System Administrator III

#FundedPosition

About the role

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI and Noblis MSD, take on some of the nation’s toughest challenges, delivering advanced solutions to our customers’ most critical missions. We bring together leading scientific, engineering, and management expertise in a culture grounded in objectivity and collaboration, ensuring our work creates lasting impact across federal missions. We work with a broad range of government agencies in the defense, intelligence, and federal civilian sectors.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain operating system workstations and servers, including web servers.
• Support the multi-enclave environment (Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret/SCI) that enables users to collaboratively perform their work using a variety of tools and applications.
• Perform software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
• Schedule installations and upgrades in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
• Monitor and tune systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Ensure workstation/server data integrity by implementing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
• Ensure data/media recoverability through system backups and database archive operations.
• Develop and promote standard operating procedures.
• Conduct routine hardware and software audits to ensure compliance with standards and configurations.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration databases.
• Support analytical tool infrastructure.
• Participate in Program Increments (PIs) and Agile Release Train (ART) activities.
• Respond to and resolve critical incidents within designated resolution timelines.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Experience with virtualization technologies.
• Understanding of security requirements in government environment.
• Bachelor's degree or master's degree with 8 years of experience OR Associate degree with 11 years of experience OR High School/Diploma with 14 years of experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in systems administration.

Skills

Proficiency level with:

• Complex multi-enclave environments
• Advanced system security hardening
• High-availability system configurations
• Disaster recovery planning and implementation
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution
• System automation and orchestration
• Performance optimization techniques
• Capacity planning and resource management

Qualifications (Desired)

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
• Experience with:
  • Cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, SC2S, C2S)
  • Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Configuration management tools
  • LDAP/OpenLDAP, ADFS, Keycloak
  • Elasticsearch, Splunk, and other data platforms
  • DevSecOps practices and tools
  • SAFe Agile methodologies

Why Work at Noblis

At Noblis, we share a passion for excellence and innovation, and we create an environment where people can do meaningful work while maintaining the balance that keeps them energized and fulfilled. We seek out individuals with a natural curiosity and desire to collaborate and learn. We believe our people are our greatest strength, and we consistently seek exceptionally skilled, mission-driven professionals who care deeply about doing work that enriches lives and makes our nation safer. Noblis has earned numerous workplace awards for our culture, our commitment to employee well-being, and our dedication to meaningful, impactful work.

Benefits

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include:

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development and tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Award programs that acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category.

Pay

Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked.

Posted Salary Range: USD $99,800.00 - USD $156,050.00 /Yr.