System Engineer

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Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to make an impact at Booz Allen? You understand secure enterprise environments and how to support the systems that enable mission success. Your ability to troubleshoot technical issues, improve system performance, and deliver exceptional customer support makes you an integral part of delivering reliable engineering solutions.

Booz Allen is seeking a skilled systems engineer with experience supporting enterprise desktop and server environments to join our team. In this role, you will draw upon experience administering Windows and Red Hat Linux (RHEL) Server, Active Directory, VMware, Group Policy, and Windows endpoints. This role involves maintaining and troubleshooting enterprise IT infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, security, and availability.

As a systems engineer on our team, you have the chance to support, maintain, and improve enterprise Windows infrastructure in support of Booz Allen. Your technical expertise will be vital as you troubleshoot user issues, administer Windows servers and workstations, manage Active Directory and Group Policy, deploy system updates, support virtualization technologies, and ensure systems remain secure and compliant. Grow your skills by combining system administration, customer support, and security best practices to maintain reliable services supporting mission-critical operations.

Join our team and help turn technical challenges into solutions that keep our users productive.

This is an opportunity to gain experience in enterprise Windows and RHEL administration, VMware virtualization, Active Directory, enterprise endpoint management, and secure classified IT operations. We focus on growing as a team, so we'll share techniques, work through challenges, and develop new methodologies together. Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve the reliability, security, and performance of Booz Allen's enterprise computing environment.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

• Experience administering and troubleshooting RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 in enterprise or classified environments, including system hardening, SELinux, firewall management, logging, and secure configuration baselines

• Experience assisting in managing and maintaining Windows Server 2019 or 2022 systems, including configuration, patching, monitoring, and troubleshooting

• Experience administering Windows Server OS 2019 or 2022, RHEL Server, VMware, vSphere 8, Active Directory, and Group Policy in a secure or enterprise environment

• Experience with server room or data center environments

• Experience performing OS‑level troubleshooting, including service failures, performance issues, and hardware or virtualization interactions across Linux and Windows

• Experience with automation or configuration management tools such as Ansible or basic Power Shell for cross‑platform task automation

• Ability to support system deployment, security hardening, and ongoing maintenance of both Windows and RHEL systems within classified networks

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

• HS diploma or GED

• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification such as Security+ CE Certification

• Experience supporting web applications and documenting technical processes or troubleshooting steps

• Experience with tools such as Splunk, McAfee e Policy Orchestrator (ePO), and Domain Controller technologies

• Knowledge of Power Shell, Bash, or Python scripting tools to automate tasks

• Ability to learn and apply technical research to solve problems

• Ability to communicate clearly with teammates and leadership in both written and verbal formats

• Ability to display a problem‑solving mindset and willingness to collaborate in a team setting

• Microsoft Certified:
  Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Administrator Associate, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), Red…