Systems Administrator (Secret Clearance required)
Red River · Lexington, MA · 2 wk ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, navigation, cookie, legal). Also remove application instructions. We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract content:
First paragraph: "The Classified Systems Administrator will join the Classified Enterprise Services Engineering team supporting the Laboratory's enterprise classified computing infrastructure. This position is responsible for the administration, maintenance, security, reliability, and continued improvement of Windows-based enterprise services and the virtualization infrastructure on which they operate."
That's about the role.
Next: "The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware vSphere, and related enterprise infrastructure technologies. The individual will also have experience supporting Microsoft Exchange Server and will be expected to develop into the team's primary subject matter expert (SME) for its Exchange environments."
That's also about role/requirements.
Next: "Approximately 25% of this position's responsibilities will be dedicated to Microsoft Exchange, including configuring, managing, maintaining, patching, monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting the Exchange environment. The administrator will be expected to progressively develop deeper Exchange expertise, establish and maintain operational best practices, document the environment, and serve as a technical resource to other members of the team."
That's responsibilities.
Next: "The remaining responsibilities will span Windows Server and Active Directory administration, virtualization, endpoint deployment and management, automation, cybersecurity compliance, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, lifecycle management, and other enterprise infrastructure services."
Responsibilities.
Next: "This position requires an administrator who can independently troubleshoot complex technical problems while effectively collaborating with other system administrators, network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, application owners, and end users. The successful candidate will be expected to remain current on relevant technologies, identify opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency, and make recommendations for improving the services supported by the team."
Responsibilities/skills.
Next: "This position is 100% dedicated to supporting classified computing environments and operates under the general supervision of the Classified Enterprise Services Engineering Manager."
About the role.
Next: "The position does not have direct financial responsibility; however, technical expertise may be required to assist with product evaluations, technology selections, licensing, support renewals, capacity planning, and hardware and software lifecycle planning."
Responsibilities.
Next: "The administrator will have frequent interaction with internal Laboratory staff and external vendors in support of incident resolution, infrastructure upgrades, technical projects, product research, and service improvements."
Responsibilities.
Now Required Minimum Qualifications list: bullet points.
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- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits.
We need sections: About the role (maybe combine intro), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (minimum qualifications), Qualifications (maybe preferred qualifications), Skills (maybe some skill list), Benefits (none explicit), Pay (none), Schedule (Work Schedule and Operational Requirements). There's a section about work schedule: "Occasional off-hours or on-call support is required. Some planned maintenance, upgrades, and unplanned service-restoration activities must be performed outside normal production hours during scheduled maintenance windows or in response to operational needs." Also other paragraphs about fast-paced environment etc. That's schedule/operational requirements.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual schedule content.
We must not include Benefits, Pay if not stated. There's no explicit benefits or pay. So we omit those sections.
We need to include only sections with real content.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (minimum qualifications), Qualifications (preferred qualifications), Skills (maybe we can extract skill list from requirements?), Schedule.
But we must avoid duplication. The minimum qualifications list includes many skills; we could treat that as Requirements. Preferred qualifications as Qualifications. Skills maybe we can extract from the list of skills like troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal/written communication, ability to document, etc. Those are skills. Could put them under Skills.
We need to ensure we don't invent content. We'll extract exactly.
Let's gather:
About the role: combine paragraphs describing role, team, 100% dedicated, supervision.
Responsibilities: list of duties: administration, maintenance, security, reliability, improvement of Windows-based enterprise services and virtualization infrastructure; 25% Exchange tasks; remaining responsibilities (Windows Server AD admin, virtualization, endpoint deployment/management, automation, cybersecurity compliance, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, lifecycle management, other enterprise infrastructure services); independently troubleshoot complex technical problems while collaborating; remain current on tech, identify improvements, make recommendations; assist with product evaluations, tech selections, licensing, support renewals, capacity planning, hardware/software lifecycle planning; interaction with internal staff and external vendors for incident resolution, upgrades, technical projects, product research, service improvements.
We can put as
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Requirements (Minimum Qualifications): list each bullet.
We need to preserve all substantive info; we must not lose any.
Let's extract Minimum Qualifications bullets:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated professional experience administering Microsoft Windows enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of:
- Windows 11
- Windows Server
- Group Policy
- Experience administering Microsoft Exchange Server, with working knowledge of Exchange administration, mail flow, recipient management, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance.
- Willingness and demonstrated ability to develop into the team's primary Microsoft Exchange subject matter expert, including assuming increasing responsibility for the configuration, maintenance, optimization, lifecycle management, and troubleshooting of the Exchange environments.
- Strong understanding of VMware virtualization technologies such as vCenter Server, ESXi, vSAN, vSphere networking, virtual machine configuration, templates, and related infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.
- Experience using PowerShell or another scripting language to perform system administration or automate repetitive tasks.
- Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues using logs, monitoring tools, system utilities, and structured troubleshooting methodologies.
- Understanding of enterprise patching, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, system hardening, backup/recovery, and lifecycle management practices.
- Ability to work independently toward defined objectives while effectively collaborating as part of a technical team.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and technical disciplines.
- Excellent troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Ability to document system configurations, administrative procedures, troubleshooting processes, and operational standards.
- Active Secret-level U.S. Government security clearance
- CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain the certification within six months of employment.
We need to format as
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- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid nested lists. We'll keep nested.
Preferred Qualifications (Qualifications section): list:
- Six or more years of professional information technology experience, including several years administering enterprise Windows infrastructure.
- Experience with Microsoft Exchange Server, particularly in on-premises or disconnected environments.
- Experience administering Active Directory, including organizational units, delegation, Group Policy, authentication, service accounts, and troubleshooting replication or directory-service issues.
- Experience with Microsoft Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or comparable endpoint imaging, operating-system deployment, software-distribution, and configuration-management technologies.
- Experience developing and maintaining standardized Windows workstation and server configurations, images, or deployment workflows.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting and task-automation experience.
- VMware administration experience with technologies such as vCenter Server, ESXi, vSAN, distributed virtual switches, clusters, high availability, resource management, and virtual machine templates.
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring, performance analysis, capacity management, and centralized logging.
- Experience administrating an enterprise storage environment with technologies such as Netapp
- Familiarity with enterprise backup and recovery technologies and disaster-recovery practices.
- Proficiency with Linux operating systems
- Experience supporting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificates, authentication services, or related enterprise infrastructure.
- Experience working within cybersecurity compliance frameworks applicable to U.S. Government or classified environments.
- Knowledge of DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), STIG Viewer, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) tools, and processes for evaluating and remediating system compliance.
- Experience applying security baselines and automating security configuration or compliance validation.
- Microsoft, VMware/Broadcom, CompTIA, or other relevant industry certifications.
- Experience working in classified or otherwise highly regulated computing environments.
We need to keep as list.
Skills: we can extract from Minimum Qualifications: Excellent troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal communication, and written communication skills. Ability to document system configurations, administrative procedures, troubleshooting processes, and operational standards. Ability to work independently toward defined objectives while effectively collaborating as part of a technical team. Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and technical disciplines. Also maybe "Strong hands-on knowledge of Windows 11, Windows Server, Group Policy". But those are more requirements. We'll create Skills section with those soft skills and documentation ability.
But we must not invent content; we can take exact phrases.
Let's list skills:
- Excellent troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Ability to document system configurations, administrative procedures, troubleshooting processes, and operational standards.
- Ability to work independently toward defined objectives while effectively collaborating as part of a technical team.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and technical disciplines.
We could also include "Strong hands-on knowledge of Windows 11, Windows Server, Group Policy" but that's more technical requirement; maybe we keep under Requirements.
Schedule: from Work Schedule and Operational Requirements:
- Occasional off-hours or on-call support is required.
- Some planned maintenance, upgrades, and unplanned service-restoration activities must be performed outside normal production hours during scheduled maintenance windows or in response to operational needs.
- The position requires an individual who can work effectively in a fast-paced technical environment with limited supervision and execute operational, project, and administrative responsibilities with a high degree of quality.
- The administrator must be able to follow established processes while also recognizing when new procedures, automation, documentation, or operational best practices should be developed.
- The individual must work effectively across organizational boundaries and collaborate with systems administrators, network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, application teams, service-desk personnel, management, vendors, and end users to accomplish department and Laboratory objectives.
We can put as list.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
for section headings. We'll produce:
About the role
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ThenResponsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ...
Qualifications
- ...
Skills
- ...
Schedule
- ...
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid nested lists. We'll keep nested.
Preferred Qualifications (Qualifications section): list:
- Six or more years of professional information technology experience, including several years administering enterprise Windows infrastructure.
- Experience with Microsoft Exchange Server, particularly in on-premises or disconnected environments.
- Experience administering Active Directory, including organizational units, delegation, Group Policy, authentication, service accounts, and troubleshooting replication or directory-service issues.
- Experience with Microsoft Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or comparable endpoint imaging, operating-system deployment, software-distribution, and configuration-management technologies.
- Experience developing and maintaining standardized Windows workstation and server configurations, images, or deployment workflows.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting and task-automation experience.
- VMware administration experience with technologies such as vCenter Server, ESXi, vSAN, distributed virtual switches, clusters, high availability, resource management, and virtual machine templates.
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring, performance analysis, capacity management, and centralized logging.
- Experience administrating an enterprise storage environment with technologies such as Netapp
- Familiarity with enterprise backup and recovery technologies and disaster-recovery practices.
- Proficiency with Linux operating systems
- Experience supporting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificates, authentication services, or related enterprise infrastructure.
- Experience working within cybersecurity compliance frameworks applicable to U.S. Government or classified environments.
- Knowledge of DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), STIG Viewer, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) tools, and processes for evaluating and remediating system compliance.
- Experience applying security baselines and automating security configuration or compliance validation.
- Microsoft, VMware/Broadcom, CompTIA, or other relevant industry certifications.
- Experience working in classified or otherwise highly regulated computing environments.
We need to keep as list.
Skills: we can extract from Minimum Qualifications: Excellent troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal communication, and written communication skills. Ability to document system configurations, administrative procedures, troubleshooting processes, and operational standards. Ability to work independently toward defined objectives while effectively collaborating as part of a technical team. Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and technical disciplines. Also maybe "Strong hands-on knowledge of Windows 11, Windows Server, Group Policy". But those are more requirements. We'll create Skills section with those soft skills and documentation ability.
But we must not invent content; we can take exact phrases.
Let's list skills:
- Excellent troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Ability to document system configurations, administrative procedures, troubleshooting processes, and operational standards.
- Ability to work independently toward defined objectives while effectively collaborating as part of a technical team.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and technical disciplines.
We could also include "Strong hands-on knowledge of Windows 11, Windows Server, Group Policy" but that's more technical requirement; maybe we keep under Requirements.
Schedule: from Work Schedule and Operational Requirements:
- Occasional off-hours or on-call support is required.
- Some planned maintenance, upgrades, and unplanned service-restoration activities must be performed outside normal production hours during scheduled maintenance windows or in response to operational needs.
- The position requires an individual who can work effectively in a fast-paced technical environment with limited supervision and execute operational, project, and administrative responsibilities with a high degree of quality.
- The administrator must be able to follow established processes while also recognizing when new procedures, automation, documentation, or operational best practices should be developed.
- The individual must work effectively across organizational boundaries and collaborate with systems administrators, network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, application teams, service-desk personnel, management, vendors, and end users to accomplish department and Laboratory objectives.
We can put as list.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
- . For nested lists (like Strong hands-on knowledge of: with subitems) we can either flatten or keep nested
- items.
Requirements (Minimum Qualifications): list each bullet.
We need to preserve all substantive info; we must not lose any.
Let's extract Minimum Qualifications bullets:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated professional experience administering Microsoft Windows enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of:
- Windows 11
- Windows Server
- Group Policy
- Experience administering Microsoft Exchange Server, with working knowledge of Exchange administration, mail flow, recipient management, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance.
- Willingness and demonstrated ability to develop into the team's primary Microsoft Exchange subject matter expert, including assuming increasing responsibility for the configuration, maintenance, optimization, lifecycle management, and troubleshooting of the Exchange environments.
- Strong understanding of VMware virtualization technologies such as vCenter Server, ESXi, vSAN, vSphere networking, virtual machine configuration, templates, and related infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.
- Experience using PowerShell or another scripting language to perform system administration or automate repetitive tasks.
- Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues using logs, monitoring tools, system utilities, and structured troubleshooting methodologies.
- Understanding of enterprise patching, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, system hardening, backup/recovery, and lifecycle management practices.
- Ability to work independently toward defined objectives while effectively collaborating as part of a technical team.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and technical disciplines.
- Excellent troubleshooting, organizational, customer-service, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Ability to document system configurations, administrative procedures, troubleshooting processes, and operational standards.
- Active Secret-level U.S. Government security clearance
- CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain the certification within six months of employment.
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