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DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

The team seeks a full-time Systems Administrator to support the deployment, operation, and maintenance of IT systems in Classified lab environment. This is a role best suited for someone who has prior experience working as a classified IT Systems Administrator. This is an on-premises position on our San Diego, CA campus.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Top Secret-level clearance
• Working knowledge of server and client operating systems. (Win10, Srv2016+, RHEL, Ubuntu Linux)
• Fundamental understanding of lab IT architecture
• Fundamental understanding of system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques.
• Fundamental understanding of operating system command-line tools.
• Ability to interface with customers and provide a high level of customer service
• Ability to function effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with others
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Security+ Certification / 8570 Certification – IAT Level II
• Must earn certification within 6-months of hire date
• DoD Top Secret Clearance
• Experience with one or more programming/scripting languages (Chef, Ansible, Powershell, Bash, Python, etc.)

• Building and hardening Windows, Linux, Hypervisor systems, such a VMware
• Patching and updating Windows and Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) server and desktop operating systems
• Updating anti-virus software definitions for Windows/Linux server and workstation
• User maintenance activities on both Windows and Linux operating systems
• Perform general systems administration (patching, updates, user support) of:
• Windows & Linux desktops and servers
• Network switches
• VMware ESXi, vCenter platforms
• Network Storage Systems
• Configuring Certificate Services & Authority
• Performing Server Backups
• Powershell scripting for automation, task scheduling and systems administration
• Maintenance of other systems/services according to project needs (Splunk, Nessus Scanner/Tenable Security Center, Trellix Endpoint Security, Forescout, etc..)