Position: Window System Administrator
Location: Malibu, CA (Onsite)
Duration: Full-time
Clearance: An active Secret or TS/SCI Clearance
Job Description:
Mid sys admin (3-4yrs) and senior (5-7yrs)
Essential Duties:
- Work with multi-disciplined team members under general supervision
- Provide a friendly and professional point of contact for customers
- Perform independent troubleshooting of complex incidents
- Perform a multi-disciplined range of technical system and application activities
- Install, configure, and maintain multiplatform systems hardware, software, and components
- Administer and manage Windows and Linux systems in the operations, engineering, analysis, and test environments
- Administer installation of software, hardware, file system management, backups, process control, user administration, and device management
- Resolve a wide variety of complex system failures, troubleshooting software, hardware, and network problems
- Perform system and user account maintenance
- Test and assess security configuration of Windows servers
- Monitor, evaluate, and optimize system performance
- Analyze, test, and implement security patches and hardening
- Document maintenance & ticketing actions
- Develop and promote standard operating procedures and conduct routine hardware and software audits of servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines
- If required, assist in IT security incident response and documentation
Required Skills:
- Experience in Windows systems administration
- Understanding of multiplatform system hardening (e.g., DISA STIG, SCAP)
- Strong understanding of VMware vSphere virtual environments
- Experience with scripting for task automation (e.g., PowerShell, Batch, BASH)
- Proficient knowledge of cyber security technology and trends (e.g., Tenable, McAfee, Splunk)
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (e.g., switching, routing, firewalls, load balancing)
- Experience with system monitoring & alerting tools (e.g., Nagios)
- Experience working within an accredited system
- Ability to work independently & in a team environment
- An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance
Preferred Skills:
- Ideally 4-7 years of experience in a related Admin role
- A Top Secret/SCI security clearance with in-scope polygraph is preferred
- Experience in multiplatform systems administration (Windows and Linux) is desired
- Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 configuration, management, and troubleshooting
- Understanding of Group Policy management
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (8, 9)
- Some experience with SAN management (e.g., NetApp, Dell Unity, HPE GreenLake)
- Experience with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (i.e., Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops)
- Exchange Server 2019 configuration, management, and troubleshooting
- Experience with systems management and automation software (e.g., Endpoint Configuration Manager, Satellite, Ansible, Systems Center Orchestrator)
- Experience in multiplatform environments (Windows and Linux)
- Experience with High-Performance Computing
