Senior Systems Administrator; Disaster Recovery Operations Security Clearance

Position: Senior Systems Administrator (Disaster Recovery Operations) 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 We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator - Backup & Disaster Recovery to design, operate, and continuously enhance the organization's data protection, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities. This role ensures that critical systems and data can be restored quickly, securely, and reliably in the event of system failures, cyber incidents, or large-scale disasters. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in enterprise backup platforms, storage technologies, and resiliency engineering.

Key Responsibilities Backup & Recovery Engineering
* Lead enterprise backup and disaster recovery operations, ensuring data protection, recoverability, and business continuity across servers, applications, databases, and networked systems.

* Administer and optimize backup, replication, and recovery platforms (e.g., Commvault) across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

* Oversee backup schedules, verify data integrity, and manage backup storage capacity and retention.

* Ensure backup success, restore validation, and recovery readiness for mission-critical systems.
Disaster Recovery Planning & Execution
* Manage disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution, including failover, failback, and recovery exercises.

* Conduct regular DR drills, tabletop exercises, and simulations; analyze results and drive improvements.

* Lead DR-related technology projects from requirements gathering through implementation.
Storage & Resiliency Management
* Oversee storage-based protection solutions including SAN/NAS platforms, snapshots, replication, and retention strategies.

* Implement security and resiliency controls such as encryption, immutability, air-gapped backups, and ransomware protection.

* Monitor performance, capacity, and compliance; continuously improve RPO/RTO and overall resiliency posture.

Operations, Documentation & Governance
* Maintain detailed documentation for systems, configurations, DR plans, and operational procedures.

* Ensure adherence to organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.

* Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure alignment of DR strategies with business needs.
Qualifications

Required Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field, and 8 years of experience. 4 years of additional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

* 5 years of experience in enterprise backup and disaster recovery operations.

* Strong knowledge of backup, replication, and recovery concepts, architecture, and best practices.

* Experience with enterprise backup platforms (e.g., Commvault, Veeam, Net Backup).

* Understanding of storage technologies (SAN, NAS, snapshots, replication).

* DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+).

* Active TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications
* Certifications in modern backup platforms (e.g., Veeam, Commvault).

* Storage or infrastructure certifications (e.g., Net App, VMware).

* Experience with virtualization, storage, and cloud platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, Azure).
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range Details Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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.…