# System Administrator

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Bluemont, VA
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $59,150.00 - $106,925.00
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Bluemont-VA/System-Administrator_R-00196559?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a continuing requirement for Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support (HEITS) to maintain the Homeland Secure Data Network (HSDN) and the Classified Local Area Network (C-LAN).

As a System Administrator, you will support the administration, operation, maintenance, and security of enterprise information technology systems, focusing on Windows and/or Linux server environments.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows Server and/or Linux operating systems.

- Manage user accounts, groups, permissions, and access controls in Active Directory and related identity-management services.

- Perform system monitoring, event-log review, capacity management, and performance tuning.

- Apply operating system patches, security updates, and configuration changes according to approved change-management procedures.

- Support vulnerability remediation efforts and maintain compliance with applicable security requirements, including STIGs and customer security policies.

- Maintain server documentation, system inventories, standard operating procedures, and configuration records.

- Support backup, recovery, continuity-of-operations, and disaster-recovery activities.

- Investigate and resolve escalated hardware, software, operating system, and access-related incidents.

- Coordinate with cybersecurity, networking, cloud, application, and service-management teams to resolve complex technical issues.

- Participate in system upgrades, migrations, testing, deployments, and technology-refresh activities.

- Provide technical status updates, incident documentation, and operational reports to management and government stakeholders.

- Participate in on-call, after-hours, or maintenance-window support as required by the program.

**Required Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field, plus 2-4 years of relevant experience.

- At least 2+ years of experience administering Windows Server, Linux, or mixed enterprise server environments.

- Experience with Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services, and access management.

- Experience performing system patching, vulnerability remediation, and configuration management.

- Familiarity with system monitoring, log analysis, troubleshooting, and incident-resolution processes.

- Experience using ticketing and IT service-management tools, such as ServiceNow, Remedy, or a comparable platform.

- Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, least privilege, secure configuration practices, and applicable security controls.

- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and operational reports.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Current CompTIA Security+ CE or other DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification.

- Microsoft, Red Hat, VMware, AWS, Azure, or other relevant technical certifications.

- Experience implementing or maintaining DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

- Experience with VMware vSphere, virtualized environments, storage platforms, or backup and recovery tools.

- Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, or similar tools.

- Experience supporting cloud or hybrid-cloud infrastructure.

- Experience supporting DHS, federal civilian, or other regulated government IT environments.

- Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, or automated configuration-management practices.

- DHS EOD.

- Security Vetting for up to TS/SCI.

**Pay Range:** $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

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## Skills

### Required
- Windows Server
- Linux
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Group Policy
- DNS
- DHCP
- file services
- access management
- system patching
- vulnerability remediation
- configuration management
- system monitoring
- log analysis
- troubleshooting
- incident-resolution processes
- ticketing and IT service-management tools
- cybersecurity principles
- least privilege
- secure configuration practices

### Nice to have
- CompTIA Security+ CE
- DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification
- Microsoft
- Red Hat
- VMware
- AWS
- Azure
- DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
- VMware vSphere
- virtualized environments
- storage platforms
- backup and recovery tools
- scripting and automation
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
- Ansible
- Agile
- DevSecOps
- Infrastructure as Code
- automated configuration-management practices
- DHS EOD
- Security Vetting for up to TS/SCI

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