Systems Administrator

Peraton is seeking a motivated and driven Systems Administrator to join our dynamic team.

Peraton has served as the prime contractor for this program since its inception in the 1980's. We provide high-level government leaders with reliable secure voice, video, and fax communications anytime, anywhere, in any environment in support of day-to-day operations. We support a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications allowing complex national and worldwide communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components. We provide integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and engineering support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.

The Systems Administrator is responsible for but not limited to: 

• Responsible for installing and maintaining development systems, comprised of Linux, UNIX, and Windows operating systems, in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements in support of DISA STIG baseline requirements.
• Provides operational support for mission critical systems to include servers, databases, virtual servers, and applications.
• Interacts with Engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to restore service and/or identify and correct system problems using the development system.
• Performs system back-ups, restores systems from back-ups, and performs monthly patch testing prior to operational release.
• Generate or maintain moderately complex scripts using Shell and/or PERL tools.
• Monitors server and system activity using monitoring tools.
• Executes procedures in a sequential order to maintain development operations
• Interacts with system administrators daily, assisting operations with writing service tickets and briefing materials.

Required:

• An active/current TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Bachelors degree and eight (8) years relevant professional experience; or Masters degree and six (6) years of relevant experience; or PhD and three (3) years of experience. Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy management.
• Experience with desktop deployment tools using Windows Deployment Services (WDS)/Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).
• Experience using security tools such as Nessus/ACAS, STIGs, McAfee, HP WebInspect, Solarwinds Event Manager, and Solarwinds patching tool.
• Experience in Windows Server 2016, Windows SQL 2016, RedHat Servers, VMware ESXi, Solarwinds Orion, and SPLUNK.
• DoD 8570 IAT or IAM Level 2 compliant professional certification current in CompTIA Security+ CE certification.

 Desired: 

• Knowledge of computer security topics such as digital forensics, incident response, application security and malware analysis.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals such as network protocols and common services (e.g., DNS, FTP, SSH, SNMP).
• Previous experience supporting a government and/or Department of Defense customer.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.