Senior Systems Administrator

Description Job Description:The Leidos Cyber & SIGINT Solutions (CSS) Operation continues to grow in the Fort Meade and surrounding areas. Join a tremendous technical team responsible for solving hard problems with true mission relevance on emerging technologies. This large, multi-year contract is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator (SA) that will provide LINUX and WINDOWS System Administration (majority is LINUX, but WINDOWS experience is also required) support to Mission Systems. Seeking a self-starter, who is resourceful, thinks out of the box and can work both independently, as well as part of a team. Our legacy of over 20 years as the Prime Vendor gives you the confidence that you will be working with the organization''s top producer of critical SIGINT data. The work that''s being done on this Leidos-led, prime contract is extremely important to the government and offers its team members the opportunity to work autonomously and explore the latest capabilities within the Intelligence Community.Duties and Responsibilities:Responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, enhancement, troubleshooting and maintenance of complex and diverse IT systems to meet requirements. Works independently or part of a team on advanced systems analysis projects. Reviews and tests IT systems for adherence to requirements and documents test results. Resolve tickets and problem reports on specific technologies and hardware/software components to include COTS/GOTS products from the system level to individual hardware/software components. Recommends new technologies and processes for complex systems. Coordinates system installations and monitors equipment functioning. Creates build docs for system administrators. Identifies system requirements for operations and security, and works with other engineers and staff to develop design and integrate components.Required Qualifications:An active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph is required. Ten (10) years experience as a SA on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.Bachelor''s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.Five (5) years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor''s degree.This position requires experience with both LINUX and WINDOWS System Administration.VMware experience.Virtualization experience (VMware vCenter, ESXi, KVM).Within the last 3 years, experience with either UNIX or Windows System Administration, to include user account administration, installation and configuration of workstations and peripherals, kernel parameter and disk partition modification, client-server support, software and hardware upgrades, troubleshooting, and shell script programming. Within the last 3 years, experience with Network Information Service (NIS), Network File System (NFS), Domain Name System (DNS), and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Within the last 3 years, a minimum of 1 year scripting experience using BOURNE Shell, C Shell or KORN Shell languages. Within the last 3 years, a minimum of 1 year experience performing periodic system back-ups and developing/documenting standard operating procedures for these activities. Desired Qualifications: A Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MSCA) or Redhat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) certification is highly desirable and can substitute for 1 year experience. Understanding of information security principles and practices. Experience with IAVA patchingExperience with NetApp and Isilon storage, NiagaraFiles (NiFi) dataflow. Knowledge of networking, DNS, web services (apache, tomcat), NFS, SMB, and OpenLDAP. Ability to automate system tasks using bash, python, perl scripting. CSSCOSCONMDPay Range:Pay Range $81,900.00 - $126,000.00 - $170,100.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Created: 2025-11-15