Systems Administrator - SME

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.

Join Peraton's mission‑critical team supporting secure, real‑time data delivery across complex operational environments in direct support of our nation's warfighters. If you are driven by national security and energized by cutting‑edge C2

ISR capabilities, sensor integration, and resilient data transport solutions, we invite you to join our team.

We are seeking highly cleared professionals who excel at the intersection of advanced communications infrastructure, distributed systems, and mission assurance—where reliability, security, and performance are paramount.

Specifically, we are looking for a TS/SCI cleared Systems Administrator – SME to support this mission at Mac Dill Air Force Base, Florida.

• Provides strategic technical and management leadership for defining the overarching vision, policies, and operational standards for C2
  
  ISR Data Transport Infrastructure systems administration support across the entire enterprise, spanning on‑premise, virtualized, and cloud environments.
• Establishes enterprise‑wide goals and long‑range strategic plans for the broad management, secure, and efficient operation of global transport infrastructure systems, directly impacting C2
  
  ISR mission capability and resilience through architectural design.
• Serves as the principal authority on complex network configuration management (e.g., SDN, SD‑WAN integration), advanced performance monitoring, and enterprise‑wide technological resource optimization within the C2
  
  ISR environment, including disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Leverages deep domain and expert technical knowledge to conduct comprehensive system audits, develop advanced mitigation strategies for operational vulnerabilities (e.g., zero‑day exploits), and integrate innovative, proactive administration solutions (e.g., AI/ML for anomaly detection, self‑healing infrastructure).
• Engages in high‑level client negotiations and strategic interfacing with senior management, shaping administration policies, resource allocation, and technical standards with critical impact on C2
  
  ISR mission effectiveness, global operational readiness, and future technology adoption.
• Utilizes the following TO Management & Financial Tracking Tools:
  Task Order portal;
  Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate); MS Project;
  Primavera; GFP management modules; WBS tracking systems;
  Service Now;
  Jira Service Desk;
  SharePoint libraries;
  Confluence;
  Microsoft Search; lessons learned databases; video library repositories;
  Archer GRC; internal audit portals;
  Excel/SharePoint audit templates; CMDB with version control;
  Power BI with R/Python integration;
  Tableau; predictive analytics engines;
  Teams;
  Azure AD role based access; mobile access via Power Apps.
• Role Specific Tools:
  Operating system administration tools (Windows Admin Center, Linux shell utilities), virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper V), Active Directory and LDAP, Service Desk ticketing systems (Service Now, Remedy), remote desktop support tools (Microsoft Remote Desktop, Team Viewer), backup and disaster recovery platforms (Veeam, Commvault), SIEM tools (Splunk, Arc Sight, QRadar), network monitoring tools (Solar Winds, Nagios, PRTG), configuration management databases (CMDB), documentation templates for compliance and reporting, endpoint security tools (McAfee, Symantec, Crowd…