Mid System Administrator

Elkridge, MD
ClearPoint – Secure Infrastructure Operations /
Full-time /
On-site
Join ClearEdge and be a part of the team of men and women that solve some of the DoD’s most complex technical challenges. Every day, ClearEdge empowers customers in Government and industry with innovative data driven solutions.

Check out our extremely competitive benefits package at clearedgeit.com/benefits which includes a 10k annual training/education benefit, tech & health bonuses, and state of the art technology lab. We also offer monthly TechConnect and DeepDive collaboration sessions with our entire technical staff, fully paid.

Your mission: Work with a platform team to provide a great user experience through essential and reliable systems.

This position is for you if you are self-sufficient with the ability to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and interface with customers and users alike. You will work closely with the customer to gather requirements for functional system and infrastructure solutions that solve mission needs and enhance user experience. If you like the chance to work within a small team and personalized customer base with the ability to support mission critical systems, you would like the opportunity on this project.

You will excel in this role if you are:

    • A person who enjoys working as a member of an integrated technical team
    • Self-motivated with a desire to build new skills
    • Familiar with Agile frameworks and methodologies
    • forward thinker, enjoy learning new technologies, and interested in growing your career
    • Skilled in administration of a Windows Linux mixed environment
    • Skilled in administration of VMWare tools

A day in the life consists of:

    • Supporting the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems
    • Supporting mission critical systems including: Microsoft Domain administration, GPO management, VMware, Cisco Route/Switch, Firewall Management and Saltstack
    • Providing problem identification, diagnosis and resolution
    • Supporting IT systems operation from standard processes to problem identification and resolution for all connected client, server, storage, and network
    • Monitoring and communicating the operational status of IT systems to customer management
    • Optimizing system performance, operation, and resource utilization
    • Providing detailed analysis and feedback to internal customers
    • Configuring and managing operating systems
    • Conducting/facilitating installs/loads of operating system software
    • Maintaining patch sets across a distributed set of nodes, taking into account rolling updates to avoid impacting mission load
    • Maintaining the integrity of network components
    • Implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance

What technical knowledge we are expecting from you:

    • VMware skills are most desirable
    • Working with Hardware/Desktop support including Thin Client networking & administration 
    • Windows system administration and Linux skills (AD, local/group policy, etc.)
    • Active or current TS/SCI Polygraph clearance

What experience we are expecting from you

    • Masters/Bachelors + 4 Years
    • Associates + 6 Years
    • High School/GED + 9 Years
    • No Degree + 12 Years 

Nice to have

    • Linux system administration skills
    • Experience/Knowledge of Cisco/Dell/Juniper Switches and Servers
    • Any networking or cybersecurity experience
About us: Experienced advanced analytic development company providing new Cyber solutions to current and emerging missions.

Our Core Values of Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, and Accountability drive our mission and vision and are the heart of what we do each day. We combine our Core Values with the three key elements of people, technology, and integrity to repeatedly deliver stellar results within our primary competencies.  
 
ClearEdge is also pleased to share that we have recently expanded our prime and subcontract presence into new cyber markets! 
If this position does not fit your skillset, please visit our Careers page to explore our current openings, or contact a ClearEdge recruiter at careers@clearedgeit.com. ClearEdge is an equal opportunity employer.