Advanced Systems Administration Specialist

Advanced Systems Administration Specialist

Job Title:
Advanced Systems Administration Specialist

Location:
Pittsfield, MA

Employment Type:
Contract to Direct

Compensation: $55.91

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking an Advanced Systems Administration Specialist to support secure enterprise and classified IT environments within a highly specialized engineering and cybersecurity organization. In this role, you'll be responsible for administering, maintaining, securing, and enhancing both physical and virtual infrastructure while supporting mission-critical systems that contribute to national defense and advanced technology programs.

• Support highly secure and innovative technology environments serving critical national security missions.
• Work with advanced technologies across virtualization, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, and systems administration.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and infrastructure specialists.
• Gain exposure to cutting-edge cyber, RF, cloud-native, AI, and emerging technology initiatives.
• Enjoy opportunities for continuous technical learning, certification growth, and career advancement.

This role offers the opportunity to work across multiple secure infrastructures while supporting complex systems that require high availability, security, and compliance. You'll play a key role in modernizing infrastructure, resolving challenging technical issues, implementing security controls, and supporting advanced cyber initiatives that directly impact mission success.

• Administer and maintain secure physical and virtual server environments.
• Design, deploy, test, and support new infrastructure and system solutions.
• Provide day-to-day support for classified and secure IT environments.
• Serve as a front-line technical resource for end‑user support, troubleshooting, and system administration.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and overall infrastructure health.
• Perform vulnerability scanning, remediation, and corrective actions.
• Apply operating system and application patches to maintain security compliance.
• Manage backups, disaster recovery processes, and business continuity initiatives.
• Implement and maintain security controls based on government and industry standards.
• Support networking, virtualization, storage, and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Work within change management processes to execute upgrades, system modifications, and infrastructure improvements.
• Support compliance efforts related to cybersecurity and information assurance requirements.
• Research, diagnose, and resolve complex hardware, software, and network issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure engineering, enterprise IT, or cybersecurity support.
• 3+ years of experience administering Red Hat Linux and/or Windows Server environments.
• 3+ years of experience supporting VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V, or similar virtualization platforms.
• 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and maintaining secure enterprise infrastructure environments.
• 2+ years of experience implementing security controls, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance initiatives.
• 2+ years of experience working with STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, CMMC, or similar cybersecurity frameworks.
• 2+ years of experience performing vulnerability assessments, patch management, and security remediation activities.
• 2+ years of experience supporting backup,…