Systems Administrator

Responsibilities

Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers. Monitors and manages system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency. Performs systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts. Other duties may include setting up administrator accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.

Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products. Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Ability to implement, maintain, and manage physical and virtual systems and upgrades. May assign responsibilities for less experienced staff. Manage and maintain hardware and back-end software to support end users.

Support multiple centralized anti-virus and patch management systems. All other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Experience building and deploying physical and virtual servers.
• Active Directory Domain and Forest Design, Implementation, and Management.
• Strong familiarity with Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
• User and group management.
• Power Shell Scripting and Windows domain services.
• DoD security hardening (STIG/SCAP).
• DNS configuration and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Network Security Principles (Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention).
• A strong understanding of VMWare with the ability to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot.
• A strong understanding of Omnissa Horizon with the ability to configure, deploy and troubleshoot.
• Familiarity with Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), RAID configurations and file system management.
• Familiarity with backup technologies.
• Familiarity with ACAS, Splunk, and Solar Winds.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 5-7 Years of experience, Master's degree and 3-5 Years of experience, or PhD with 0-2 Years of experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree in one of the following:
  • Cybersecurity
  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Data Science
  • Software Engineering
• Required Certification:
  • IAT Level II (Security+)
• Preferred Certification (one or more of the following):
  • Cloud+
  • GICSP
  • GSEC
  • SSCP
  • Security
    
    X/CASP+
  • CCNP Security
  • CCSP
  • FITSP-O
  • GFACT
• Active TS clearance, SCI eligible

Desired

Qualifications:

• • CI/CD automation (Ansible/Teraform)
  • Cloud services (Azure/AWS)
  • Disaster recovery planning and execution
  • Gitlab
  • Trellix

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 world’s 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 can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit  to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.