Senior Systems Administrator (TSSCI)

Peraton has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to provide system engineering application and hardware support working with a Peraton Federal Customer in Annapolis Junction MD. This on-site position offers the right candidate the chance to contribute to important work in support of our country.

The right candidate will hold an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a polygraph if one is not currently held.

Work Location: Annapolis Junction MD; onsite 5 days a week.

What you will do:

• Provide systems administration engineering application and hardware support for mission-critical federal systems.
• Proactively monitor software and hardware platforms to maintain system health performance throughput and availability.
• Troubleshoot complex system integration and data flow issues identify disruptions determine corrective actions and restore system functionality and data integrity.
• Administer configure troubleshoot and maintain Windows-based servers workstations and PCs including operating systems applications hardware and device drivers.
• Support the virtualization of IAFIS servers onto Microsoft Hyper-V including high availability failover backup and system recovery capabilities.
• Perform advanced Windows system administration including services scheduled tasks security policies firewall and port configurations registry settings disk management and user/group administration.
• Manage network connectivity domains users and machines drive mapping file permissions and sharing access controls and Remote Desktop.
• Perform system upgrades customizations vulnerability patching and ongoing maintenance of servers workstations and peripherals.
• Monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server databases processes logs and Gordano email services including POP/SMTP communication issues.
• Respond to customer support requests by investigating resolving communicating and documenting technical issues through resolution.
• Support ad hoc reporting planning and technical research requests from the customer.
• Collaborate with customers and technical teams to maintain secure reliable and highly available systems in support of federal mission requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience or a Masters degree and 6 years of experience or an Associates degree and 10 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years of experience.
• US Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• Experience in technical support network engineering systems engineering Windows software engineering or a related technical field.
• Strong knowledge of Windows operating systems including system configuration troubleshooting services scheduled tasks security policies firewall and port configuration registry disk management and administrative tools.
• Excellent customer support and troubleshooting skills including the ability to identify problems communicate clearly with customers resolve issues in a timely manner and document solutions.
• Strong understanding of system integration and data flow including the ability to troubleshoot issues across multiple system components identify disruptions determine corrective actions and restore system functionality and data integrity.
• Experience monitoring system health performance throughput and log files to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Basic networking and systems administration experience including network connectivity domain/machine/user administration drive mapping file sharing and Remote Desktop.
• Experience diagnosing and repairing Windows-based PCs including hardware replacement operating system and application installation/configuration and device driver troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with file and directory permissions access controls and Windows security configurations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Polygraph level clearance preferred.
• Experience with Cisco switches firewalls and firewall rules.
• Experience installing and configuring server operating systems and RAID.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V.
• Intermediate networking knowledge including network topologies communication protocols and network layers.
• Training or experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.