Senior Systems Administrator

Que Technology Group
  • Annapolis Junction, Maryland
    3 days ago

    Job Description

    Que Technology Group, Inc., is seeking a motivated Senior System Administrator to join a large, mixed contractor and civilian team of System Administrators and Systems Engineers supporting both DevOps and live mission systems. The team sustains Linux and Windows physical servers and virtual machines across three backend environments at different classification levels, serving Mission and Operations users and their desktops.

    Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

    • Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux and Windows physical servers and virtual machines supporting DevOps and live operational systems
    • Monitor system health and respond to mission-critical updates and hot issues communicated through team channels and email
    • Work and resolve tickets in Jira according to team priorities
    • Support three backend environments at different classification levels, including authentication, DNS, share drives, home directories, and communications between systems
    • Support Mission and Operations users and their desktops
    • Perform STE/STN and DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems
    • Manage storage, virtualization, IP networking, and firewall components supporting the environment
    • Support DevOps initiatives and sustainment of live systems, including container and cloud environments
    • Communicate and coordinate effectively with System Administrators, Systems Engineers, and Network Engineers across multiple contracts, as well as with direct civilian tasking and leadership

    Required Qualifications:

    • Bachelor's degree required, with at least fifteen (15) years of experience as a System Administrator in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
    • Linux administration experience sufficient to meet the years required for the labor category.
    • Solid experience with STE/STN and DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems.
    • Storage management experience (e.g., CFS/DFS, NetApp).
    • Virtualization experience (e.g., Proxmox, Red Hat KVM, VMware).
    • IP networking and firewall experience.
    • Some experience with container and cloud environments.
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across large, multi-contract teams.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Salt).

    • Scripting experience (e.g., Bash, Python, Perl).
    • Experience with backup tools (e.g., Rubrik, NetBackup).
    • Hyper-converged infrastructure experience (e.g., Harvester, Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex).

    Security Clearance:

    • Active Top Secret clearance with a Polygraph

    BENEFITS:

    • Competitive salary
    • Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans – Company paid
    • Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance – Company paid
    • Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
    • Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
    • Paid Federal Holidays – 11 days
    • $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
    • 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
    • Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
    • Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure

    Que Technology Group, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAnnapolis Junction, Maryland

    Skills

    • Administrative Skillsunmatched
    • Ansibleunmatched
    • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
    • Authenticationunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Bash Scriptingunmatched
    • Cisco Network Systemsunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Code Redunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
    • Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)unmatched
    • Dental Insuranceunmatched
    • Desktop PCunmatched
    • DevOpsunmatched
    • Firewallsunmatched
    • Harvesterunmatched
    • IP (Internet Protocol)unmatched
    • K Virtual Machine (KVM)unmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Linux Administrationunmatched
    • Linux Operating Systemunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Serverunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows System Administrationunmatched
    • NetApp Storage Systemsunmatched
    • Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
    • Operational Supportunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Perl Programming Languageunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Red Hat Linux Operating Systemunmatched
    • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
    • Symantec NetBackupunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Systems Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Maintenanceunmatched
    • VMWareunmatched
    • Virtual Machine (VM)unmatched
    • Virtualizationunmatched
    • Vision Planunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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