DE2 DARPA Node System Administrator

at  SAIC

Job ID: 2402729
Location: ARLINGTON, VA, US
Date Posted: 2024-02-22
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Sys Administrator
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• Minimum 5 years’ system administration experience (server and desktop security implementation and management and software development IT infrastructure setup and management)
• Knowledge of U.S. Government computers, networks, and security
• Past experience administering server-side technology and networked computing systems.
• Ability to prioritize a wide range of workloads with critical deadlines.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Patient and professional demeanor, with a can-do attitude.
• Familiarity with DNS / DHCP / Kickstart / LDAP / Kubernetes / Red Hat 7&8 / Windows 10 / ACAS / Rancher / Grafana / Cloud Security Gateway
• Maintain and create system documentation.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to surge hours worked through events
• Able to create simple scripts (i.e. powershell or bash)
• Ability to automate installation, configuration, and provisioning using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Ability to configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets, etc.), and network equipment (switches)
• Ability to configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services
• Advantageous to have knowledge of DOD and IC network infrastructures
• Knowledge of Joint IO Range, Defense Research and Engineering Network, and other similar environments beneficial
• Cybersecurity Management Certification (CISSP, CISM), Cybersecurity IAT-2 level Technical Certification (Security+, GSEC, etc.)
• Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation experience
  SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
  Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site

• Responsible for asset installation/configuration, operation and maintenance of systems hardware, software, and related infrastructure.
• Configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets, etc.), and network equipment (switches)
• Configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services
• Build up systems from “bare metal” in alignment with accredited baselines
• Ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems and related procedures adhere to government policies.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations.
• Perform regular file archival and purge, as necessary.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades and resource optimization, as required.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures for multiple sites.
• Establishes, documents, and monitor the government’s cyber security program implementation plan.
• Maintain facility video distribution system and displays.
• All other tasks and duties as assigned
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