhardware and softwareproblems
- Assistinplanning and implementing newhardware/softwareupgrades of IT infrastructure
- Provide supportto engineersfor architecture design analysis for technology refresh planning and implementation
- Performs periodic backup and restoration of servers.
- Support temporary Service Response continuity of operations support as needed.
- Monitors license and PKI Certificate status on the systems and coordinates the renewal and installation as needed.
- Conducts technical analysis and provides documentation (Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) troubleshooting and monitoring technical reports etc. for root cause analysis technical assessment and process improvement initiatives.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in an Information Technology (IT) technical field and 5 years of relevant IT experience.
- Must have an active Secret clearance and pass a drug test.
- Must have a DoD 8570 IAT Level I approved certification (CompTIA Security)
- Bachelors degree and five years of experience in the development implementation and production support of a Microsoft Windows infrastructure/environment.
- Understanding of server and datacenter infrastructure/environment.
- Understanding of network services as related to Microsoft Windows environment (e.g. DNS Firewalls Routers Ports and Protocols etc.
- Cybersecurity knowledge and Windows server 2019 and 2022 administration experience including Active Directory DNS and Group Policy the deployment of Windows workstations/serversand the migration enduserdata
- Demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following:Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVMs) etc.
- General understanding of cryptographic concepts: symmetric/asymmetric cryptography secure hash digital signatures
- Ability to maintain effective communication and working relationships with coworkers
- Proactive dependable and accurate with strong attention to detail and organization
- Strong diagnostic and problemsolving skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year experience with PowerShell Scripting
- Experience with certificateenabled applications such as SSL/TLS S/MIME authentication Encrypted File System Code Signing etc.
- Experience with AWS cloud services and environments.
- Handson familiarity and experience with Axway Desktop Validator 90Meter and HID ActivClient middleware applications
- Familiarity with or working knowledge of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2203/2204 LTSR components; Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) architecture; Citrix Profile Manager; Workspace App and Citrix NetScaler environment or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Ability to install and configure software firmware upgradesand security updates/patches to maintain and secure Windows 10/11 Server 2019/2022 Citrix and VMWare operating systems and associated hardware
- Build install configure maintain andtroubleshoot Citrix Virtual Apps and desktop farms Citrix Hypervisors Citrix FIPS NetScaler Gateway VMware vSphere and VMware Horizon Virtual Desktops
- Identify and correct inefficiencies and implement optimizations to improve existing Windows and Citrix infrastructures as needed.
- Monitor Citrix infrastructure and identify system alerts before they impact customers including storage availability/capacity performance latency network connectivity database health and other daily health checks as required.
- VMware vCenter and VMware ESXi experience
- Virtualization to include VMWares entire vSphere Platform and Citrix Hypervisor
- Storage to include VMWare vSAN and Citrix Pool
- VMWare Horizon Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Familiarity with or working knowledge of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD)
- Netscaler MPX Citrix Application Delivery Controller / Load Balancing with EndtoEnd FIPS secured communications
Original Posting:
March 31 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $72150.00 $130425.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC