Systems Administrator

Job ID: 2507062

Location: BELTSVILLE, MD, US

Date Posted: 2025-06-27

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Sys Administrator

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a Systems Administrator to support a large federal government agency. Employee will perform on-site, at a secure government location on the day shift, Monday thru Friday. Limited on-call support may be required in support of mission-critical taskings.

Description of Duties:

• Monitor, triage, troubleshoot and perform systems administration, maintenance activities and periodic system health checks on a complex messaging platform.
• Perform operations and maintenance activities related to directory services, group policies, security compliance and data/systems backup.
• Install system/application patches. Perform periodically scheduled password cycling and virus definition updates.
• Develop, test and execute PowerShell scripts to check for potential system issues and automate routine tasks.
• Coordinate and interact with other service offices to remediate systems outages, performance degradations and network/application defects.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelors and 5+ years of experience; Masters and 3+ years of experience; May accept additional experience in lieu of degree.
• At least three years' experience testing and fielding communications messaging equipment in support of Department of State Diplomatic Missions and their Constituent Posts.
• Microsoft Server 2012/2019/2022 Datacenter; Active Directory; Windows 2011; Office 365
• Reliability and strong sense of work commitment.
• Ability to follow Standard Operations Procedures and verbal direction.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivation, professional demeanor and accountability.

Required Clearance:

• ship.
• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.

Desired Experience, Skills & Attributes:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2014/2016; Microsoft Azure; SharePoint 365; Internet Information Services (IIS); System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
• PowerShell scripting
• NetIQ AppManager Control Center; NetIQ AppManager Operator Console
• VMware vSphere Client, NetApp OnCommand System Manager 2.2
• Cross Domain Solution (CDS)
• General switch, router and firewall management
• Network and Host Vulnerability Assessment / Mitigation
• CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+
• ITIL Foundations

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.