System Administrator, Mid

Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. As a System Administrator on our project, you’ll support the operation, maintenance, and design of information technology resources within a virtual environment for High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, digital engineering, and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Maintain responsibility for the installation of new equipment and operating systems to best suit the needs of analysis and engineers requiring support.
• Support the review of current infrastructure to provide an overview and prepare plans for improvement and enhancement that will increase efficiency and security within the network.
• Maintain responsibility for cutting-edge computing systems and the evaluation of their use for research in furtherance of the mission.
• Identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network.
• Turn metrics into information and explain their meaning to help your team better understand the network.
• Provide day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client, server, storage, or network devices.
• Configure and manage Unix, Linux, and Windows operating systems, including installing or loading operating system software, troubleshooting, maintaining integrity, and configuring network components.
• Implement operating systems enhancements to improve security, reliability, and performance.
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform system capacity analysis and planning.
• Contribute to performance benchmarking, system tuning, and capacity planning.
• Support researchers by providing expertise and resolving IT roadblocks or issues.

Requirements

• Experience providing support to IT systems, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client, server, storage, or network devices.
• Experience configuring and managing Unix, Linux, and Windows operating systems.
• Experience optimizing system operations and resource utilization, and performing system capacity analysis and planning.
• Experience contributing to performance benchmarking, system tuning, and capacity planning.
• Experience supporting researchers by providing expertise and resolving IT roadblocks or issues.
• Knowledge of network engineering.
• Ability to communicate with researchers to develop computing environments that will optimize results.
• TS/SCI clearance.
• HS diploma or GED.
• IAT Level II Certification, such as CySA+, Security+ CE, or CCNA Certification.

Nice to Have

• Experience with network fundamentals and network troubleshooting.
• Experience in shell scripting and diagnosing open-source issues.
• Experience with system automation tools or system provisioning tools.
• Experience with distributed storage systems and containerization tools.
• Experience installing, maintaining, and using infrastructure and performance monitoring and optimization tools.
• Bachelor's degree in System Administration, Network Administration, Computer Information Systems, or Computer Science.
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Certification.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
• Recognition awards program for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of values.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

Pay

Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

This posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.

Work model expectations:

• Remote: Generally remote, but may require occasional in-person work at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: Expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, with potential visits to customer facilities as needed.
• Onsite: Work primarily performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, collaborating directly with colleagues and customers.