Job Description

Job Title: System Administrator

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD or Fairfax, VA

Company: Zachary Piper Solutions

Duration: 4 years left on contract

Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ Full Scope Polygraph

Full Job Description:

Zachary Piper Solutions is looking for a System Administrator to join a growing team in support of a government agency. This position will be fully onsite, located in either Annapolis Junction, MD or Fairfax, VA.

Responsibilities/Overview:

• Employ best practices when implementing security requirements within an information system including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques
• Work directly with programs to ensure Information Technology (IT) infrastructure solutions meet the program requirements and schedules in a lab environment
• Provide comprehensive end-to-end computing support in closed environments from desktops to servers
• Provide broad range of systems and application support
• Prepare release planning for software and hardware across the system, including patch management
• Administer user system access and establishing safeguards to protect information to meet security requirements
• Develop, design, integrate and maintain all computer applications
• Evaluate complex system's production readiness and supportability
• Perform the restoration of routine to complex computing service operations
• Integrate security solutions into information systems
• Protect classified and proprietary information

Required Qualifications:

• Active Full Scope Clearance, preferably with the MD Customer.
• Experience with Windows Server and Desktop Operating Systems (Server 2016-2019, Windows 10, 20H2)
• Experience troubleshooting Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
• Experience with active directory (AD) to include applying domain group policies
• Experience with a VMware virtual network environment.
• Experience creating and maintaining multiple virtual servers based on VMware
• Experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and administering support for Unix / Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)/Oracle) server/workstation
• Develop PowerShell scripts to enable consistent, high-quality integration of hardware assets
• Experience with scripts to automate deployment and configuration of operating systems
• Experience in Agile Methodologies
• Experience evaluating and effectively communicating complex system problems and resolution
• Experience with System Backups, Network switch configuration,
• Experience with upgrades and patches for operating systems and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software

Compensation and Benefits:

•        $145,000-$210,000+

•        Full Benefits: Cigna Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, etc.

System Administrator, IT support, network management, server administration, troubleshooting, virtualization, security protocols, backup solutions, cloud services, system monitoring, scripting, user management, Active Directory, Linux, Windows Server, hardware maintenance, database management, performance optimization, technical documentation, incident response, Full Scope Clearance, Annapolis Junction, Maryland, Fairfax, Virginia, VMWare.