System Administrator Security Clearance

Position: System Administrator with Security Clearance
Job Description At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Maritime and Intelligence Systems (M&IS), seeks a System Administrator (Shift Work) to join our Mission Operations team in Herndon, VA Our team focuses on delivering complex solutions in some of the most challenging environments on Earth.

We provide support for our Mission Operations Portfolio areas which design, build, test, deploy, operate, and maintain a wide variety of mission critical platforms and systems for commercial and government customers. This position is part of a small team of shift-work rotational schedule high caliber System Administrators who perform several system administration tasks, sometimes under high pressure and tight deadlines, to include infrastructure administration, information security support and configurations, software and OS support, and follows configuration change control/configuration change management processes.

You will create new solutions to hard technical problems and provide system support using best practices with modern and innovative tooling. This position requires comfort in a high-paced environment and interfacing with a small group of end users.

Responsibilities include:

* Support a small group of end users who use our system and several other systems that we support.

* Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues, sometimes under time pressure.

* Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and document proposed optimizations to improve overall system efficiency and responsiveness.

* Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.

* Interface with customer and represent the entire System Admin Team during high impact operations. This position requires an active TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.) Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
* A current Full Scope Polygraph (FSP).

* Level 3: 3+ years of related work experience.

* Level 4: 5+ years of related work experience.

* Experience in System Administration (i.e. Linux/Unix or Windows platforms).

* Experience in communicating with customer representatives in a variety of forums, in both written and spoken form, regarding technical subjects.

* Willingness to successfully complete on-the-job (OJT) training to confirm ability to perform assigned duties and tasks.

* Willingness and ability to work variable shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
* Experience managing and maintaining servers, workstations, and related infrastructure components.

* Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and other core services.

* Advanced troubleshooting skills and problem-solving abilities and able to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.

* Expertise in on-premises virtualization (AHV, VMWare ESXi, Hyper-V, etc.) or cloud expertise (AWS or Azure).

* Experience with VDI infrastructure, monitoring infrastructure, securing infrastructure.

* Experience with documenting technical details in Confluence and task tracking in Jira.

* Cloud, INFOSEC, or any recent IT certifications.

* Previous shift-work experience. Typical

Education & Experience:

Level 3:
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years' related work experience, 9 years' related work experience, etc.). Level 4:
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience, 13 years' related work experience, etc.). Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Shift: This position is shift 4. You must be willing to work variable shifts, including weekends and overtime. Rotating shifts may also be required. Shift differential and OT apply. Pay & Benefits:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an…