System Administrator- HPC Security Clearance

Adventure Technology Services is a Maryland-based small business specializing in computer systems administration, engineering, and development. We approach our professional relationships - with other businesses and employees alike - as a partnership. Partnerships are not one sided; they exist to benefit all parties involved. We want to bolster our partners in the best way that we can, providing support and creating opportunities that move everyone forward.

Everyone is on an adventure. We hope you join us on ours, so we can help you make progress on yours.

System Administrator Level IV (TS/SCI clearance required or ability to obtain).

Location:

Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT based platforms.
• Creation, modification, and deletion of user accounts.
• Perform system back‑ups and maintain system configuration files.
• Provide support for enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, e‑mail services, security protection mechanisms, and interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems.
• Develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration and consolidation, and verification of the health and status of the entire IT infrastructure.
• Maintain multi‑vendor servers running COTS, open‑source, and in‑house applications to accommodate HPC division IT support requirements.
• Administer servers running Red Hat or SUSE with direct attached FC SAN storage or SSDs.
• Manage distributing computing tools such as Res, LSF, and SLURM.
• Maintain HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, front‑end servers of special‑purpose devices.
• Support IBM or HP blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back‑end.
• Administer multi‑vendor file systems such as XFS, GPFS, and Lustre.
• Pre‑factory testing, factory testing, system integration and acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HP systems.
• Ensure system integration and acceptance testing during procurement.

• Ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client‑server based IT enterprise, or five (5) years of full‑time computer science work with equivalent experience.
• Fundamental understanding of operating systems and familiarity with Unix or NT commands or utilities at the user level.
• Installation and configuration of hardware, operating systems, and commercial software packages.
• Experience with enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration and consolidation.
• Experience with DNS, NFS, e‑mail services, security protection mechanisms, and interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems.
• Validated certifications: RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification; valid VMWare certification; IAT Level II Certification required.
• Candidates with Lustre experience highly preferred.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Industry‑recognized professional certification may substitute for one year of experience.

Salary Range: $135,000 – $195,000.

Overtime: 40 hours is the standard workweek. Some programs may allow additional hours to be worked as needed. Limited programs have on‑call requirements with compensation for engagement.

Bonus:
All billable employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses based on the number of hours worked for that period. The hourly requirement is roughly 92% of hours available to bill in a given quarter. Quarterly hour bonuses are paid out on the same payroll as the time worked in the prior quarter (typically 21 days after the quarter ends).

Benefits include:
Health, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) with 8% matching;
Adventure‑paid life, short‑ and long‑term disability insurances; generous PTO, holiday, and emergency leave; professional development & tuition support; and more.