System Administrator

We are seeking a System Administrator for one of our PRIME CONTRACTS supporting mission‑critical enterprise applications and services across the Government Corporate Management Services (CMS) portfolio. Our mission is to provide full lifecycle support services through the sustainment, modernization, and transformation of the enterprise corporate applications used by thousands of users in acquisition, business, finance, HR, training, recruitment, program management, security, logistics and more.

• Work on a fast‑paced team providing support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems supporting critical enterprise applications.
• Manage IT system infrastructure and associated processes, ensuring availability, reliability, security, and performance of enterprise applications and services.
• Provide day‑to‑day operations, monitoring, maintenance, and problem resolution for client systems, servers, storage platforms, network devices, and related infrastructure.
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) support, including problem identification, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Support the escalation process and communicate system status, issues, and resolutions to agency management and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with hardware support activities, dispatch processes, and issue resolution through completion.
• Configure, administer, and maintain Windows and UNIX/Linux operating systems, including software installation, patching, system hardening, and performance tuning.
• Maintain integrity and availability of infrastructure components while implementing enhancements to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support infrastructure modernization efforts, including evaluating, testing, and implementing technology solutions that enhance system capabilities.
• Participate in assessment of existing systems and architectures, providing operational and technical input for initiatives involving automation, Dev Ops practices, cloud technologies, and application modernization.
• Support the planning, testing, deployment, and sustainment of infrastructure and application changes across on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud‑hosted environments.
• Assist in analyzing operational, security, compliance, and technical considerations associated with infrastructure changes and technology migrations.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and system configuration baselines.

• Active security clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree AND ten (10) years of experience as a system administrator on programs of similar scope and complexity (or fifteen (15) years of experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree).
• Familiarity with Power Shell and Bash scripting languages.
• Experience with system hardening.
• Experience working with ISSOs for system compliance.
• DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I.
• Must be able to work core hours of 10 AM‑2 PM Monday‑Friday (exceptions considered on a case‑by‑case basis).

• AWS
• Ansible
• Docker
• Elastic Search
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Windows
• Git Lab

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, configuration management, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or AWS Cloud Formation.
• Experience supporting Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, or automated deployment processes.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Experience performing vulnerability remediation, security patching, and STIG implementation.
• Experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, RMF activities, and…