Early​/Mid-Career Systems Administrator - International Programs

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Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation.

And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that’s built for you.

The International Programs group is responsible for both the designing/building/procurement/integration and operations & maintenance of intelligence systems for international partners. In this role, we work primarily in the Valley Forge area and members of the team deploy roughly 4 times a year for 2-3 week trips to international (non-combat) locations to perform installations and upgrades of existing systems. The travel is coordinated between all team members to ensure those willing and wanting to travel do and those who do not, can stay local.

This job requisition is aiming to find a candidate who will work in a multi-disciplined team environment to perform maintenance of both workstations and Windows and Linux/Unix servers--this includes but is not limited to patching, performing scan validation and remediations, hardening servers, installing and maintaining software packages and deploying new servers. An ideal candidate will be able to work in a cross-platform environment supporting Windows and Linux/Unix.

Successful candidate will:

• Support integration and operations of mixed Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) and Windows environments
• Provide systems (server/application/network) administration of the development and production environments
• Perform COTS hardware/software integration, testing and verification
• Support system security activities including vulnerability management, access control and authentication, file system security, system hardening, compliance and auditing
• Support operational site in use of the deployed baseline
• Perform automation development and support activities (Python/Bash/Ansible scripting)
• Document defects in discrepancy reports and collaborating with technical team on solutions

• Software installations, account management (Active Directory & Group Policy), virtualization, networking, hardware design, procurement and installation, systems engineering, test and verification
• Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) and Windows systems administration capabilities for configuration and management, package management and software installation, troubleshooting/performance optimization, security support tasks
• Availability to travel internationally (non-combat locations) on roughly 2-3 week deployments several times a year
• Negotiable based on desirable candidate's willingness to travel
• Ability to script (e.g., Bash, Ansible) to automate tasks and workflows
• Ability to perform IT environment hardening/security management, including administration…