System Administrator, Journeyman

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative System Administrator Journeyman to join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain server systems to ensure reliable secure and performant operations across assigned environments.
• Perform routine system maintenance configuration patching and troubleshooting per approved standards and operating procedures.
• Apply DISA STIGs and system hardening controls to maintain cybersecurity compliance and support accreditation requirements.
• Monitor system performance availability and capacity using enterprise monitoring tools; identify and remediate issues proactively.
• Investigate and remediate incidents; escalate complex problems to engineering or vendor support as required.
• Document system configurations changes maintenance activities and evidence to support audits and continuity of operations.
• Support application deployments backups/restores and recovery procedures to sustain operational readiness.
• Maintain runbooks SOPs and configuration baselines to support consistent administration and change control.

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Qualifications

• 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Data Science Information Systems Information Technology Software Engineering or a related field; OR
  • Relevant DoD/military training (examples: F07DZZ1; M03385G; M10395B; M223854; A5310021; DISA (451) Training (Linux/Windows); System Administrator (Intermediate) Playlist); OR
  • Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: CompTIA Cloud; GICSP; GSEC; Security; SSCP).

• Required experience and skills:

  • Systems administration or server engineering experience supporting enterprise environments.
  • Handson experience with Windows and/or Linux server administration patch management configuration management and backup/recovery processes.
  • Practical application of STIG hardening vulnerability remediation workflows and RMF/ATO evidence practices.
  • Proficiency with monitoring/observability tools ticketing systems and basic automation/scripting (PowerShell Bash Python).
  • Strong documentation skills and ability to follow change control and configuration management processes.

• Desired:

  • Prior DoD/ARNG system administration or classified environment experience.
  • Experience with virtualization cloud-hosted server management orchestration and automated configuration tools (Ansible Puppet etc.).

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