Senior Systems Administrator; VMware

Senior Systems Administrator (VMware) (4601)

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SMX is looking for a highly motivated Systems Administrator with demonstrated experience to maintain the various systems used in a Software Development program. This position will provide onsite support at Patuxent River NAS in southern Maryland.

As the Systems Administrator, you will join a team of highly-driven, supportive, and skilled professionals engaged in supporting program management, technical, or business case analysis across the NAVAIR community.

• Provide engineering solutions for various and unique problem sets and customers in a government software hosting facility.
• Deploy and maintain physical and virtual hardware infrastructure, to include virtual machines and containers.
• Perform routine maintenance and configuration changes to various physical and virtual hosts.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot hardware and software issues on servers, workstations, and IT equipment.
• Maintain system backups and disaster recovery plans.
• Manage user accounts and permissions.
• Deploy and maintain software applications.
• Troubleshoot technical issues.
• Maintain documentation to include knowledge base, incident response actions, system configurations, and other information related to system administration.
• Provide technical support to customers, ranging from resolving technical issues to providing guidance and best-practices.
• Secure information systems and applications to current DoD guidance.
• Maintain configuration and security posture of information systems through continuous monitoring and routine security events/reporting.
• Provide networking support to on-premises infrastructure.
• Understand and familiarity of Linux operating system and virtual networking.

• Clearance Required:
  
  Top Secret
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• 10+ years of systems administration experience
• 6-8 years of VMware/vSphere Enterprise experience
• Experience providing deployment, configuration, and support for the following:
  • Cisco switches
  • SAN
  • Windows Server
• Networking experience
• Experience with Linux OS
• Understanding of Agile methodology

Final date to receive applications
: 11/6/2025

The proposed salary for this position is: $105,000 USD - $175,000 USD

At SMX, we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Our benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Information Technology

SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.

Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.

SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).