Systems Administrator; UNIX​/Solaris

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI), a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee and Washington Top Workplaces honoree, is seeking a Systems Administrator (UNIX/Solaris) to support our growing team. The role focuses on administering, sustaining, securing, and continuously improving the UNIX/Solaris infrastructure that supports People Soft HCM in a secure, on‑premises federal environment. Responsibilities include maintaining operating systems, servers, automation, and supporting utilities across development, test, and production environments.

Ideal candidates have strong Solaris/UNIX administration, scripting, troubleshooting, and secure network experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Hybrid, On-site, Arlington, VA

• Administer, monitor, and sustain Solaris/UNIX servers and supporting infrastructure for People Soft HCM and associated Oracle-based environments in a secure, on‑premises setting.
• Install, configure, patch, harden, maintain, and troubleshoot operating systems, server components, utilities, and supporting services across development, test, and production environments.
• Manage system performance, capacity, startup/shutdown services, logs, file systems, user accounts, permissions, scheduled jobs (cron), and environment configurations.
• Develop and maintain shell scripts and automation tools to streamline administration, batch processing, monitoring, deployment support, and operational efficiency.
• Support system security, hardening, account administration, audit readiness, vulnerability remediation, and compliance with DISA STIGs or similar federal security requirements.
• Troubleshoot incidents involving servers, network connectivity, middleware dependencies, storage, backups, batch schedules, and system interfaces; coordinate resolution across teams.
• Support backup and recovery operations, contingency planning, patch cycles, change control processes, and environment readiness.
• Collaborate with application, database, integration, cybersecurity, and operations teams to maintain a stable, secure, and reliable platform.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
• 3+ years of UNIX/Solaris systems administration or infrastructure support experience.
• Experience supporting People Soft HCM or similar ERP environments preferred.
• Hands‑on experience with on‑premises Solaris/UNIX administration, including OS configuration, patching, performance tuning, troubleshooting, file systems, services, user accounts, and job scheduling.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using shell scripting or similar tools.
• Experience supporting Oracle-based platforms, middleware, secured networks, and operational support processes.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• Experience working in secured federal or DoD environments preferred.

• Familiarity with People Soft HCM architecture, batch processing, interfaces, and Oracle ecosystem components in on‑premises environments.
• Experience supporting DISA‑secured networks or similarly controlled federal/DoD environments, including system hardening and compliance.
• Knowledge of runbooks, SOPs, change management, backup and recovery, incident management, problem management, and contingency operations.
• Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, database, application, security, and network teams.

• Clearance:
  Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• Work Environment:
  On‑site/Hybrid as required by the contract and program.
• Benefits:
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• This is a full‑time, W2 position.
• No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.
• Spatial Front Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer — all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status.
• SFI participates in E-Verify.