Founded in early 2021, Ibility is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a Woman-Owned Small Business, headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. Ibility is a small but mighty company that is positioned for rapid growth. Simply put, we help government leaders to achieve their mission by designing creative products and programs that delight their customers and make their employees more efficient - building trust and improving overall satisfaction. We use human-centered design principles in every engagement because we believe the end-user is critical to the long-term success of any solution. Our team is fun, passionate, bold, and creative. We live our mission every day – to inspire people, create cool stuff, and make a lasting impact on the world!
Background:
Ibility is a participant in the IBM Federal Preferred Supplier program, which offers us a range of strategic and operational benefits to grow in the federal marketplace.
This is a hybrid position that requires 2-3 days per week in the office located at the prime contractor’s site in Alexandria, VA. Candidates must possess a SECRET clearance or higher clearance and must be a US Citizen. Additionally, this is a 1099 position with a period of performance of 5/13/25-3/22/26.
The candidate will primarily be responsible for hands-on system administration and implementation of technical configurations consistent with the end-to-end programmatic and technical objectives to achieve a technical roadmap that meets future capability needs while being responsive to current customer mission requirements and challenges.
As the on-site system administrator you will be responsible for maintaining the operational availability of TENA, performing software upgrades, and resolving system issues. You will work on a team comprised of system engineers, software developers, and help desk technicians.
Specific Responsibilities include:
- Study, design, and recommend architecture changes to improve the system, respond to security vulnerabilities, respond to user requests, or to address new technologies
- Obtain and maintain an understanding of applicable commercial technologies and changes in technology; translate this knowledge into optimization/changes to system capabilities, reliability, and maintainability
- Perform hands-on system administration tasks alongside the developer teams to assist with removing roadblocks and maintain the availability and operations of the system
- Adhere to DevSecOps principles as they apply to the Government and Prime contractor systems engineering plan and processes
- Respond to and resolve customer inquiries and help desk tickets
- Contribute to contract deliverables to include the system administration manual/processes, system architecture, test processes and procedures, and transition plan
- Perform system administrator tasks to keep the system updated, secured, and available
- Track and manage tasks related to system administration functions
- Proactively communicate with the prime contractor and government teams to communicate system architecture, recommend changes, provide analysis of changes and determine impacts to the system
- Manage system maintenance and maintain security posture while minimizing system downtime
- Participate in weekly status and technical meetings
Hands-on expertise in performing the following administration functions:
- Linux server administration
- RSA configuration
- Networking
- Mid-level scripting
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience with Apache, Bitbucket, and MAC OS
- Experience with cloud architectures and technologies
- Excellent in-person and written communication to include providing executive-level summaries of technical descriptions, recommendations, and issues
- Forward-leaning approach to problem-solving and proactive management of tasking
- At least 7 years experience in system administration, linux system administration preferred
- Must possess a SECRET clearance or higher clearance
- Must be a US Citizen
We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer in all aspects of employment and do not discriminate for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
