IT Systems Administrator

Booz Allen Hamilton•Laurel, MD

1d•$99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

IT Systems Administrator The Opportunity: Your combination of people skills and Information Technology expertise makes you the ultimate team player, helping solve one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to sustain and improve the technology supporting the Army and Combatant Commands? We’re looking for a System Administrator with a background in desktop support and system administration, and a demonstrated understanding of basic networking concepts to help us manage physical and virtualized servers, using Active Directory Domain Services, Domain Name Service (DNS), Group Policy Management, and File Servers, and the infrastructure that connects them. As a System Administrator on our project, you’ll ensure the current desktop, server, and network infrastructure is secure, functional, and available using tools like event viewer or other Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) to address errors, warnings, and peculiar activity. This is so we can help modernize and optimize intelligence capabilities of the United States Army to meet the nation’s demands. You’ll provide customer insight and improve the infrastructure by monitoring system performance, using the latest technologies available, updating and patching critical systems, and providing configuration management. This is an opportunity to broaden your skillset in areas like PowerShell scripting, cloud computing, network services, and cybersecurity. We focus on growing as a team, so you’ll share your expertise to help the team through challenges to modernize the network, so our strategic partners achieve their goals. Work with us and further your career as we help the United States Army modernize and secure its intelligence capabilities that protect our nation from internal and external threats. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

Experience with Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022 administration in IT environments
Knowledge of Active Directory TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, and Group Policy Management
Knowledge of fiber optics and copper cable management
Ability to troubleshoot and monitor network and system performance, availability, and security using native tools, such as Event Viewer, Performance Monitor, and Task Scheduler
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Experience managing VMWare or other virtualization platforms
Ability to apply updates, patches, and configuration changes in compliance with IT policies and change management processes
Ability to maintain and optimize file servers, print services, and related access permissions
Ability to collaborate with security teams to ensure systems and network devices meet compliance and vulnerability remediation requirements
Ability to document processes, configurations, and scripts to support operational transparency and knowledge sharing
Bachelor’s degree in an IT field
Information Assurance Technician Level III Certification
Cisco Certified Network Associate or Professional Certification