Systems Administrator

About the role

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high‑end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. This position supports the Test Resource Management Center’s (TRMC) All Domain Test Range (ADTR) and INDOPACOM Pacific‑Rim Multi‑Domain Training and Experimentation Capability Team, Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) Secret Network (JSN) Node, JMETC Multiple Independent Levels of Security Network (JMN) Node, Secret Defense Research and Engineering Network (SDREN), and Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN). The Systems Administrator will evaluate customer requirements on complex technical challenges, provide solutions that meet functional and security requirements, and keep the testing environment operational and compliant with TRMC directives and applicable RMF requirements.

Responsibilities

• Administration of computer systems hardware, network gear, software, information systems & peripheral equipment such as servers, desktops, zero clients, storage devices, and virtualization infrastructure.
• Install, support, upgrade, and configure systems (Windows/Linux/VMware/SQL Server, Horizon UAG, VDI).
• Maintain security and recovery procedures such as patching, applying STIGs, and performing backups of systems.
• Administration of infrastructure including servers, zero clients, malware protection software, HBSS, syslog servers, databases, ACAS, etc.
• Upgrade systems and processes as needed for enhanced functionality and/or security issue resolution.
• Identify potential risks or inefficiencies in system configurations and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with data security policies, legal and regulatory requirements, and TRMC cyber‑security program implementation plans following TRMC directives and applicable RMF requirements.
• Author and/or review team standard operating procedure (SOP) documentation to ensure consistent system configuration and knowledge transfer to other team members.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a Systems Administrator role.
• Technical bachelor’s degree (experience may be substituted in lieu of degree).
• Ability to lift up to 35 lb.
• Willingness to travel up to 20 %.
• Strong background in setup, configuration, and maintenance of virtualization environments – VMware preferred (VxRail, vSphere, vDS, NSX).
• Strong Windows skills (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, Web Application Proxy, ADFS, PKI).
• Strong Linux skills (Docker, containers, Kubernetes, RHEL, Satellite, scripting, Ansible playbooks).
• Strong documentation skills (writing SOPs, creating networking diagrams).

Desired Qualifications

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Horizon, UAG; provision and maintain VM pools.
• Solid understanding and experience supporting zero clients.
• Experience supporting systems within a DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) accredited environment.
• SIEM experience (Splunk, SolarWinds, etc.).
• Coordination, communication, and presentation skills.
• Layer 2/3 networking experience.
• Firewall experience.
• DoD 8570 certifications (Security+, CISSP, Computing Environment).
• Experience with DoD Wide Area Networks and familiarity with various network architectures and common protocols.
• Experience working with Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN).
• Experience working with the Secret Defense Research and Engineering Network (SDREN).
• EPO (Trellix) experience – policy, agent updates, compliance dashboards.
• ACAS experience – scanning, reporting, compliance dashboards.

Compensation

• Maryland: $130,000 – $170,000
• Virginia: $130,000 – $170,000
• Nevada: $120,000 – $150,000
• California: $130,000 – $170,000
• The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and in consideration of internal parity.