Job Title: Senior Systems Administrator
Clearance: TS/SCI, CI poly
Location: Herndon, VA.
Job-Type: Full-Time, 100% onsite
Target Salary Range*: $165,000 - $205,000
- This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary
Position Description
Seeking an experienced Systems Administrator to join our team supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community. This role focuses on managing complex enterprise environments built on Oracle Solaris infrastructure in support of mission-critical systems that deliver strategic advantage to warfighters, defense planners, and policymakers.
This position will contribute to the sustainment and enhancement of mission applications that enable global operations. You’ll be part of a high-performing team with a long history of excellence supporting national defense and intelligence programs.
In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, configuring, and supporting Oracle Solaris-based infrastructure and hardware across a secure enterprise environment.
Position Duties
- Administering Oracle Solaris (versions 10, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4) systems
- Managing Sun/Oracle SPARC and x86 hardware, switches, and storage
- Configuring and maintaining Sun/Oracle switches
- Building and managing IPS repositories and LDOMs (Logical Domains)
- Performing disk management, including physical, ZFS, and virtual disks under LDOM
- Executing backup and recovery operations, including ZFS snapshots, BE Admin, and LDOM exports
- Managing Solaris antivirus and IPF (Internet Protocol Filter) configurations
- Administering and configuring Trusted Solaris environments
- Performing disaster recovery and recovering systems from hardware failures
- Supporting overall Solaris system performance, security hardening, and patching
Required Qualifications - A Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 8+ years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
- Active TS/SCI or SCI eligibility and active polygraph or ability to obtain a polygraph
- Security+ or other IAT II/III level certification that is currently active (DoD 8570 compliance)
- Extensive experience with Sun/Oracle hardware, including SPARC and x86 servers, switches, and storage
- Strong knowledge of Solaris OS, specifically versions 10, 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4
- Proven expertise in:
- Sun/Oracle switch configuration
- Building and managing LDOMs
- Managing IPS repositories
- ZFS and disk management (physical and virtual)
- Backup and recovery, including ZFS snapshots, BE Admin, and LDOM exports
- Trusted Solaris configuration and management
- Solaris antivirus and IPF configuration
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Windows Active Directory for user, group, and device management
- Knowledge of PBIS (PowerBroker Identity Services) for Solaris AD integration
- Familiarity with Nutanix VM management
- Exposure to Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and CentOS
- Experience with Oracle Database, including RAC (Real Application Clusters), ASM (Automatic Storage Management), and RMAN (Recovery Manager) for backups and recovery
