Systems Administrator Security Clearance

Position: Systems Administrator with Security Clearance
About Peraton Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. Program Overview About

The Role Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers. Monitors and manages system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency. Performs systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts. Other duties may include setting up administrator accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.

Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products. Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Ability to implement, maintain, and manage physical and virtual systems and upgrades. May assign responsibilities for less experienced staff. Manage and maintain hardware and back-end software to support end users.

Support multiple centralized anti-virus and patch management systems. All other duties as assigned.

Location:

Baltimore metropolitan area Qualifications

Required Experience:

* Experience building and deploying physical and virtual servers.

* Active Directory Domain and Forest Design, Implementation, and Management.

* Strong familiarity with Group Policy Objects (GPOs).

* User and group management.

* Power Shell Scripting and Windows domain services.

* DoD security hardening (STIG/SCAP).

* DNS configuration and troubleshooting.

* Familiarity with Network Security Principles (Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention).

* A strong understanding of VMWare with the ability to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot.

* A strong understanding of Omnissa Horizon with the ability to configure, deploy and troubleshoot.

* Familiarity with Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), RAID configurations and file system management.

* Familiarity with backup technologies.

* Familiarity with ACAS, Splunk, and Solar Winds.

Required Qualifications:

* Education:

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience; OR Master's Degree and 6+ years of experience; OR 3 years with PhD. A degree must be in one of the following fields:
Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or Cybersecurity. However, four (4) years of additional relevant experience or specialized training may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.

* Certifications:

Active CompTIA Security+ certification.

* Clearance:
Active TS clearance, SCI eligible.
Desired

Certifications:

* CASP+

* CCNP Security

* CCSP

* FITSP-O

* GFACT
Desired

Qualifications:

* Master's degree in one of the following fields:
Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or Cybersecurity.

* CI/CD automation (Ansible/Teraform).

* Cloud services (Azure/AWS)

* Disaster recovery planning and execution

* Gitlab

* Trellix
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range Details Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement:
Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at  Application Duration Statement:
The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. EEO:

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