System Administrator
Listed on 2026-10-09
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity, Network Engineer, Network Security
System Administrator
Columbia, MD | Full Time | TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph Required
Position:
System Administrator, Level 2
Location:
Columbia, MD (on-site)
Category:
Systems Administration / Network Engineering / Facility Infrastructure
Clearance Requirement:
Active TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph
Compensation:$103,500 – $181,000 (annualized USD)
Experience Requirement:
10+ years of IT experience, including Windows and Linux Network Administration experience, with a Bachelor's degree, OR
15+ years of IT experience without a degree
Description
We are seeking a CITE Facility Administrator to execute across five key disciplines:
Network Management, Network Design/Architecture, Network Systems Engineering, Network Installation/Maintenance, and Information Systems Security Engineering.
The role calls for an experienced Network Manager/Administrator with Radio Frequency systems and components familiarity, capable of reliably executing a wide range of network and facility infrastructure responsibilities in a complex technical environment.
Responsibilities
Consult and coordinate with external organizations to resolve network, system, server, or other development and test infrastructure issues.
Identify and select IT products, tools, services, and infrastructure components for development systems.
Strategize, design, and select architectures and procedures required to solve complex infrastructure problems.
Develop, contribute to, and evaluate technical proposals for changes to facility networks.
Install and customize hardware and/or software components into development and test infrastructure computer systems and networks.
Maintain computer system and network hardware or software, including the UPS network.
Manage, monitor, and control networks.
Troubleshoot networks, computers, and peripheral devices to isolate causes of failures and issues.
Conduct site surveys for IT installations.
Validate testing and quality assurance of development and test infrastructure systems.
Analyze infrastructure problems to determine technical solutions.
Identify new and existing products, technologies, and architectures to solve design, development, and test problems.
Perform high-level design, specifying system and component performance and interface requirements.
Translate conceptual designs into technical specifications.
Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, configure, and improve development and test infrastructure equipment.
Perform all life-cycle support - hardware, software, firmware, and configuration upgrades or modifications to currently installed equipment.
Effect repair and modification of hardware components, including micro-soldering to replace components and repair traces to keep systems/devices in operating condition and facilitate reverse engineering efforts.
Skills Requirements
Understanding the architecture and topology of software, hardware, and networks — including WANs, CANs, LANs, telecommunications systems, their components, and associated protocols and standards.
Configuring, managing, and sustaining development and testing network infrastructure and computer systems.
Comprehension of the theory, design, and implementation of network architectures.
Applying concepts, principles, theories, and methods for designing, developing, evaluating, testing, and securing development and testing infrastructure networks.
Monitoring and maintaining applications within an IT environment.
Expertise in the concepts, principles, theories, and methods for network connectivity (e.g., routing, switching, and IP addressing).
Maintaining awareness of new, emerging, and evolving technology, tools, and trends applicable to mobile/RF development and testing infrastructure network requirements.
Knowledge of telecommunications concepts, principles, and theories - including components and associated protocols and standards and how they integrate (e.g., transmissions, switching, routing management).
Experience in the design, implementation, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Familiarity with the specifications, uses, and types of security hardware and software options.
Understanding of computer security concepts and principles.
Using the principles and key elements of Configuration Management to plan, manage, or document the implementation, modification, or integration of systems.
Implementing, configuring, and sustaining computer/network security solutions (e.g., encryption, firewalls, anti-virus rule sets, and intrusion detection/prevention systems).
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