System Administrator TS​/SCI Polygraph Virginia-

Virginia-Based System Administrator

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a System Administrator in our Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.

Join us and make a difference in National Security!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Virginia-Based Systems Administrator to support our customer’s mission in Alexandria, VA.! You will join a high performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a highly complex and fast-paced program. The selected candidate will be responsible for performing daily system administration and O&M support activities in support of a complex network environment with geographically distributed systems.

The position entails the daily sustainment of existing computing and network systems at various locations, with a primary focus on the set‑up and maintenance of a company site in Alexandria.

The selected individual will be responsible for monitoring infrastructure systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. She/he will provide support for various infrastructure systems and will respond to hardware and software incidents impacting local users. She/he will work with and take direction from senior System Administrators, at times working with them remotely from other locations.

• Handling IT Help Desk calls and emails, ensuring all interactions are handled timely and in a professional manner.
• Utilizing enterprise monitoring solutions to identify alarms that have been triggered against the environments.
• Working with more senior technicians in identifying, troubleshooting, and correcting hardware and software issues including network connectivity.
• Providing technical assistance to companion work groups in support of overlapping projects and maintaining good inter-departmental relations.
• Communicating with users and publishing status of any system outages, as needed.
• Proactively contacting customers when infrastructure processes are significantly delayed or may impact their ability to complete a business function on time.
• Executing the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts (IAVAs) and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems to identify and remediate IAVAs rapidly and accurately.
• Initiating IAVA responses and system security scans, completing remediation, and extending IAVA patches and security updates on various IT and network systems.
• Participating in the creation and ongoing maintenance of documentation to ensure clear, concise, and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.
• Undertaking project work and providing support for implementing IT enhancements.

• BS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field and at least 4 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Must have experience working on an IT/software program that utilizes complex equipment/systems (ex. Network Switches, Routers, LANs, & cabling, Windows/Linux operating systems, VMware, etc.).
• Must have experience with Data Center design and configuration (e.g., rack and stack, power, placement, etc.).
• Must have experience or familiarity with IT system optimization, monitoring, and/or other technical set‑up and troubleshooting.
• Must have experience providing information for and documenting technical processes.
• Must have direct, hands‑on experience helping users in an IT or similar customer service capacity.
• Must be capable of responding very quickly to…