System Administrator

We are seeking a highly skilled and mission-oriented Lead System Administrator with at least 3-5 years experience to join our enterprise IT operations team located in the Hampton Roads area this critical role you will be responsible for leading a team in provisioning installing configuring operating and maintaining system hardware software and related infrastructure. You will play a key part in ensuring that system hardware operating systems software systems and related procedures adhere to organizational values and rigorous security standards.

Position Summary:

The ideal candidate possesses exceptional leadership skills along with robust technical expertise in system infrastructure administration combined with a proactive approach to security compliance automated configuration management and system monitoring. Working in a collaborative environment you will sustain infrastructure health participate in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation and guarantee the high availability and security of essential defense and enterprise networks. Candidates must demonstrate excellent self-motivation and punctual attendance while working within a highly dynamic environment

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Maintenance & Operations: Administer monitor and maintain physical and virtual servers operating systems and enterprise storage solutions to ensure baseline operational efficiency and minimum downtime.

Security & Compliance: Apply Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) to operating systems applications and network devices. Maintain a robust security posture in alignment with the Risk Management Framework (RMF).

Vulnerability Management: Perform regular vulnerability scans analyze results and execute timely system patching remediation and mitigation strategies against recognized security threats.

Automation & Configuration Management: Develop test and implement automated scripts and workflows using tools like PowerShell Ansible and Jenkins to streamline system provisioning deployment and configuration baselines.

Backup & Disaster Recovery: Manage enterprise-wide backup and recovery procedures routinely testing data integrity and failover systems to safeguard critical operational workloads.

Technical Support & Documentation: Provide Tier III system administration support to isolate and resolve complex technical infrastructure issues. Draft and maintain precise system topology documentation standard operating procedures (SOPs) and configuration logs.

Required Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a United States Citizen.

Security Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance.

Certification: Must hold a current DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II certification (e.g. CompTIA Security CE CySA CCNA Security GSEC or SSCP). As well as the current AZ-900 and Network certifications.

Location: Position is physically located in the Hampton Roads area VA (on-site or hybrid as required by operational parameters).

Experience: Minimum of 35 years of progressive experience in system administration managing enterprise infrastructure server operating systems (Windows/Linux) or virtualized environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Core Technical Certifications: Possession of CompTIA Network and CompTIA Security certifications.

Cloud Certifications: Active Microsoft AZ-900 Certified

Security & Framework Familiarity: Strong operational familiarity with DISA STIGs Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes automated vulnerability management platforms (such as ACAS/Nessus) and federal compliance frameworks.

Automation & DevOps Tools: Hands-on experience developing automation or configuration-management routines using PowerShell Ansible Jenkins and version control repositories like Bitbucket.

Working Environment

This is a 100% on-site role. Remote or hybrid work arrangements are not available for this role.

Preferred Work location

Norfolk Virginia facility.

Shift days/hours

Required to work schedules that extend to evenings nights weekends and occasional holidays.

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